He definitely is a special athlete. I think his football, tire shop, and bow and arrow training played a huge factor in his ability to launch from awkward angles. You’re a genius btw
He's not unorthodox enough to be a fun video imo. Pereira's kicks and left hooks don't look that powerful. Tyson's punches look very powerful due to his technique and how he uses his whole body when throwing a punch. Even Wilder's swings seem more interesting imo, especially because of how skinny he is next to other all-time great heavyweight KO artists (why don't we see more dudes just swinging? What's Wilder's advantage?).
Kicking hack- i added Kicking like alex by not turning the hips over. It actually made my kicks harder when i do turn the hips over. Now i train 2 rounds not turning the hips and 2 rounds turning the hips.
Fascinating. By cutting out one portion of the movement you develop what's left to a higher level. Like doing board presses and floor presses for lockout strength on the bench. Thinking back on it, I've done the same with my own kicks.
1) This channel is fucking incredible oh my days you are a GOD SEND to anyone training martial arts/combat sports. 2) Any chance you could cover Volkanovski or Ramon Dekkers? Just two of my all time favs
I just wanna say thank you for creating this gold. Pereira is my favorite current fighter and I’ve been searching extensively for a detailed breakdown like this on his techniques and you’ve come out with the perfect video explaining everything; so once again thank you.
@@32bit27 yeah and he just trained a lot with as good of form as he could. I doubt he’s thinking about bio mechanics. His wrestling sucks we saw Bahovich taking him down repeatedly but he’s been blessed in two divisions currently void of good wrestlers.
i’d love to see a series were you explain how to make strikes land harder. The way you explain the leg kick was really helpful. And can be transferred to other strikes
Hey kick specialist here so buckle up to add to his kick the principle I follow is the higher up the body you kick the more rotation you do I find rotation on legkicks takes alot of power away but not on head kicks so when you do the kick the other leg stabilises DO NOT PIVET and when you kick the trick is stiffen the muscles on front of the shin this can only be done with toes pointing up like alex does and a little flick of the lower leg and yes like you said it's like a leg sweep but you don't move the body forward just the leg comes forward and when it lands it feels very different from other kicks like a sledgehammer hitting muscles it just squishs the quad and requires very little effort another great example is Joseph valtellini there's a video of him talking about it and saying he can do a 1 inch kick that's how little movement it requires I can confirm this as I can do it.
Pereiras leg kick is so good because he is targeting the common fibular nerve. He might not know that's what he's hitting, but that's what he targets, that's why "calf" kicks are so dangerous, and what is incapacitating his opponents.
@@Hesoshou It is not common knowledge why the calf kick is dangerous. You would need a level of understanding of anatomy that the general population wouldn't have.
The fact that it is detrimental is why we need a video hahahahah. People like Topuria can be elite strikers despite their disadvantaged levers@@tappajaav
Like you said, the point of the mechanics of the kick is to land it, not to make it land hard as possible. As long as it does damage, its a good strike. Doesn't really NEED to be technical
More accurately, he improved his build specifically for fighting and most of the things he does are very thorough and unorthodox. I've been watching some of his sparring sessions on yt and he's just on a different level of body conciousness, like he know exactly where to position himself during exchanges
I also noticed that when Alex throws his left hook his back foot turns and takes a small step that is both slightly backwards and slightly to the right, as he rotates his left hip to connect with the hook. So that even though it may appear "looping" as some fighters and analysts have said, it allows him to throw the hook from angles at which it would otherwise be landing too soon or too late for maximum leverage/power, or just plain miss entirely. This means he can lull you into feeling safe, and then crush you from an angle you don't think he should have been able. It also gives him a head start at moving back out of striking range if need be to avoid counters, and it lets him cut off the cage, moving his opponent closer to his power side. There are so many little, technical things he does that are actually genius and beautiful to watch. It's crazy to me that people thinks he just simply hits hard.
Looks to me that Payton Talbott has a naturally high movement quality too. You can pause the fight at any moment and his whole body looks aligned. I get the feeling that mma has been around long enough to bring in more naturally gifted fighters instead of mostly people with a difficult past that drove them to fighting because nothing else could work. Most gifted athletes still have more financial incentive to choose other sports over mma, but that will keep changing over time. Fighting is just better than other sports, so much more on the line. Individual achievement over the weird group identification of team sports where the fans think they are part of the team. None of trhat nonsense in individual sports like mma, it has been growing so fast.
Alex‘s kick is still very unique but you can see that people that fight using dutch kickboxing style often use similar low kicks e.g. Liam harrison. Not totally the same but more towards alex‘s kick than the traditional thai style leg kick.
Awesome video bro! Even though I don't agree with all the points you put up, I really appreciate the anatomy and biomechanical based approach and the effort you put into the quality of this video. If anyone wants to know what this style of leg kick is called for training, it's actually called a Dutch style leg kick, in orthodox you take a small hop to your left on the lead leg, drop your level a little bit, and swing your hips forward. A small detail to this is to land on the side of your shin, not so close to the peak. The advantage of this kick is that it's less telegraphed, and it combos into punches much better, disadvantage is that you lose some power compared to the full roundhouse but for me the non telegraph and setup potential is full worth it. It takes time to develop the flexibility you need to deliver this kick with power, practice effort and time makes perfect 👊
The reason he can stand perfectly square to his opponent is how strong he is…also I agree with the comment about his kicks being strong based upon his football background and technique…his hands are powerful because he has excellent balance to go with his strength
I believe a video on the biomechanics of a high-level jiu jitsu fighter would be incredible. More specifically Charles Do Bronx, an explanation of why he is so dangerous and efficient in submissions and fighting with his back on the ground.
I actually figured this out a few months ago from watching him in kick a thousand times, and have been showing it to people and it works so very well. If you think about the mechanics of the movement, it makes a lot of sense. The way he puts his weight behind the kick, lowering his hips and bending at the knee as the kicking leg rises actually generates a LOT of force. It's like dropping a person onto one side of a seesaw with no weight on the other end. All of the energy of the one side dropping (lowering hips and bending knee) transfers into the side that is now traveling upward (the kicking leg). It's almost as if he combined a muay thai leg kick with a wrestling drop step. Also, anyone who is saying there is only 1 right way to throw a leg kick is narrowminded and uneducated on leg kicks. I can think of at least 4 different ways, including how Alex does so. They all have their place and are all more or less effective depending on range, angle, etc. So knowing which type of leg kick to throw greatly improves your ability to land and negate counters.
Alex’s leg kick is similar to the Dutch kickboxing low kick. Similar to Liam Harrison, trades safety and power for speed, and he doesn’t need anymore power so it works well for him.
Please do a study on Artur Beterbiev! He uses “less than sound” power mechanics with the arm punches he throws. Yet he has a 100% KO ratio. Is the key his training or natural abilities?
your leg can be a bat or a knife. each has a drawback. If you use it like a bat. you have swing through your target. if you use it like a knife, you have to be both precise and structured so that that you contact the edge, the blade doesnt break, or doesnt fall from you hand. Alex uses the knife.
One important aspect i think you missed is that he always drops his hips and is almost "falling" down, in order to transfer his weight into his foot when it connects, this allows him to get so much power behind it without turning the hips over
My new favorite video format on RUclips, also wondered what made athletes like Alex so special and so much better than his competitors if we can even call them that anymore, and I never had the knowledge of the human body to understand it. But videos like this really simplify it and pick out the things that seem so natural and just special to him, and make them understandable and achievable somewhat to normal people like us. Thanks so much for the video 👍 it’s a small niche but ur channel deserves all the love it gets for sure (p.s. not that it’s my place to tell you what to do with your channel, but I’d love to see more about other fighters in different sports, mainly strikers for obv reasons. People like naoya inoue, or some bare knuckle boxing / street fight perspectives could be interesting, and I feel like it would do really well.)
I think part of the deal with the left hook is that he stands extremely square, so he has a LOT more rotation from his torso for his left hook compared to a more traditionally bladed stance. He’s basically got the power of a left hook from southpaw that starts at the distance of a regular stance jab
I LOVE your channel and can't wait for the grappling video. A few notes about the leg kick. I think everything you said is right but there's a few things I think you missed when comparing the Pereira style kick to traditional Thai round kicks that helps people implement it. One, him not rotating his base foot means he has his hips and entire body behind his kicking leg, where if you rotated his kicking leg would be to his right. Two, and this one is big, with regular thai style round kicks most of the power comes from swinging the leg more in terms of moving your femur using hip flexors and rotation, so people use much less quad in the kick. Contrast that to Pereira's kick, and it is much less rotatation and hip flexors and significantly more quad. It takes a lot of practice and mobility to be able to kick without rotating your base foot, sit your hips back, and practicing the timing of the using your quad to get this kick right when throwing it above the calf level to the thigh. But the extension using the quad at the right time, and realizing that is the power muscle of this kick is super important to it landing with force. Also, I loved your hook analysis of the direction in which he delivers force, I never thought of that. I would add that sometimes when Pereira throws lead hooks he pivots on his back foot instead of his front which I think is interesting and in some circumstances works well for me. I assume it increases my rotational range of motion when rotating the back foot, where rotating the front allows your to push off the front foot to rotate in the direction of the strike with more force. It frustrates me when people say "twist your hips" without explaining you push with your legs to twist your hips (in addition to pulling with your opposing back muscles). I think Pereira likely also has perfect wrist alignment and forms a perfect fist which helps tremendously.
Great video, he's a really interesting striker and fun fighter to watch because he's unorthodox (not in stance), but also very fluid and clean. Know this isn't really biomechanics as it is just kickboxing techniques but his footwork is unique and strays away from dogmatic principles. Often times he steps his back leg forward before moving any other part of his body which is usually big no-no in boxing and kickboxing. But it works for him because it almost disguises his forward movement and allows him to get a "cheat step" without really revealing that he does. So by the time he winds up and throws a punch he's a lot closer than what his opponent expects.
i believe his left hook is mostly propelled from his legs and hips, using his thighs as kind of like a spring, which whips his torso around kind of like elastic. shoulders have a lot to do with it too. i went through a period where i lost a lot of weight through mostly cardio and weight training and went from around 400 pounds to around 235. i also had a pretty physically demanding job, and somehow or another i learned this particular movement for a left hook which i swear is similar to what pereira does (not comparing myself to him in anyway trust me lol). it comes more naturally to people with a certain body type i think. i'm obviously a big guy, but more specifically i have big hips, big thighs, big calves, glutes, ect... as apposed to like a big potbelly but small everywhere else, which tends to be a more common build for big guys. anyway i gained it all back. i can still punch super hard though (which is completely useless to me on a day to day basis)
Basically what he's doing is he's hitting in a unique way hes kick is hitting the nerve and muscles he's kicking it like let's say chopping a tree but not from the meddle but side way he's chopping the muscle and hitting the nerves from contacting the side going up
9:15 there’s actually a name for that technique in MMA, it’s called an “Oblique Kick” and there’s a lot of debate about whether or not it should be banned.
Fascia tensioned for a long period of time(especially lower body)= big glutes = crazy kinetic chain involvement = power generated trough circular motion = Alex Periera and Illia Topuria. The new gen understands fascia.
The obvious thing that people somehow forget is that these kind of low kicks are risky because you stay squared and it's shorter range compared to a regular low kick that puts you at a safer angle and a longer range attack. In kickboxing using these types of low kicks gets you in range to get countered with a hook, and it's because of his range that it gives him an extra safe barrier. If you are not exceptionally tall (which Adesanya and Pereira are) you can not use these type of kicks often without putting yourself at risk.
Finally, a complete physiological analysis of an amazing athlete’s unique kinesiological breakdown while in motion. Specifically, a one of a kind calf kick. Thank you Theo.
I really liked your analysis of the movement of Alex's leg kicks. However, your explanition of the reason why his kicks are so effective is partially wrong. The part about "the longer the lever, the stronger the force" is straight up wrong. The little picture at 2:15 actually says it right. The longer the lever, the greater the torque. This is why you use long levers to create a big force on the short side of a lever with a small force on the long side. In your explanation his leg is the long lever side which would reduce the force at the end of his leg. I think you are right about the part, that his strong core and glutes let him hit with his whole body weight.
6:53 I feel like almost every fighter that does pull counters does forward head posture. Floyd Mayweather in particular does it a ton. If someone is too far, he leans back away from the strike. If someone is too close, he either ducks under or clinches. I can't recall him ever getting around the back of the head. You'd have to be super close in order for that to hit, and his feet are too quick to allow that.
Can't just let it slide twice 😭
"He thick" "he got a dump trunk"🤣💔
That was wild🤣🤣
ThicC, with a capital C
Bro calls em how he C’s them. ThiCC
lmfao
A lot of power punchers have massive glutes
He definitely is a special athlete. I think his football, tire shop, and bow and arrow training played a huge factor in his ability to launch from awkward angles. You’re a genius btw
Poatan doesn't play football, he himself said he knows little about it.
@@flaviomaster2117 he learned enough to change how a normal leg kick is thrown is my point
@@flaviomaster2117 I know nothing about football either but still played it loads as a kid in school. Football is massive and played by most kids
Please do a Mike Tyson biomechanics next, will be very interesting
At some point I'm definitely going to do Tyson, but probably will have a break on strikers for a little while.
Khabib would be nice
@@TheoTanchak
Tyson is just extremely explosive and good at using momentum and loading shots wirh slips.
@@TheoTanchakI need itttt!!!
He's not unorthodox enough to be a fun video imo. Pereira's kicks and left hooks don't look that powerful. Tyson's punches look very powerful due to his technique and how he uses his whole body when throwing a punch. Even Wilder's swings seem more interesting imo, especially because of how skinny he is next to other all-time great heavyweight KO artists (why don't we see more dudes just swinging? What's Wilder's advantage?).
"Speedrun unconsciousness for his opponents" is a scary way of looking at it jeez
Kicking hack- i added Kicking like alex by not turning the hips over. It actually made my kicks harder when i do turn the hips over. Now i train 2 rounds not turning the hips and 2 rounds turning the hips.
Fascinating. By cutting out one portion of the movement you develop what's left to a higher level. Like doing board presses and floor presses for lockout strength on the bench. Thinking back on it, I've done the same with my own kicks.
Same bro I started doing the same and noticed the power increase almost immediately
@@Georges-yu8sh WSBB board press and floor press!
Same thing I acknowledged tried this technique
And a renaissance of striking biomechanics commences!
Thanks for breaking down the head scratching biomechanics of his calf kicks!
Thanks
1) This channel is fucking incredible oh my days you are a GOD SEND to anyone training martial arts/combat sports.
2) Any chance you could cover Volkanovski or Ramon Dekkers? Just two of my all time favs
i think someone else covered ramon, great vid
Stop cussing
@@toka2664ooo could u link me the video please?
Even Alex's video has Izzy. These two are fated to be together
Also the fact that they both broke up with their GFs after being champs.
@@kgizzla pereira couldn't fight izzy on 300, so he's fighting a meatier izzy
I just wanna say thank you for creating this gold. Pereira is my favorite current fighter and I’ve been searching extensively for a detailed breakdown like this on his techniques and you’ve come out with the perfect video explaining everything; so once again thank you.
There is no technique , he's a giant ass guy that ended up in the wrong weight class , and that's the reason no one can copy him
@@32bit27 yeah and he just trained a lot with as good of form as he could. I doubt he’s thinking about bio mechanics. His wrestling sucks we saw Bahovich taking him down repeatedly but he’s been blessed in two divisions currently void of good wrestlers.
i’d love to see a series were you explain how to make strikes land harder. The way you explain the leg kick was really helpful. And can be transferred to other strikes
“He’s got that dump truck” I’m dying 😭
His movement is so fluid it feels like he's hovering on the ground when doing bag work
I can see how this kind of content will be a paradox, so good that people will want to share it, so good that they will gate keep it.
What do you mean? The breakdown this youtuber gives?
@@genieotl yeah, this is so good makes you want to gate keep it
Hey kick specialist here so buckle up to add to his kick the principle I follow is the higher up the body you kick the more rotation you do I find rotation on legkicks takes alot of power away but not on head kicks so when you do the kick the other leg stabilises DO NOT PIVET and when you kick the trick is stiffen the muscles on front of the shin this can only be done with toes pointing up like alex does and a little flick of the lower leg and yes like you said it's like a leg sweep but you don't move the body forward just the leg comes forward and when it lands it feels very different from other kicks like a sledgehammer hitting muscles it just squishs the quad and requires very little effort another great example is Joseph valtellini there's a video of him talking about it and saying he can do a 1 inch kick that's how little movement it requires I can confirm this as I can do it.
Pereiras leg kick is so good because he is targeting the common fibular nerve. He might not know that's what he's hitting, but that's what he targets, that's why "calf" kicks are so dangerous, and what is incapacitating his opponents.
Everyone knows what the target is where talking about how his form of kicking the calf is different then traditional way
@@Hesoshou It is not common knowledge why the calf kick is dangerous. You would need a level of understanding of anatomy that the general population wouldn't have.
Definitely some details here I wasn't even close to noticing.
Its so hard to find an educational video like this without constant fluff and yapping but you have done that for us today. Thank you
this is quickly becoming one of my favourite channels. great work really insightful
Someone knowledgeable like yourself choosing to look at pereira is just awesome! ❤❤❤
Ouuuu this channel is going to be something special I got a 6th sense for this shit
Regardless of the view count! And I would say it definitely already is a very special channel ❤
It already is.
Thanks for the kind words!
Absolute next level understanding on movement. Can't get enough of this channel!
Pls do a 1 hour Jon jones biomechanic analysis
Not sure 1 hour is enough ;). I'll get to bones at some point I'm sure!
@@TheoTanchak I would find a John Jones one, so interesting, especially if you talked about how he uses his elbows almost as like a job
post more bruh trust
This was such a good breakdown of the movements - Great Channel - Subbed! 🦍🥊
Insanely interesting. Thank you so much for the in-depth analysis!
I just need a short and stocky fighter next lmao
So....a wrestler? Short and stocky is detrimental if you're striker
The fact that it is detrimental is why we need a video hahahahah. People like Topuria can be elite strikers despite their disadvantaged levers@@tappajaav
Yes do this pls I'm short and stocky and sometimes I struggle with bigger opponents
@@tappajaavvolk wrote the book on outstriking tall guys
@@Cc81727 volk has a 6 foot reach at 5’6 though, he’s an anomaly
The kicks Alex does are diagonal kicks desguised as side kicks, it's actually amazing how well he mastered the art of kicking
Like you said, the point of the mechanics of the kick is to land it, not to make it land hard as possible. As long as it does damage, its a good strike. Doesn't really NEED to be technical
This is the nerdiest thing ever and I love it
So basically Alex is built to be a fighter and most of the things he does is god given.
More accurately, he improved his build specifically for fighting and most of the things he does are very thorough and unorthodox. I've been watching some of his sparring sessions on yt and he's just on a different level of body conciousness, like he know exactly where to position himself during exchanges
Congratulations for having analysed Alex so well and being able to describe your analysis of his striking in easy to understand language.
I also noticed that when Alex throws his left hook his back foot turns and takes a small step that is both slightly backwards and slightly to the right, as he rotates his left hip to connect with the hook. So that even though it may appear "looping" as some fighters and analysts have said, it allows him to throw the hook from angles at which it would otherwise be landing too soon or too late for maximum leverage/power, or just plain miss entirely. This means he can lull you into feeling safe, and then crush you from an angle you don't think he should have been able. It also gives him a head start at moving back out of striking range if need be to avoid counters, and it lets him cut off the cage, moving his opponent closer to his power side. There are so many little, technical things he does that are actually genius and beautiful to watch. It's crazy to me that people thinks he just simply hits hard.
I swear you read my mind on how the heck Alex left hook was so powerful, thanks for explaining the mechanics.
Liam Harrison has been doing this no telegraph leg kick for like 15 years, it’s a staple of his gym
You should make a video going over prime Petr Yan’s striking. Specifically on how he’s able to incorporate spinning attacks into his striking.
I'd watch that
Looks to me that Payton Talbott has a naturally high movement quality too. You can pause the fight at any moment and his whole body looks aligned. I get the feeling that mma has been around long enough to bring in more naturally gifted fighters instead of mostly people with a difficult past that drove them to fighting because nothing else could work. Most gifted athletes still have more financial incentive to choose other sports over mma, but that will keep changing over time. Fighting is just better than other sports, so much more on the line. Individual achievement over the weird group identification of team sports where the fans think they are part of the team. None of trhat nonsense in individual sports like mma, it has been growing so fast.
his leg kicks are freaking vicious
Alex‘s kick is still very unique but you can see that people that fight using dutch kickboxing style often use similar low kicks e.g. Liam harrison. Not totally the same but more towards alex‘s kick than the traditional thai style leg kick.
Awesome video bro! Even though I don't agree with all the points you put up, I really appreciate the anatomy and biomechanical based approach and the effort you put into the quality of this video. If anyone wants to know what this style of leg kick is called for training, it's actually called a Dutch style leg kick, in orthodox you take a small hop to your left on the lead leg, drop your level a little bit, and swing your hips forward. A small detail to this is to land on the side of your shin, not so close to the peak. The advantage of this kick is that it's less telegraphed, and it combos into punches much better, disadvantage is that you lose some power compared to the full roundhouse but for me the non telegraph and setup potential is full worth it. It takes time to develop the flexibility you need to deliver this kick with power, practice effort and time makes perfect 👊
A Sean O’Malley video would be so cool to watch
Awesome details! Pls do more of this kind ❤
Tristar mentioned that he hits with the pinky finger method described by Jack Dempsey. It has the bone right behind it and transfers more force.
I've been trying to replicate his kick - thanks for the video, really informative!
The reason he can stand perfectly square to his opponent is how strong he is…also I agree with the comment about his kicks being strong based upon his football background and technique…his hands are powerful because he has excellent balance to go with his strength
I believe a video on the biomechanics of a high-level jiu jitsu fighter would be incredible. More specifically Charles Do Bronx, an explanation of why he is so dangerous and efficient in submissions and fighting with his back on the ground.
Alex watching this like “🗿….chama…?🗿”
I actually figured this out a few months ago from watching him in kick a thousand times, and have been showing it to people and it works so very well. If you think about the mechanics of the movement, it makes a lot of sense. The way he puts his weight behind the kick, lowering his hips and bending at the knee as the kicking leg rises actually generates a LOT of force. It's like dropping a person onto one side of a seesaw with no weight on the other end. All of the energy of the one side dropping (lowering hips and bending knee) transfers into the side that is now traveling upward (the kicking leg). It's almost as if he combined a muay thai leg kick with a wrestling drop step.
Also, anyone who is saying there is only 1 right way to throw a leg kick is narrowminded and uneducated on leg kicks. I can think of at least 4 different ways, including how Alex does so. They all have their place and are all more or less effective depending on range, angle, etc. So knowing which type of leg kick to throw greatly improves your ability to land and negate counters.
you should make a video about it bro
The inwards heel leg kick at the end is something i love against people who are good at checking leg kicks.
Alex’s leg kick is similar to the Dutch kickboxing low kick. Similar to Liam Harrison, trades safety and power for speed, and he doesn’t need anymore power so it works well for him.
Please do a study on Artur Beterbiev! He uses “less than sound” power mechanics with the arm punches he throws. Yet he has a 100% KO ratio. Is the key his training or natural abilities?
The way he said “he’s thick, he’s got that dump truck 😍😍” so casually got me on the floor 🤣
your leg can be a bat or a knife. each has a drawback. If you use it like a bat. you have swing through your target. if you use it like a knife, you have to be both precise and structured so that that you contact the edge, the blade doesnt break, or doesnt fall from you hand.
Alex uses the knife.
Applying with a moving target while that target is trying to knock you out is extremely impressive.
Pereira's technique is so uncommon yet it's a thing of beauty
make more of these on the strikes of each fighter that theyre known for (edson barboza wheel kicks would be amazing)!!
Ever since he arrived, Alex has brought so much excitement to the UFC . Chama 🔥🔥🔥
One important aspect i think you missed is that he always drops his hips and is almost "falling" down, in order to transfer his weight into his foot when it connects, this allows him to get so much power behind it without turning the hips over
My new favorite video format on RUclips, also wondered what made athletes like Alex so special and so much better than his competitors if we can even call them that anymore, and I never had the knowledge of the human body to understand it. But videos like this really simplify it and pick out the things that seem so natural and just special to him, and make them understandable and achievable somewhat to normal people like us. Thanks so much for the video 👍 it’s a small niche but ur channel deserves all the love it gets for sure (p.s. not that it’s my place to tell you what to do with your channel, but I’d love to see more about other fighters in different sports, mainly strikers for obv reasons. People like naoya inoue, or some bare knuckle boxing / street fight perspectives could be interesting, and I feel like it would do really well.)
The Alex kick looks like a savte's "coup the pied bas"
wow this really helped with my hooks thanks bro
I think part of the deal with the left hook is that he stands extremely square, so he has a LOT more rotation from his torso for his left hook compared to a more traditionally bladed stance. He’s basically got the power of a left hook from southpaw that starts at the distance of a regular stance jab
I had no idea Trap Lore Ross does biomechanics breakdowns
I LOVE your channel and can't wait for the grappling video. A few notes about the leg kick. I think everything you said is right but there's a few things I think you missed when comparing the Pereira style kick to traditional Thai round kicks that helps people implement it. One, him not rotating his base foot means he has his hips and entire body behind his kicking leg, where if you rotated his kicking leg would be to his right. Two, and this one is big, with regular thai style round kicks most of the power comes from swinging the leg more in terms of moving your femur using hip flexors and rotation, so people use much less quad in the kick. Contrast that to Pereira's kick, and it is much less rotatation and hip flexors and significantly more quad. It takes a lot of practice and mobility to be able to kick without rotating your base foot, sit your hips back, and practicing the timing of the using your quad to get this kick right when throwing it above the calf level to the thigh. But the extension using the quad at the right time, and realizing that is the power muscle of this kick is super important to it landing with force.
Also, I loved your hook analysis of the direction in which he delivers force, I never thought of that. I would add that sometimes when Pereira throws lead hooks he pivots on his back foot instead of his front which I think is interesting and in some circumstances works well for me. I assume it increases my rotational range of motion when rotating the back foot, where rotating the front allows your to push off the front foot to rotate in the direction of the strike with more force. It frustrates me when people say "twist your hips" without explaining you push with your legs to twist your hips (in addition to pulling with your opposing back muscles). I think Pereira likely also has perfect wrist alignment and forms a perfect fist which helps tremendously.
Alex's left hook swing be whooshing like a baseball bat
i love this man. please do more
Great video, he's a really interesting striker and fun fighter to watch because he's unorthodox (not in stance), but also very fluid and clean.
Know this isn't really biomechanics as it is just kickboxing techniques but his footwork is unique and strays away from dogmatic principles. Often times he steps his back leg forward before moving any other part of his body which is usually big no-no in boxing and kickboxing. But it works for him because it almost disguises his forward movement and allows him to get a "cheat step" without really revealing that he does. So by the time he winds up and throws a punch he's a lot closer than what his opponent expects.
Great vid man thanks for sharing
As a first year physics student, this video was very interesting. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Best Left Hook and Calf kick in the game
His kick is actually very similar to a form of Muay Thai leg kick, it’s also very common in Dutch kickboxing.
This was awesome! Love it and definitely will check out your other content.
I think he’s got bone density (thicker) in his hands and his legs that just hurts people. Like a pitcher who can throw 100 plus. Hes a freak of nature
i believe his left hook is mostly propelled from his legs and hips, using his thighs as kind of like a spring, which whips his torso around kind of like elastic. shoulders have a lot to do with it too. i went through a period where i lost a lot of weight through mostly cardio and weight training and went from around 400 pounds to around 235. i also had a pretty physically demanding job, and somehow or another i learned this particular movement for a left hook which i swear is similar to what pereira does (not comparing myself to him in anyway trust me lol). it comes more naturally to people with a certain body type i think. i'm obviously a big guy, but more specifically i have big hips, big thighs, big calves, glutes, ect... as apposed to like a big potbelly but small everywhere else, which tends to be a more common build for big guys. anyway i gained it all back. i can still punch super hard though (which is completely useless to me on a day to day basis)
Amazing lesson, thanks a lot🎉😊
Love this breakdown, perfect for those combat sports fans who love the science of it
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Thanks! I appreciate you
Still cant believe that Adesanya knocked Alex out with that hysterical hail mary shot..
Basically what he's doing is he's hitting in a unique way hes kick is hitting the nerve and muscles he's kicking it like let's say chopping a tree but not from the meddle but side way he's chopping the muscle and hitting the nerves from contacting the side going up
9:15 there’s actually a name for that technique in MMA, it’s called an “Oblique Kick” and there’s a lot of debate about whether or not it should be banned.
Fascia tensioned for a long period of time(especially lower body)= big glutes = crazy kinetic chain involvement = power generated trough circular motion = Alex Periera and Illia Topuria. The new gen understands fascia.
its like a soccerball pass
Fascinating stuff, great to get this kind of insight
Alex has Amazon jaguar warrior genetics. He is legitimately built different.
And here I thought that was a very committed heavy dutch kick
The obvious thing that people somehow forget is that these kind of low kicks are risky because you stay squared and it's shorter range compared to a regular low kick that puts you at a safer angle and a longer range attack.
In kickboxing using these types of low kicks gets you in range to get countered with a hook, and it's because of his range that it gives him an extra safe barrier. If you are not exceptionally tall (which Adesanya and Pereira are) you can not use these type of kicks often without putting yourself at risk.
Poatan started training late he was already an adult, This guy is a true genius against all odds he became world champion in Kickboxing and UFC.
I like that u just tape things to your wall lol
Should mention that Alex aims for the calve and their nerves
Would love a biomechanics video on grapplers (wrestlers/jiujitsu) 🙏
Awesome content man! Really cool breakdown and I never knew about Alex's heel first kick. That's wild
Finally, a complete physiological analysis of an amazing athlete’s unique kinesiological breakdown while in motion. Specifically, a one of a kind calf kick. Thank you Theo.
Fascinating video, I’ve wanted someone to cover this!
It's not a round house, he's sets up to vary the height of the kick
Amazing content
I really liked your analysis of the movement of Alex's leg kicks. However, your explanition of the reason why his kicks are so effective is partially wrong. The part about "the longer the lever, the stronger the force" is straight up wrong. The little picture at 2:15 actually says it right. The longer the lever, the greater the torque. This is why you use long levers to create a big force on the short side of a lever with a small force on the long side. In your explanation his leg is the long lever side which would reduce the force at the end of his leg.
I think you are right about the part, that his strong core and glutes let him hit with his whole body weight.
6:53 I feel like almost every fighter that does pull counters does forward head posture. Floyd Mayweather in particular does it a ton. If someone is too far, he leans back away from the strike. If someone is too close, he either ducks under or clinches. I can't recall him ever getting around the back of the head. You'd have to be super close in order for that to hit, and his feet are too quick to allow that.
Seems when Spanish were talking about giant native warriors in the Amazon they weren't lying!
Badass!
Please do one about the mechanics of Zabit kicks
ahhh his leg kick like a special move.
Just amazing content here, surprised at the quality and how interesting this is