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Sylvie's Technique Vlog - The Non-Switch Lead Kick
🕑 Added 2021-01-30 05:05:11 +0000 UTCMy technique vlogs aren't demo videos. They are just plain old discussions of my personal experiences in training techniques that I work on as a fighter. They are just vlogging about the things I've discovered around techniques.
This technique is one that I've kind of be working on, on and off, for many years. It more or less developed over time on its own, but I have focused specifically on it a few times per year for the past 6 years or so, ever since moving to Pattaya. My trainer Kru Nu has an amazing non-switch lead leg kick that comes out of f***ing nowhere and has really nice speed and power on it. The reason it's been developing whether I've worked specifically on it or not is because of him, because he holds for it. That's also how I learned my teep. Just doing it, almost like a panic button until it became an actual tool.
The reason the non-switch lead kick is so good is that it's very hard to read and, if you're the same stance as your opponent (Orthodox vs Orthodox, or Southpaw vs Southpaw), this goes right into their open side which in Thailand is a high-scoring strike. The open side is the side where the belly button is pointing to. The switch step that is sometimes used for the open side kick is often a telegraph. Not always and there are reasons to switch at times and in some contexts, but many Thai trainers see the switch as a waste of time and a "tell." So learning to not switch is a benefit both in your own arsenal and also to not have your Thai trainer shaking his head at you all the time if you're training in Thailand. It's about weight transfer, often very subtle weight transfer. It's how Karuhat throws a headkick from a standstill, it's how almost any of us throws a lead leg teep. Shift your weight to your back foot and fire the front leg. You'll be clumsy and obvious and have no speed or power at first, but you just keep doing it until all those things come into the picture. And a secondary, less difficult, way to not switch in space for that lead kick is to instead just walk forward, turn the front leg into your back leg, and fire away. By switching stance by walking forward (a switch kick is, technically, just switching your stance at a stand-still) you can still nail that open side but close distance at the same time or cut an angle, if your opponent is moving backwards.
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Comments
I loved this video. One of the first few ways I was taught a lead kick were the walking step and stationary step (then we learned the switch). I've always found these ways so much better than the switch because I feel that it surprises opponents a bit better than the comparatively large movement that can come from the switch. Another drill on the bag that I like to incorporate to get better at the timing is the "hook, push, kick" drill. There isn't time to do a switch smoothly and stay on beat, so it's good for high reps. Thanks for this video!
Andrew B
lol. ooohh that what it was. ok. thanks for reminder and setting it straight
Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu
That was the story of KOing an opponent with his left kick and yelling, "get up! That's not even my strong side!" Haha
Andrew B
im not saying that with any authority. i just thought I saw something or read something from back in the day that said he had a surprising knockout with a lead leg roundhouse and it became a good weapon for him.
Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu
Known by whom? His motto is "Elbow KO," but he is a natural Southpaw who fights Orthodox, so his left side is super strong. He teaches switching for kicks though.
Andrew B
also wasn't Master K known for his lead roundhouse?
Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu
It's not a deep pivot but that foot does have to rotate a bit.
Andrew B
i like these variations. are you pivoting on the back foot with these kicks? in TKD we were taught to get power off, and gain get distance, to lead roundhouses by doing that. found this has transferred to over great and I can get even more hip rotation and power in a front (muay thai) stance compared to a side (TKD) stance. especially if you can get the kick up to the head. works great as a south paw
Thanks love it
Jim Molter
Going to try this today. Thank you. nice shirt.
