Use kick to counter all punches

[Kung Fu Wang]

Will you use kick to counter all punches? Your thought?

https://i.postimg.cc/mkr9Tkkr/kick-against-punch.gif

 

[skribs]

All? No. In situations as shown in the gif? Maybe.

A kick to the body is longer range than a punch. A kick to the leg or head isn't much different range than a punch. If you do a straight kick to the body (front kick, side kick, back kick), it can be side-stepped or pushed aside. If you roundhouse, it can be closed in on. A kick can be grabbed, and then you are off-balance.

 

[Dirty Dog]

Will you use kick to counter all punches? Your thought?

https://i.postimg.cc/mkr9Tkkr/kick-against-punch.gif

Of course not. Pretty much any "always" or "never" statement is silly.

 

[Kung Fu Wang]

The reason that I use the

- term "all" punches because the leading arm jab has the most reaching distance. If your kick can deal with leading arm jab, it can deal with cross, hook, uppercut as well.
- front toes push kick on the belly/chest as example because it has the most reaching distance.

 

[letsplaygames]

all day long...

 

[skribs]

The reason that I use the

- term "all" punches because the leading arm jab has the most reaching distance. If your kick can deal with leading arm jab, it can deal with cross, hook, uppercut as well.
- front toes push kick on the belly/chest as example because it has the most reaching distance.

So you're saying "use a kick to block all types of punches", not "use a kick to block every punch"?

A lot of your threads are binary choices (A or B), so it sounded like this was another all-or-nothing choice.

 

[Bill Mattocks]

Personally, I would not use a kick to block any type of kick, but a push kick such as you show in your gif works if you have time to deploy it.

 

[Kung Fu Wang]

So you're saying "use a kick to block all types of punches", not "use a kick to block every punch"?

A lot of your threads are binary choices (A or B), so it sounded like this was another all-or-nothing choice.

I'm only talking about to use kick to deal with your opponent's 1st punch when he moves in with a punch (not with a kick).

 

[JowGaWolf]

ut a push kick such as you show in your gif works if you have time to deploy it.

Push kicks are slower. I would recommend a regular front kick that snaps out either landing with the ball of the foot or the heel.
There is always enough time for the kick. The biggest issue is "Is the kicker ready" and does the kicker have the foot work that's needed to kick.

Things that don't work.
1. Waiting to see the punch before kicking.
2. Having the kicking leg weighted.

In my opinion the best way to train the kick is to simply move around and learn how to kick within your footwork. If a person has to pause their footwork in order to set up a kick then it's going to be very difficult to land it. This requires to know kick when the kicking leg is the rear leg or the lead leg.

 

[Kung Fu Wang]

The biggest issue is "Is the kicker ready"

When you see a punch coming, your leg kick out without thinking. The kick become part of your natural reflex. In other words, your body will make your kick ready before you even notice it. When someone punches at your face, his chest/belly is definitely exposed for your kick.

Through MA training, we try to develop many such "natural reflex". To kick the leg out when a punch coming toward your face can be one of those.

 

[Holmejr]

we would use this in Thai boxing mostly off the cross when the timing was right and it was also part of the standard 15 count drill if I remember correctly.

I used a front teep in an altercation many moons ago against a overhand right by a drug crazed knucklehead. Took him right off his feet. Poor guy didn’t know what hit him.

Ahhh youth

 

[Dirty Dog]

Personally, I would not use a kick to block any type of kick, but a push kick such as you show in your gif works if you have time to deploy it.

I would. Jamming kicks is very effective.