50inches

I see that you post alot in this forum, I was actually going to ask you before, but what is your job really, is it in any way martial art related?

I actually did not even set it up, he came flying at me with a crazy "push kick" and I knew that I had the longer reach with my legs, so I caught him alot better than he caught me.

When you say it did good, what did it actually do? It made him back off and not want to fight me any more. Pretty much enoughe

Well, it has been tested now. I got in a stupid fight for actually pretty much nothing (I almost never fight), and I threw a high kick wich did good, then when his 15 friends came, I wish I did not get in the fight hahaha. But it deffinetly was easy to get a a high kick, much easier than in sparring, because people dont know that you can kick them in the head.

I dont see how strikeforce has the money to pay him more than the UFC?

If im gonna keep it real, I dont think that there is a person in here that can beat kimbo, if u want to, u could kick to the groin, if you miss and he gets a hold of you, its over.

Second, most low kicks talked about in self-defense situations are generally aimed at places that are illegal targets in sparring and sporting competitions such as the knees and groin. Big difference in driving a kick into the side of someone's thigh than into their knee. Also, there are many factors that can change the outcome of your kick that are eliminated in a designated training ground as opposed to the street including, but not limited to: slick ground (snowy ground, wet pavement, etc.), lack of changing elevation of said ground (fighting on a incline or decline), and debris on the ground (rocks, needles, lava). Anyone skilled can kick about waist height or below with little to no shift in their body movement and balance. However, kicking above the waist requires the upperbody to move as well to compensate for this shifting balance due to the mechanics of their body doing something it was not originally intended to do. Thus having to constantly shift your balance to kick high risks losing your balance as the foot returns to the ground if one of the above examples proves more troublesome than your mind calculated prior to executing said kick. Futhermore, it's a matter of physics. Kicking high requires the leg to travel further, thereby taking more time and energy to do so. This is not only on the way up, but on the way down too provided you miss. That extra second it takes for the missed high kick to land and for you to adjust yourself back into position can be troublesome against a skilled fighter, regardless of formal training or not. That being said, kicking high can be a nice tool to use every now and then as they can be a fight ender, but so can knee and groin strikes. For most situations "on the street" it's really not logical when you think about all the factors involved--kind of like punching to the groin. Personally I won't say I would never kick to the head in a street fight. In fact, I advocate kicking their head all the time. But only in situations where their head is about your waist height. Yes but right after I said that athletes can take alot of punishment to the legs, I mentioned average joe, that in a situation with all that adrenaline he can take more than 1 low kick, considering that most fights dont last than a minute, you dont have enough time for lowkicks to put him down. I guess that if its selfdefense, things like groinkicks and such would go, I however can not see my self having the heart to do that, and not once in my life have I seen a fight where someone kicks somebody to the balls , I would not want to be the first, but then again self defense is self defense, so yeah you can do that. Most fights here where im from, are over some beef between people, or just people that get drunk a saturday night and want you to become victime to their terror. I dont know if these count as selfdefense, but in these situations I would not throw groinkicks or such, however if im in a dark alley by my self and nobody else there, and someone comes up and threatens me, I would without a doubt throw a groinshot, but this happens very rarely here, so selfdefense for me is the first thing I mentioned 9 out of 10 times. Ultimatly the groin kick is the best weapon you can use, and it alone could be enoughe to defend one self, but if we do martial arts and learn all kinds of other stuff that can be considered more "moral" defense, why not use it if you are confidant in it.

First of all, yeah I can kick at headheight without stretching Im not saying that the high kick would be my only tool in self defense, I would probobley first throw the jab straight combo and just follow it up with a roundhouse, if i do the straight to the stomach I think most people will lower their guard just a little bit, but enough for me to land a kick to the head. There are a bunch of combos to do, but im just saying that I dont think impossible and deffinetly not useless to throw headkicks. And for the guy that mentioned that I would not be able to take crocops leg kick, I belive you hahaha, but then again if I saw crocop I would not challenge him in a fight, or any guy of his size.

I´ve read many times in forums about how when being in a self defense situation one should only rely on low kicks. I have thougt trough this and I really think that its nonsens, I mean when you watch martial arts competation, most guys can take probobley 5-6 good lowkicks on the same leg and still be standing. I realize that these athletes can take much more punishment than your average joe, but when your in a real fight situation in real life, adrenalin is at 110%, the chance of your opponent going down on 1 kick to the leg is not big. And then there are those who tell you that you should never kick to the head in self defense, I could not disagree more, if u practise a martial art like taekwondo or kuykushin karate, your kicking is usually very skilled, my personal kicking is compared to my punching awsome, I am flexible and have real fast kicks, I would rely on a kick to the face in self defense any day. This however is not for everyone, if you can barely kick to the head, then you should not try it, but if you can, why not do it. I realize that you are not at 100% balance, but im willing to take that risk for a split second if im that confident that I can make it. Unlike lowkicks, the chance of dropping your opponent with 1 high kick is pretty big, considering that average joe does not have the best guard in the world, it should not be impossible to complete.

I dont know how many people in here actually compete profesionally, but does anybody know about how much money u can make in diffrent martial arts, like how much do kickboxers make, how much do mma artist make, both UFC and much smaller organisations, and does anybody know if its possible to make money off point karate?

I feel that these blocks can be used somewhat in selfdefens, not very good in competation (isnt really that important), but why train 20 years to learn these blocks, when you can get a good boxers guard in like 2 years.

I was wondering what it takes to open a gym and become an instructor, and be able to make a living out of teachig it? I have heard from quite a few people here that they make a living of their classes, I live in sweden where charges for martial art classes are very low, and pretty much noone makes a living off it here. What do you do in other countries to make. Any tips are appriciated

Im a big fan of Cung le´s, he´s now 3-0 in ufc, does anyody know when he is fighting again?

I think that considering the fact that sanshou fighters allow takedowns, and yet they throw sidekicks all the time, it should be obvious that sidekicks do not increse the chance of being taken down that much.

sidekick to the head

WOW, thats alot of money In what ways does your individual training differ from grouptraining, and what do you then charge for group training. And who are these people who are ready to give that much money for this treatment ?

not very humanicst if you ask me, but I guess its in their culture, but its a wicked tradition

All martial arts started off as self defense techniques. However, IMO with time many of them were just good for show, I feel that the same thing happend with capoeira. I mean if you really are in life and death situation, and have your hands cuffed behind your back, isnt it easier to do the simple kick to the groin, than all kinds of dancing and spinning kicks. I dont know, but I have yet to hear from a person that has actually used it well in self defense. Never the less, it is a cool art

how much is that in euros?

im amazed how much all of you actually pay a month.. I pay 120 euros for an entire year..

I think it works wonders for me. Some techniques that I have never even practiced, for example leg catches or combos, have worked instinctivly for me in sparring, because I have seen other people do them and vizualized my self doing them.

I agree, they should have multiplied the smaller guys hits by as many times as the bigger guys were heavier, probobley somewhere around 1.6 if you compare kungfu guy with taekwondo guy.

Hi yall. Im doing several types of martial arts right now, I´ve noticed that I am very dependant on my kicking when we do kickboxing in practice. Can anybody give me some tips on how to improve my boxing, or do you know any instructionvideos or dvds that I can get my hands on. Thanks

My personal toughts If you like doing kata, do it, isnt that really what matters. I however do not belive that kata alone can make you a fighter, I belive that you have to train with aliveness for martial arts to work in general.

Thanks, ill try that technique with the roundhouse kick. I see what u´r saying about the frontkick to, but I hit him very lightly becasue I didnt want him to fly back because then I wouldnt be able to get the second roundhouse kick immediatly.