EvilTed Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 Hi, Does anyone know when low kicks were brought into Kyokushin? We have a guy in his 50s who joined our dojo who did Kyokushin in the 60s and he says that there was never any low kicks. This is confirmed by watching early videos too. Does anyone know when the ubiquitous Kyokushin low kick was introduced and where it came from? Thanks ET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sho-ju Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 May have been just the guys dojo he trainned in. Okinawa karate is known for its low kicks, maybe from there, maybe from mauy thai and the early kyokushin vs. mauy thai matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xianzhong Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 the low round kicks are more of a Muay Thai influence, but I still see a good amount of Kyokushin practitioners doing a very ugly imitiation of the thai round kicks that are more like slaps compared to actual strikes. Are You Ready? @https://www.geocities.com/tonybanhOpen Your Mind... @https://www.openyourmind.tk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilTed Posted March 19, 2004 Author Share Posted March 19, 2004 Muay Thai follow through with their high roundhouse kicks whereas Kyokushin is executed with more snap. We all know that K-1 was born out of Kyokushin and Muay Thai so maybe the low kick came from there? We have several Muay Thai fighters from Fairtex that cross train with us in San Francisco. There is not a hell of a lot of difference between our styles. We both do a fair amount of knee kicks, low kicks and in-close punching. Osu! ET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knockdown Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 http://www.kyokushinmail.com/pillars_royama01.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilTed Posted March 19, 2004 Author Share Posted March 19, 2004 Perfect - that's exactly what I was looking for! Thnx ET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knockdown Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 You are welcome. the other person sometimes given credit for this is Kenji Kurosaki as he was the coach of the team to take on the Muay Thai Kickboxers in Thailand under Thai rules back in the 1960s. he also fought, but lost his particular bout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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