Awesome new tactic

[Treebranch]

Try throwing both hand up towards there face while moving when have just evaded and found an opening. They will flinch back and let them have a stomp kick to the upper thigh. It will drop them on their rump. Make sure your hands are extended far enough in front of not to be open for an uppercut or straight punch. Your arms should slightly bent to shield you from hooks. It's very effective, but don't use it too much.

[scottnshelly]

This is a good maneuver for an Instructor on a young student. When i was a kid, i remember an Instructor - that was very large - would just move his front hand over like that and just leave it there, waiving, until you looked at it. After a couple seconds of this everyone would eventually look, and if you didn't, he'd hit you with that hand.

 

i agree though, that a feint would work better in a tournament, or against a skilled fighter, but this slight distraction works well against a newer fighter.

[TigerHeart]

Too much of that will get you caught, same as the 45 degree jump kick.

[Treebranch]

Don't make it a faint, make it an attack. If he doesn't fall for the faint your in trouble, but if your faint is an attack it won't matter. Usually people who use too many faints rely on your reaction to the faints. When someone faints, attack!. They are not expecting an attack they are expecting you to flinch. Make your flinches into strikes and also take their space.

[Mr Pockets]

It will either work or get you hit in the face.

[Rank7]

i always try looking down with my eyes and slightly raising my leg, sometimes lifting it to knee height and then punching.

im sorry but if you did this i would have gone in for a tackleto the ground with your being off balance and all.

[ovine king]

the typical kickboxer, if he sees you looking down, will throw a punch at you.

[shotochem]

A little quirk I picked up from my boxing friend, try a little bit of head movement and fake moving in with your head leading. (a head fake) If really confused the other guys I train with.

[Mr Pockets]

You know a better way to utilize the same idea- just have one hand cocked and really act like you're going to use it, then hit him with the other hand.

[aefibird]

I find that changing direction suddenly works better for me.

If all else fails try shouting "Quick! Look behind you!! "

Well.. there might be someone out there who is gullable enough for it to work on....

I think that the person who would fall for that goes to my dojo. He's 14 and a nice kid, it's just he's very gullable and easily led. One time Sensei said to him "your shoelaces are undone"... and he looked to check, even though he was barefoot.