Still doubt the effectiveness of leg kicks?

[Muaythaiboxer]

leg kicks are harder to block than head kicks though.

[ONE TROOF]

LMFAO!!!!

[mai tai]

agreed, also if i block a head kick the guy who threw it is usssaully in trouble. real easy to throw combo of blocked head kick. easy to catch.

me i throw head kicks in only three situations

1. just caught a leg and am passing it.

2. qwick and light tkd style ...mainly to set up other stuff

3 they are begging for it (hands down in my leg range)

[unknown]

That is funny as hell! lol

[Meguro]

Until I started training in knock-down karate, I'd never considered "knocking-out" someone with anything other than a head shot. In practice, it's not as easy to do as the video depicts. Your opponent has to stand there and beg for it, like the guy in the video. Poor guy. In competition, and probably the street, you might need to follow-up with 2 or 3 more kicks or other techniques to get the desired effect. For defense against the low kick, I try to avoid the kick or launch my own low kick against the opponent's inner thigh.

[ysc87]

thanks for the clip... i needed a good laugh.

and ditto on the "ouch"

[Skeptic 2004]

[Administrator Edit: Do not view this movie if you are at all sensitive to the sight of breaking bones, limbs, etc.]

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/index.php?e=kickbreak.mpeg

Download and watch. 'Nuff said.

[Armbar]

^^^ that right there....that was disgusting .........Ouch.......

[taiji fajin]

Yeah, that was pretty gross (second movie)

Still doubt the effectiveness of trying to punch someone in the foot? Stand still and I will punch the top of your foot and break the small bones on top of it. Then you will see that it is realistic to fight that way .

Seriously, though, while kicking has its place, just because a kick hurts (did anyone actually doubt this?) when a guy just stands there and takes it doesn't prove that they are "effective." I can think of many, many things that would hurt if you just stood there and let me do it to you, doesn't mean I would try them in a fight.

[Khan]

Goddamn that must have hurt.