Lead leg fighting

[Goju_boi]

rear kicks are easy to see,especially the high rear kicks.

[isshinryu5toforever]

If I'm kicking you with a power shot from my rear leg, it's going to be to the legs, to the stomach, to the hip, not to the face. And trust me with enough practice you can be fast on the draw from the rear leg. It takes practice, but it is possible. Not everyone is slow from the back.

[Goju_boi]

I'm not saying it's slow,just that it takes time compared to lead leg kick

[Pogo]

my sensei tells us to kick off the front leg for speed and the back leg for power

he never lets us kick off the back leg at the begining of a fight he sais that it opens you up for a side step. We are taught to start our combos off with the front leg

[Goju_boi]

sounds like your sensei knows what he's talking about.

[Jay]

a side kick from the lead leg it sounds slow to me but i gues if you practice it it would be effective i love the mawashigeri of the front leg i own that technique

[Pogo]

You may own the roundhouse off the front leg

But I own the techniqu to counter it

[Goju_boi]

good comeback

[Superfoot]

It's been a while since I posted on this thread, and have learnt alot since then. The Crocodile Kick is also referred to as the Brazilian Kick. When I first saw it, it was taught by a Kickboxing instructor who called in a Croc Kick. Later on I learned it's also called a Brazilian Kick. Do a search for Glaube Feitosa of Kyokushin and K-1 fame, and look for his video clips. He performs this kick which can also be referred to (as has been correctly called by one poster) a Drop Down Kick. The Brazilian Kick takes it's name from many Brazilian Knockdown fighters preference for using this kick.

[Goju_boi]

I still don't know from what style this kick came from. I know that kyokushin brazilians do it, but is it just a brazilian thing?