7 leg kick defenses besides shin checking 

Really disappointed that you didn't cover chi blocking in this one

"The butt can take a lot of damage" -Coach Ramsey, 2020. Having said that, loved this video since my kick game is pretty weak. P.s. Yeah, I know is 4-years-old humor, butt I don't care :D.

When you catch the leg kick you can also Oblique Kick the other person's knee, it's mean but effective

In trying to block a leg kick with my butt, I once dipped too low and my kidney got hit. It was after 3 hours rolling and striking at my gym, so I was exhausted.

I was recently watching the Joanna Young Jay Check vs Valentina Shevchemko fight and Valentina was using lots of these techniques in the fight. It was very interesting to see this right afterward because it helped me understand the fight.

Using that weird heel one is now in my bucket list. Just once again a training partner.

I was waiting for that grab. I was not disappointed XD

The pulling hand/hikite aplication as a leg grab makes alot of sense.nice one!

The second one, where you step back is called a 'leg void' in fencing. Often people get hit anyways, because they don't move the whole leg - either: The foot moves back, bending at the knee, or The hips move back without lifting the foot properly. Alas, good footwork is hard.

As a former TKD practicioner who has his legs and feet in pretty bad shape and now doing some KB to get back in shape and learn new stuff, nice tips, the lead leg front kick is usually the simplest yet most effective one , i sometimes use just out of muscle memory, another one is doing a long step back with the leg that is being targeted then throwing a lead front kick with the leg that is now ahead, i do that because sometimes you're not fast enough with thefront kick and your lead leg knee collides with your partner leg or knee and that hurts, lol. nice video as usual.

I'm a big believer in using kicks to counter leg kicks, it just seems like the obvious answer. But the karate motion is super interesting. Would love to see you do a focused series on decrypting some of those esoteric "TMA" drills. My boxing coach is a fan of the horse stance punching just as a way to drill the mechanics of turning punches over, never thought about the pulling motion being related to actually drawing the opponent in. Especially in a more traditional setting with a gi and especially belt that seems super strong. Now that i think about it, that kind of low grip on the belt sounds super dominant. I'm pretty sure it wasn't allowed when I trained judo because of the stalling potential. I wonder if Kyokushin rules allow pulling in with the belt?

Thanks for the Video. I was literally talking with a friend about leg kicks and leg kicking defence earlier today. I appreciate the useful tips and handy reminders. Cheers Ramsey 💪🏼 🇦🇺

Really great selection of applicable techniques, how to answer a technique with x others . I really like this format Coach, keep them coming !

Love these technique video's Ramsey! I've been training martial arts and fighting enemy ninja's on da streetz for years, but I still always learn from the video's :)

If you're in a low, wider stance, such as a Karate stance, you can quickly pull your lead foot in to avoid the kick (assuming they're kicking you're lead leg). You can see Stephen Wonderboy do this frequently in his fights

Amazing collection of effective techniques. Thanks again Ram

Awesome video! Super helpful. I will be sure to practice the ones I didn't know about that were in this video.

Your technique videos are invaluable. Really hard to find this kind of information so we'll explained

Great video, thank you!!

Taking power shots to the legs and thigh after a while your legs are just give out

Hell yeah, great video brother!@

Thank you for this information, taking notes 😁

Wow, that was helpful, thanks!

You are a really good coach and the music is really good too

These are great. Thanks

Excellent tips. I used to enjoy stopping kicks using wing Chun techniques. Thank you. More please.

Your the best coach

Showing how important horse stance and karate punching is was awesome. The lessons are varied and deep in each Kata

Very effective techniques coach is always

Yes sir thanks coach !

If you ever came to Europe let us know, I bet there will be many people that will love to meet you in person. Thank you again for all the good content you put here for all of us.

This is great!

I cannot wait to practice this in my room all alone then forget about it once the gyms open up again for sparring.

Wow tis is fucking amazing. Really appreciate tis Ramsey!

That Korean style counter is interesting and the level change is clever very insightful as always coach

2:09 what about southpaw fighters? I'm new to fighting and I'm terrified of kicks especially the Thai fighters and their banana tree spam.

"Butt can take a lot of damage!"

Great video

That Anderson Silva highlight was bang on the money. As soon as you explained, it was the first thing that crossed my mind

Thanks for sharing this. The karate part makes much sense. Pretty cool to know. In Savate, we often use most of those moves, as we can't check kicks (don't know why). So the push kick, the dodging (though we keep the stance at all time to keep balance), the counter punch - by moving inward or laterally, kick the supporting leg and deflecting the kick (as holding is also not allowed, *shrug*) is often used to avoid a direct kick.

Nice! More videos on defensive techniques pls. So i can get out more and train. ^_^

That's a lot a TON of footwork, but I love it.

Wow Ramsey, great AV. Thought western boxers were defenceless against muay Thai practitioners. Thanks for proving me wrong.

Can you do a video on all types of punches

I learned that the heel kick we used in kung-fu can be used a low kick block. I prefer to ride the leg kick similar to the butt block, but I twist my lead leg and come up on the ball of my foot so the kick rides up a few inches higher on my leg than the kicker expected and it lands in my hand.

Hello Ramsay. This was illuminating! Since we are talking leg kicks, can I ask you something about them, that does not relate strictly to defending? What is the difference between low-kicks muay thai style, with the leg more or less straight, and other low kicks with the "snapping" motion of a round kick (bending / chambering your knee). I suppose they are two different tools for different jobs, but I can't quite figure out the relative advantages of each.

I like the last one😊

I saw a video once yrs ago of tony jaa showing some of his muay thai stuff, and he did a butt defense for a kick. Was pretty cool. And the slid n catch is one some of the instructors I've had will teach. I have seen/heard/tried the short lunge to brace the impact when the kick come in fast. Idk how effective that is, but it seems similar to the butt block.

I like the last one as you can simply feint and step forward with a 1-3-6-3

i like using the pull back to hop right back in with a combination

Good video as always keep going I don't know what is wrong with people you deserve more subscribers than master wong

1 I use a lot is a push to the chest or neck from the long guard, in the same as the teep is used in the first technique.

Sidekick to the groin is the best or another roundhouse kick to the groin. The other option is to put the upper part of your shin into the knee or thigh of the kicker.

damn ramsey u are a big boy

Coach, you are unofficially a karate 'master'. I say that because you have shown us the most simplest and practical applications for karate moves. I know you hate the title 'master' being imposed on you. But, it appears that you are!. Thank you for that! Oss

Ramsey is one kick man. :D

Something I always thought that could work (I don't do martial arts btw but I want to) is to axe kick a frontal leg kick and catch the guys leg with your own then throw him in the ground. Nice video btw.

If it's a higher leg kick like a thigh kick and you catch it, there's another option. It works best at range so move back a bit then catch the foot or ankle. Then twist to make them fall or risk knee damage if they try to stay up. Maybe you can crane hand block out and possibly get an undergrip on the leg. Squat a bit then stack the leg up like you would do in mount. Many leg sweep takedowns from there.

2:16 I love your friends acting lol

For blocking body kicks you can jam it with your knee, from a knee position, but sweep it to the outside, and make contact with the inside of the other person thigh

You should do a video on that Korean leg check. I've only seen it in movies.

Exelent video! I will try to use this moves on my next sparrin seasion. Question: what do you tink about the reflex ball ? Saludos desde mexico !! 😁🥊

Hi Ramsey, I don't really know if it's the right place to ask you questions but... I live in France and the government just decided to close every gyms in my city. It means I can only practice (I'm into Muay Thai) on the wekends (like 2 hours a week, which is very frustrating.) Of course I can still do some bodyweight training, but I don't have enough room for shadowboxing. What would you recommend in those situations where one can't find any sparing partner ? I can think of many ways to stay in shape but not a lot to keep a good technique... Thanks a lot !

Hey couch, so did i tae kwon do for about 12 years but recently got into MMA (before the end of the world) and on my first day my couch saw that i was standing in a bladed stance. He corrected me saying that if i stand bladed i would just eat leg kicks and i have also notice my boxing and clinchting doesn't work as well either in a bladed stance. So i stood more in a muay thai stance so that i could learn that style of fighting rather than just my own. However i am finding it hard to be able to move quickly and i generally find it more comfortable fighting bladed. Should i just carry on fighting square to my partner and get more use to it or is there away to make the bladed stance more effective for MMA?

With the second block, you can "push kick" kicks from all positions. I prefer this to checking with the shin because its less painful special when push kicking the knee or the thigh.

Yes Ramsay, But what if I use my chi to block??? Joking aside, fun stuff! I know its not your stick, but do you think you can do a video showing the practical reasonings behind the TMA forms, as you briefly showed with the karate/taekwando pull punch?

Nice background music

So you can remember easier. 1. Teep their hip 2. Backstep the front leg. 3. Foot block with your other leg. (Hard) 4. Eat it and trade for a right hook. 5. Take it on the glute. Can turn this into a takedown. 6. Sidestep away and catch the leg. Change your angle about 90 degrees. From here you can sweep. 7. Catch, pull their foot into your hip and strike with your other hand as you do so. 8. Shift angle and do an inside leg kick with the leg they were aiming at.

Very informative video. But as a 31 year old man I can't help but release my inner child when you said that the butt can take a lot of damage, coach. Lol.

The way of catching the leg while moving to the outside really recalled me of my sanda days. Do you think many sanda techniques can be adapted to mma? (I am maninly referring to takedown as defense against roundhous kicks)

Hey Ramsey I watched this video about a month ago and yesterday we were drilling a combination ending with a leg kick and I don’t know why I just left my leg there to be kicked Maybe because it was the end of the night and my head was fried I didn't even think to myself “this hurts I should do something different” until I had taken about 10 or 12 leg kicks I feel very stupid now butt scooting backwards around my house So I’m rewatching this video and once I’m good to go again I’m gonna learn how to kick and check properly

First off thanks for your videos, the question i have is is there a way to have effective foot work if you can't do the traditional squish the bug for punches and kicks? I was trying to shadow box in my friends wrestling ring that was converted from a boxing ring but we put extra padding and because of that you sink in and I find it hard to put out the imaginary cigarette. Thanks again for the videos and thank you to any one who takes the time to answer my question if they do.

I'd add the knee block that we use in Ashihara Karate: it's not so much a check so much as a nudge, using the outer edge of the lower leg in a gouging action to the incoming thigh. Throwing your weight into it allows you to both push the opponent's leg away and get in close for a grapple/uppercut/elbow. Alternatively, dig the bladed upper edge of your shin into the incoming thigh for a numbing effect.

The push kick can be aimed to the thigh of the leg that your opponent is using to kick you, but it's a technique that just happens in the moment, it's not like a shin check that you can do all day long. You can do this if you already have raised your shin to check, but your opponend delayed his kick.

Please do another video on body and head kick defenses. I thank you for this video. I never new that the barelling of the the fist to the waist could be the equivalent of a jut sao jerking hand, from wing chun. Technically you used jut gerk. Jerking leg. Wow TaeKwonDo just took on new meaning. I would look for other gems on what I've been taught!

The squatting down move should be called the Bishop Brennan!

Is stepping into a closer range for maybe a clinch or inside strikes a viable option?

I like how you used the heel to block the outside leg kick, is there a way to block the inside leg kick without checking?

Awesome video! My question is: what about calf-kicks? Do they have specific defences that aren't on this list and which of these defences work on them? Also, there is one wierd defence that Anderson Sylva did against Israel Adesanya, which is to turn leg inward to take the kick on the hamstring.

Have you seen the old Muay Thai/ boran one where you you drop your elbow super hard on the caught leg. That one looks awesome and can be followed by a spinning back elbow to the head

damn i wish you were my coach, i don't even have a coach rn cos I stopped training

Re-examining the push kick to stop the leg kick, would a side kick be as effective?

I’d say not to recommend the butt check for beginners/inexperienced fighters because if you position yourself just right which isn’t hard to do by mistake, you gonna get kicked in the bone and I know two people who got paralysed because of that butt kick. But it is really cool and first time I’ve seen it in one of Bruce lees movies, great content!

The explanation of the reverse hand pulling isn't part of Taekwon-Do, but now I wish it was. Textbook explanation is simply to provide an Newtonian reaction to the punch going forward (not sure if it achieves that, but that's the official explanation from Choi's Encyclopedia).

A question: do you prefer quick combinations, with some of those hits just to distract, or single devastating kicks, punches, or elbows? I guess that it depends the situation and one has to adapt and use both styles, but I don't know, maybe with combinations, a strike is less powerful? I am asking from my ignorance.

Great how about boxing combos to take down

I know it is late in Shanghai. You have proven to us that you read and respond to all the comments. I think that makes you loyal and trustworthy. My question is about monetization. Do you still get paid if the viewer clicks the “Skip ad” button in the lower right of the screen?

Can you do a video about the MMA stance? I think this will be the start for everyone that wants to learn how to fight. I think it is easily overlooked and after you practice some striking you realize that from that position you can't kick properly or you can't attempt to take down. Thanks

Sir!Sometimes we see when a person gets knocked out he waves like a snake on ground,what is that?why is that? Can u please tell us

What about a GSP-style Superman Jab? Or a similar switch/shifting maneuver?

@1:35 seen that in the movie Ong Bak

hey sir ramsey that low kick defense using the butt by lowering the body, is it possible to step the lead leg first, then lower the body, then using the lead hand for a stiff jab(probably twisting the shoulder to protect the chin) instead of takedowns?..

Do a all type of kick video

Is the level change butt block also usable for a straight to the body instead of a takedown?

I remember the first time I heard about calf kicks. I thought they were completely useless, since I could just turn my foot out 45 degrees in order to make my opponent's kick hit my shin. Didn't realize how devastating it actually was until I saw Gaethje chopping wood

What would count Dante do?

Be careful if using same-side-leg to defend, it can be very hurt for both. If he kicks with his right leg, use your left leg to defend is safer and more friendly. If you use your right leg to defend his very hard right-leg-kick, both legs can be broken or very hurt

Everyone in UFC Middleweight takng notes rn

Hey Ramsey what are your thoughts on using your knees to check low kicks?

Train to move with the kick and absorb/transmute the impact.