My elbow can bend that way actually and it's quite normal, I guess. My mom and sis elbow bends that way too. I don't really know why though or even how common or uncommon it is.
@@thedemoninshadow8503 Oh, so that's what it's called? Though if we take it on a literal sense, it would be weird. But yeah, her like mine have a larger elbow rotation radius that normal.
Great video as a martial art practitioner who practice muay thai and kickboxing i can honestly say both style of kicking are very effective and got there own beneficial ways snap kicks are very fast and use best to strike the face area because it doesnt require much force to cause a knock out while thai style are less fast but more painful due to you using your entire shin to aim at your opponent thigh, calves, body
She is very fast with that lead head kick I’m very impressed. I have good flexibility in my kicks but need to work on my technique in terms of speed, body position and foot position
I remember using this a lot in stand up back then. I did karate back then, when my knees were better. I would use this as a counter and when It didn't land; I used it as a set up to a lunging straight or re jab to get distance. A great technique right here.
Since snap kick has higher velocity and lower effective mass than swing kick and vice versa, I see snap kick as a high velocity round , the swing kick as a high mass slug. Other snap kick advantages not mentioned: * better clearance because the lever is shorter until the last moment * snap kicks are less telegraphic, ie, leg check (chamber) to head kick * focused penetrating hurt on unprotected targets, as opposed to a swing kick's jarring hurt even on protected targets
To be honest, since I left with Kumite and started kickboxing sparring, I have never thought to even make a snap-kick. Did this technique for too weak, so it was always good in the point fight. But now I have to try out :D Thanks for the instruction!
You can see the level of control when Shane steps out instead of throwing the jab- she doesn't lose any timing whatsoever. The kick is exactly the same as though she landed!
aye, I can completely relate to this. threw a follow-through roundhouse to the ribs during a full-contact karate sparring once, and my opponent weaved back so I hit with my instep instead of my shin. tore my left ankle's ATFL from that =(
the important part is keeping the heel on the ground so that you transfer the impulse momentum (amount of kinetic energy transferred at the pint of contact) a lot more effectively, lifting the heel creates a spring type mechanism that significantly lower the transfer of energy at the moment of impact and that stability is where the real heavy kick and knockout power comes from you can still kick hard with the lifting heel but the point is no matter how heavy and hard your kick is it will be heavier with the heel on the ground
not only is the karate roundhouse (mawashi geri) faster, it's lower commitment. It allows you to chain opposite side attacks even if you wiff (intentionally or unintentionally). Obvi, the Muay Thai roundhouse has a lot of advantages of its own, but I think more pros could benefit from crosstraining mawashi geri, just look at what learning mae geri did for Anderson Silva.
Seems like a good solution against longer/taller opponents with a boxing background. Though obviously like Michelle said- you'd need damn good timing to pull it off against someone with a good jab.
I do similar things a lot in muay thai sparing. I don't quite the flexibility for head kick so I often do lead low kick across both of their legs or inside low kick depend on our relative positions;
I actually did this move in a mauythai smoker event-, was never thought the moved, but after throwing a couple of punches I did a side step/ pivot to the right for some reason then i threw the kick and my opponent put his hands down may be he thought i was going to throw a low kick or something. But it did connect to his face and head gear. So I do believe this ,this move has some blinding potential or tricking to it.
I too like to use both depending on my intention. I had a taekwondo background prior to mma. I've since learned to use both independently, and end a spliced hybrid of both.
u both are awesome. I do muay thai and the idea of snapping the high kick is a thing i ll consider doing myself. my dexterity for a full roundhouse to the head isnt there yet anyways
I started out as a TKD base, and now i'm practicing Muay Thai. I'm finding it really hard get those 'baseball' kicks down; my leg keeps wanting to chamber and snap.
@@justinfreeman4614 Yeah, i managed to branch them out to different techniques. I would practice on the bag; the goal is to make the bag move significantly, rather than the speed-focused tap of TKD. Focus on getting your hips to turn as you start to kick, you should try to make one big flowing motion, rather than the three-prong movement of TKD. I also would try to make it a seperate technique rather than trying to overwrite your TKD training. The fast kick can be pretty useful at times. One of my current weaknesses though is I can't seem to 'slow it down' very much when i want to go lighter in sparring, I instead instinctively switch to the TKD snapping; which is bad when i'm trying to practice only MT
With the multiple tib fib breaks I see from muay thai roundhouse kicks getting checked in mma, this style looks attractive. I can't even watch those videos where the leg wraps around the checking kick
Interesting. I've trained a similar backstep+kick in more of a "baseball swing" kick. The only difference is that you'd pivot your right foot and that lets you get the hip turn going. Like she said though, speed and height are critical here. Super interesting
She is incredible. I follow her on insta. I think she is a really sweet person and I’m pulling for her in her next one. You have a very productive channel, thanks for sharing.
Notice how she's slipping to the outside without her left hand covering her chin and her left arm swinging downward to generate power on the snap kick? She's open for a 1-2 knock out, for at best a "check hook" vs proper glove and shoulder placement. Just flashy nonsense, IMO.
@@danielskrivan6921 Granted she's not defenseless, but the slip is low% without the glove to reinforce the cheek from the jab and the cross can still reach her with a step or go to the body while her stability is compromised. I mean the timing of the kick has to be perfect to pin the arm in place, it all seems high risk/low reward.
@@andrewferris1903 On the one hand, she's a professional fighter, so I think she knows what she's doing. On the other hand, this is how Olympic Taekwondo fighters avoid being kicked in the head, so it also makes sense. What credentials do you have to judge the techniques of a professional UFC fighter and Olympic competitors?
Daniel Skrivan She also talks about how she often has a range disadvantage, so it makes sense for her to rely on a technique that can help compensate for that disadvantage.
Grand Daf if you’ve ever done Muay Thai you’d know it’s pretty much needed after doing it for more than a year it takes a toll constantly being on your toes
Also i think the snapping combined with the hip rotation is more than enough for ko power. It’s weak compared to a swinging thai style kick but hits like a truck compared to a punch
The Karate Hottie is my FAVORITE female fighter, because we have a similar training background. I was all ears until 2:51 & then the evil 😈 thoughts kicked in😂
Hey Shane, saw your video about "if the heavy bag is spinning, you're doing it wrong". Would love it if you make a similar video but about the double-end bag since its my favorite bag to hit.
Anyone remember that funny Kickin’ It episode, where the Black Dragon sensei gave Jack a Bo staff and he started spinning it around and the Black Dragon sensei said. “Woah, you almost took my head off.”
THE SNAP KICK , IS AN ART IN MARTIAL ARTS 🥋 .!!!!!!! . HARD TO PRACTICE . SEE: ( VANDAM ) . HOW HE , TRAINS .!!!!!!! . VERY AFFECTIVE .!!!!! . IN MOST FIGHTS .!!!!!! . OR SUPER FOOT ON THIS SUBJECT .!!!!!!!!! .👍❤️🙏🏾......
Ive seen top level Muay Thai guys swing and snap. beginner-intermediate Muay Thai guys focus on the swing only. Beginner-intermediate Taekwondo guys focus on the snap only. I find that great kickers in any sport utilize a swing and finish with a snap. The starting principles are different depending on which martial art you choose, but in the end a roundhouse is a roundhouse. All paths, lead up the same mountain.
