The Most Important Step When Kicking (Chamber) 

Damn look at his balance when lifting a leg in demonstration

I think this is one of the important things from TMA that combat sports practitioners could pick up on. Some scoff at rechambering as unnecessary but I think if you practice rechambering you develop a better understanding of that position as well as building balance and being prepared to defend. Cool video.

You are the only RU-vidd that makes me actually click the bell because I genuinely want to

Ive been working on kicks so much lately spending hours on the bag, really enjoying the content thanks as always man!

I dont think people realize, the quality of this content!

Superfoot Bill Wallace had in my opinion the best utilisation of the chamber. Back in the day I bought his instructional tapes and that was the first thing he emphasized "the chamber"

Hey Shane, is that athlete-x collab ever gonna happen? That would be dope.

Thanks for this. I have especially tight/weak hip flexors, incorporating these exercises will be golden.

You are amazing, Shane. You make us believe that's easy to do

Thank you Shane; You've given me another reason to give to my students for a good chamber in the kick.

Right on time ! I was looking for something like this !

Im a gymnast and i find these things being very simple or familiar drills but these are great and you explained it with great detail 💪 good shit brother

That’s amazing, exactly what I was thinking I need to improve... thank you very much! Just on time!

This is great, man! I never considered some of these movements before, the yoga ones specifically. I did those for other things but not like this. Great ideas! Totally trying it out right now!

I love the sidekick its my best technique iv been doing martial arts my whole life wish youtube would have been around in the 80 and 90 yeah im old lol shane thank you for all the videos you put

Thank you Shane

thank you for these exercises, I will try the esseyers in my next training courses

This is gold.

Yo, thanks for the video Shane, this improved my kicks by 50% They also get caught less now :D Greetings from Norway.

Bless you Shane

Thanks!! It is a good practice!

This is easy to follow and appreciate it. Thanks!

Very important tips shane.

Best duo ever!!!!!

Love your videos🔥🔥

Great tips 👌👌

I wish I had all your instructions printed on nice posters on my walls! Your videos are really useful. Thank you!

Hi shane. Greetings, Brazilian fan here. Could do a video with tips for high fighters? Im a little higher than average and starting some thai lessons. Wanna know somethings to abuse my height. Keep up the good Work!

Excellent video!!!

He is marvelous. nice kick techniques.

Thanks so much for this 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Great job man

😂😂😂 amazing can’t wait to perfect in my game

I'm still a beginner kickboxer just getting used to teeping(I can get chest height comfortably) rn I'm adding a bunch of your videos to set up a few routines to get my legs used to kicking

Man your vids are great I just need to be more consistent with it but feel the technique and strength!

Very good ...!

I like it, I'll add the first one to my plank routine

Sup finally a colab with kwonkiller

I really need this

I use to do taekwondo and could kick very high but after two year i stopped and try practicing but for some reason it wasn’t as could without a coach thank you shane this wil help

Shane, you have came so far from your older street instructionals. This channel has been impressive to watch grow man for real I wish I could have a quarter of the audience you can project to. Similarly to you maybe. I'm kinda more in the aspect of training individuals just because it's easier to make form corrections etc. But I know you're busy man what I'm trying to get at is could you do a few instructionals on how to introduce more brawler type friends\sparring partners into more traditional Eastern striking.

Can you make an updated stretches for high kicks so I’ll be able to do these

Great video by the way✓

I love your videos!! I used to get picked on and I wasn’t confident enough to fight but now I can reverse round house/wheel kick, roundhouse and more 😁😁😁

The stuff I need

I've been practicing Muay Thai I'd say for a year now? Or a little under. And I wanted to mention this because I'm interested in your input, but I struggled very much when learning how to roundhouse kick. My legs were tense, knees would lock back and hyperextend, terrible TFL and IT band pain, unable to turn my hip over at all. So what I did learn through watching Saenchai videos actually and several other Thai fighters, putting the videos in slo-mo and pausing frame by frame is what I guess you'd call it, is that every elite kicker in Muay Thai that I have seen DOES chamber their leg. But it's not a tight and controlled chamber like Karate guys. If you slow the videos down you will see that even with basic body roundhouse kicks, the elite Thai guys will bring their leg up straight down the middle, already pushing their hip forward almost like a knee, and they keep their leg at a slight and loose chamber and whip the shin through from there. If you don't chamber your leg at all I feel that your legs, core, upper body are so tense because your leg is straight and that's when you see people leaning far back to get their kick higher and having awkward pivots on their supporting leg. So I do believe even in Muay Thai you always chamber your leg for kicks, but the difference would be in TKD and Karate the chamber is tighter and more focused on control of the shin directly, where as in Muay Thai the chamber is left very loose, pretty much where the knee is at a 90° angle almost, and unlike TKD and Karate you don't emphasize the kick from the chamber and instead emphasize the pivot and whipping motion and so on with the kick from there. To sum it up, you still want to keep a loose chamber in Muay Thai so your body whole body stays more loose and nimble and you have a more fluid motion with the kick.

Thank you! I'm a female and I joined a gym (kickboxing, TRX) in June to get in shape. Down 18 lbs, but my flexibility and balance are still off. I will incorporate your techniques into my routine, but how do I get my knees to my chest? Even in class when working with hand weights and planking, I still have that issue. Suggestions?

Great video as always dude! Btw, you should check david breed video about slow kicking drill its on warrior collective

I was literally thinking about how this would help me for my Muay Thai and you literally said so Wtf

Πριν κάνουμε αυτές τις ασκήσεις τι πρέπει να κάνουμε για ζέσταμα, λόγο μια ενόχληση στο ισχίο που έχω εδώ και καιρό. Ευχαριστώ πάλι για τα ωραία βίντεο, με συμπάθεια και εκτίμηση.

I watch all his kicking move and learn 12 different kicks nice I need more to fight Jon's bone's

Shit!!!...I can't believe I took so much time to see this video. This video is gold. Love you Shane from India

very very nice, Oss

Good luck!

You're collaborating again with Micah! Cool.

Damn Shane's no joke

Great content like always. Thanks Shane

Nice one, btw you remind me so much of Oliver Queen in arrow...

great balance how do you practice not falling on your ars etrying to do head kicks

Shane,please make a video on how to escape when you get cornered

Hi Shane huge fan of the videos, keep it up! I’m just getting into Muay Thai big time recently. Im huge fan of lifting weights also but looking to cut down and focus more on cardio and skill. Is there a programme for weightlifting that I could follow specifically for Muay Thai? Possibly only lifting twice a week Thanks Matt

Chambered kick- speed and precision Muay Thai kick- power

I think one of the big problems that a lot of traditional martial arts suffer from is the idea that "You always do it this specific way". In my personal experience, karate instructors are some of the worst culprits. "You always have to look your opponent in the eye while fighting." "You always have to start a side kick with a straight chamber." My view is that you should never limit yourself to always doing something the exact same way, in all situations, all the time.. Experiment, try out different ideas and different versions. If it works, it works. The same goes for muay thai practitioners. Don't ignore something just because it's from a traditional style. If it works, it works. And the more weapons you have, the more dangerous you are.

Try the 'bounce chamber' where you kick your butt with your heel after a slight hop up. Then holding the leg in high tight chamber, bounce on one foot. When you throw the kick with such a high chamber, it can not be easily blocked. Also, as your partner what it looks like when you kick with a high chamber in sparring. He/she will say 'it looks like your leg comes out of your hip, almost invisible'. This will help you do an unweighted, front leg skip kick which bridges the gap at the same time you kick. You can do this with almost any kick including back turning kicks. Back turn, bounce chamber and skip in then throw, all in one count. HTH.

My training and promotions have been in TKD and the “chamber” was always emphasized.

nice

For the first drill, should my shoulders be retracted or should they be pushing past my check when in the push-up position?

Yes more kicking vidioes

Why you wanna kill my stabilizers, great session

Living in England and being a student makes it impossible to attend these seminars, come to England Shane?

Hey Shane,i have quiestion that will probably interest you. Im doing martial arts and i am amateur fighter and im constantly training, but i still have hips problem. My right leg is "more" stretched than the other one and when i kick i feel my hips are clicking,its weird. It hurts also. What should i do to open up hips and to make it more loose? Thanks

I get knee pain on the outside (medial) of my knee when I pull my ankle up into a figure 4 position when I stand up. Anyone else experience this?

hey can u teach us dempseys falling step

Shane fazen

My knne go down horizontaly ..it have do with shape iof my hips?

Wassup love the vid

does chambering kicks give more power?

It’s awesome your doing some tkd technique. Most people say tkd is nothing but kicks and I’ve heard some say the tkd kicks are garbage LMAO I’m a tkd black belt and I would say no one in the ufc has better kicks then me

I would love to train with you man

Hey Shane I wanna know about using my shoulder in a fight. Aside from the obvious shoulder tackles. How else can I utilize them. I tried bumping my shoulders to a guys stomach during a wrestling type fight

More conditioning drills

Can someone explain how does he hold up his foot like that every time I do it I feel pain and stiffness in my hip and butt muscle

I have a natural flexibility to my legs to an extent so I’m able to do these positions with comfort, but I don’t know my limit due to me thinking well most of it’s natural and I just jump into it. Bad habit, I end up pulling some things at times, I’m too excited

With out chambering your attacks, you don't have control over your exit from an attack, and if you have a predictable exit, you WILL get caught if you don't end it quick. IE: control your momentum in AND out, so that you can flow with it as you CHOOSE, not as you MUST. I mean that's more of a karate basis, but anyone can incorporate it to reduce predictability, and increase positional agility. Id suggest the importance of stance control and centring your limbs in regard to balance and momentum in those split seconds between striking, naturally, is important for any type of attack that leads your momentum and reduces your grounding in the process? Even some types of hand strikes benefit from the concept yeah?

Do u have video how to punch properly because i have problem. When i punch a bag my wrist Doesent stay straight. My english isnt the best one sorry hopefully you understand

ooo, what was that pop at 1:45?

every muay thai rounhouse kick has a chamber. people don't see it because muay thai fighters kick super fast but if you put buakaw, superbon, superlek or seanchai in slow motion x0,25 you can see the a bend at the knee, not like a full chamber (heel to the butt) but 90° degrees at least

My knee is down when chamber even i train a lot ..it have to do with bad shape of hips?

when ya comin down to texas for a seminar man ? :(

kicking chamber!

I can sense jesse enkamp's spirit in your kicks HAHA i dont know why

This so much this. New to kicking? Listen to this.

Oldschool kicktechnik... like from superfood bill wallace. In klassic kickboxing we train it like that.

Forget the chamber, how’d you get that level of balance?

U got great technique for not being in the ufc

Shane what Happens if My leg is to heavy so i do not have the flexibility

For anyone that doesn't believe..... yes it works

Hey Shane, so I have this bad habit of leaning back when I throw a sidekick. How do I fix that?

do this tutorial help for high kick? i cant high kick im 35 years

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