Grab front kicks out of mid air and easily throw your opponent on his back. Use a simple modification of this technique as a leg drag guard pass.
The golf swing is one of my favorite finishes for a single leg takedown, and my preferred method of sweeping my opponent after catching a front kick.
I first learned this technique 12 years ago in Jiangsu Province, China, from a former Chinese national sanda champion- and a student of the master of taijiquan, Yu Dao Shui.
While this technique is common in Chinese martial arts and combat sports like sanda and taichi, it also exists in freestyle wrestling, other grappling arts, and Muay Thai. (I even saw a Thai fighter do this live at the old Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok in a championship title fight at the big Muay Thai show on the birthday of the king of Thailand)
Also in this video, learn all about the dos and the don’t of up kicking. It’s a really simple subject, but a lot of people still get it wrong, and teaching upkick fight logic wrong gets you knocked out. There have only been 2 up-kick KO’s so far in the UFC (More in smaller MMA promotions, and amateur mixed martial arts competition) The reason we see so few fighters getting kicked in the face with the up kick in the Ultimate Fighting Championship is because they are incredibly easy to avoid if you follow the ONE SIMPLE TIP shown in this video that every high level professional fighter knows.
That being said, a capoeira style martelo up kick (rising roundhouse from the floor) is a shockingly simple way to reach the head of a standing fighter who is intelligently defending himself (which I will show you as well in some sparring clips)
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Great vidéo as always
3:26 ear-rap3
Ramsey, how would you combat a punch to the back of the head of you go for the golf swing or try to straighten their leg out. Is it speed against their next move ? I guess what I'm most concerned about is grabbing their ankle. Go easy on me, I've only been doing martial arts for about 2 years. I may not have covered this yet.
I will try to use this whenever I have a good chance to
Ramsey, can you break down a single leg takedown for MMA? I was always taught that leg of your opponent should never be between your legs. First, you might accidentally kick yourself in the balls. Second, and it is something I use quite frequently, you are vulnerble to Obi Gaeshi type of throw. Half of the throw is already set-up by your opponent (leg pushing into the inner thigh), all you have to do is just a sacrifice. Depending on what your opponent wears, you might grab back of his jacket or guillotine-like (in extreme cases there is no grab, so throw is uncontrolled). My record is guy flying 3 meters. But all the MMA guys do single-leg in this weird way. Are there any benefits?
WOW, this sparing sessions look cool. BTW, tai chi helped me with my boxing and wrestling.
Vitor Belfort tried to catch Anderson Silva's kick… it did not end well for Vitor.
Cung Le has said something like "never catch a side kick. It can be deadly."
But people still catch kicks successfully in competition so it works.
like Rocky said, you need to be willing to take the hit…
Haha That thumbnail! "Wait… This isn't foot massage class??" Haha Too funny! Anyway, love the channel! Keep up the great work Ramsey!
Ramsey we need a video in Tai chi for da streetz. What do we do if an old chinese dude jumps us in our way home from work and starts to move very slowly in our direction? I think we need to know some Tai chi of our own to fight back!
wouldnt you make him fall harder if you lift the leg and then pushed forward instead of going down then sideways exposing your head?
Front kicks are the most commonly countered in my experience. I have a very powerful front kick but, no matter how fast I throw it someone always catches. Learning a move that never lands is practically pointless anyway.
What if you were to sidestep and catch the leg with a swiping block. Most of the philosophy of (As I understand it) is to deflect. So, if I receive a kick to my midsection I step a little off center and do a sweeping motion with my hand away from my body. Now I have the foot in the crook of my elbow. Maybe this is not a tai-chi movement? I think that is the beauty of this art; most any style of movement can be incorporated into tai-chi. Just I would share . . .
You can also do it with a leg sweep after the catch. Comes from Judo, back in the pre-Olympic era when it was still cool (and allowed) to do so.
Damn, Judo got watered down by the Olympic nonsens. Don't let it happen to your martial arts for the sake of getting in the Olympics.
HAHAHAHA!…..good foot massage
Nice, I want to try this when I can spar again..
You're the Jesse Enkamp of Tai Chi.
Not a bad thing, but
We need to mic up shao lol 🎤
Nice, a real Taiji guard pass!
Had to revisit this, going to try the roll set up for this
Stated in one of the tai chi classics: "If you raise something up, there is the 'yi' to smash it down with increased force"
tai chi chuan lun, – the discourse of tai chi chuan.
Hello sir
What submissions could you try from this ?