Kickboxing Fighting Styles

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:53 Style 1
2:00 Style 2
3:34 Style 3
4:30 Style 4
5:25 Style 5
6:31 Create Your Style
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[DrGetgood]

You've really been putting out a lot of great content lately, Gabriel. We appreciate all that you do!

[flaviofrv]

When I was young, I've always used a lot of kyokushin/tae-kwon-do kicking style. But it takes a lot of development and drills to keep your flexibility and your stamina drains very fast. Then we get old and we all rely more in a mix of technique and punching

[pi]

i love the conclusion; not to limit yourself and take pieces. Sidekicks work well, boxing does too, I LOVE use clinching and then power round kicks...basically i mix and match depending on the opponent. It's really fun. Love the channel man, hope you do a clinic in Toronto sometime too. Would love to thank you in person.

[ajshiro]

This is helpful. It puts in to perspective how i train sparring and what i'm good at..

[felixrondeau]

A video about how to deal with each of these style could be interesting!

[anon]

Great video Mr Varga, while you were explaining several of my training partners came to mind as examples of each of these styles! This info is gold and you explain it very well

[joshjay]

I appreciate your videos! I boxed for about 5 years, having 18 boxing bouts before joining kickboxing. As a boxer, I used a pressure fighter style before becoming more of a counter puncher/outside boxer. I’ve been practicing the kicker style on the bag and the technician style in sparring. It’s a fun journey! I can’t believe I waited so long before getting into kickboxing…such a great sport!

[DirtForm]

Q: What’s the best style for self defense?

Another comment had this question and I wrote this, what are your thoughts on this question?

A lot of it depends on the fighters physical attributes as well as their opponents, but I’d argue a boxing pressure style with a good mix of clinch with knees and elbows would be a menace to deal with. You’d have to be quick and also strong comparatively to the other person once you engage in the clinch but if you had those attributes then you’d be able to put them on the back foot and smother them wherever the fight goes. Also, hopefully, you can use the clinch as a way to put them down while most importantly mitigating any takedown attempts against you. A lot of people want to take you down when they feel outclassed on the feet so being able to snuff that and force them into your game is a necessity. Plus, I think going to the ground in self defense is extremely dangerous because you can no longer reposition against opponents on their feet, i.e. your opponent’s friends. Can’t defend a soccer kick, or field goal attempt, to the head unfortunately. Having said all that, I also believe it’s extremely important to have a (1) good teep, (2) roundhouse to the thigh, and a (3) calf kick because if you need to (1) create or keep distance, (2)&(3) hamper movement and do damage quickly. I’d also say a side kick should be included as a more niche version of the teep just in case the opponent is off to the side and you need to create space. If you’re smaller I’d say leaning towards the outfighting (kicking & boxing) is the move. If you’re the larger, stronger person I’d say the pressure style (boxing, clinching, knees and elbows). Outfighters can still use great knees and elbows and even have a really good clinch game that quickly off balances their opponents leading to trips, throws, or landing strikes but the longer you’re engaged in the clinch with a larger, stronger opponent the more likely the scales are tipping in their favor.

[uh.gremlin]

Amazing breakdown and advice at the end

[gerbil]

The kicker or karate style are the ones I really love to incorporate (mainly because I've been doing karate for years) into my kickboxing sparring sessions, since I'm just really bad at getting close to punching range, so I use kicks as my advantage. Throwing high kicks and doing high-volume kick combos has become too easy for me so I just stick to that, but I'd still love to use some boxing, so if anyone has any tips for being able to get to a closer distance and get the courage to punch, I'd love to hear them

[markmessi]

I fall under the karate style but ive worked extensively on my hands this past year and can say i now also counter punch pretty decently after people break through my wall of kicks. The main thing im having trouble setting up is my jab of all things tbh. Once i can set up my jab better i wanna try competing

[elserpientethechamp]

Amazing, I really like using the kicker style, with front kick teeps, and high kicks, those I found land really good for me, but I will be sure to implement the other styles too!

[MohamedAchiche-yj]

I think style 4 is what suits me the best cuz I do kickboxing and did karate and love spinning kicks and am always on my toes

[martialartsunlimitedvictoria]

Legit one of the best videos you've made. 🙏

[Bigbob]

Ima super short guy so I think I would like to focus heavily on punches and clinch fighting

[aldavedesierdo]

I am impatient therefore I am aggressive in my style, depending on my opponent I usually set up my favorite aggressive boxing combos with knees in medium to short range with my long kicks and feints sort of Badr hari and Petrosyan style. However, if there's a fighter in my gym who is more aggressive than me, I can change my style to sort of counter puncher/kicker and karate style (because I have karate background). Been training for 2 years now and only fights for fun. Good vid Gab!

[mdellinkchillazo]

I have done almost a year of MMA and now because they offer it at my uni I'll be doing kickboxing. I am super excited and the first thing I thought is i had to nerd out on videos and sht jajaja( i know i still gotta train though, my cardio is ass rn)

[AngryGrape]

I thought it was gonna be about Japanese, Dutch, International, American Kickboxing, and Muay Thai (Yes, Muay Thai is kickboxing, what do you think “Muay” translates to?)

Just for clearing confusion, when people say “Kickboxing” they usually refer to the International style.

[ayske]

Great video, I feel I have a mix of thai, Dutch style and touch of some karate style kicks in the 3 min round.

[clashingtv]

My head movements like pikkaboo
Bouncing style like Soviet punching style like cuba kicks like sort of thai boxing 😊😊😊