Karate vs Muay Thai: Front Kick

A comparison of the front kicks of Karate and muay thai and how they might be used.

#karate #muaythai #martialarts #kicks

[jkgardiner]

At the beginning of the video I say that I'm not an expert on Muay Thai and that these are simply my observations and ideas.

We can always benefit from looking at other arts and taking the ideas we like into our own.

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[robwalker]

Love this, would be interesting to see a similar comparison for mawashageri / muai thai round kick

[SilverbackMoonLandingLies]

Very impressive power and speed! Awesome, thanks for the demo!

[CmdrPrompt]

Snapping Maegeri, quite tricky to use in it's simplicity but an excellent technique when mastered. Definitely gets your opponent to keep their distance if applied well. Would You consider doing the same kind of comparison for the muai tai round kick vs mawashigeri as they are rather different in both application and technique. Arigato gosaimasu!

[martialautist]

As someone who competes in savate and and k1, this video has been really useful. Cheers mate 🥋🥊😄

[allanh]

I’m working on integrating this technique to my Muay Thai arsenal.

[mountainwarrior]

Great demonstration & explanation as always. In the mechanics of a kick it’s really just an elongated step. If you go to step, or walk do a front kick teep or snap etc it’s a similar mechanic. Great that you high lighted how the kick work. As sometimes we don’t think 🤔 that deeply about what we do, when we kick or punch as we are just used to doing it 🤜🤛

[adamkane]

Both your front kicks are excellent and have power.

I only learned the snap version in my Wado training many years ago.
We only ever kicked the air in training though - no pad or bag work.

[mountainwolf]

Karate front kick muay thai push kick krav maga front heel kick/front kick. We all use it like you said, even us kravist. Great video Keep up the good work.

[irishmaninokinawa]

It's funny, am doing Uechi-Ryū and I've learned the so called Muay Thai kick in class for full-contact, I've personally never used the snap kick in full-contact, I've also used the trust kick. In my own personally experience.

[educatedcanadian]

You.see the snap and speed of that front kick. My goodness. This man needs to enter the dragon. I feel like hed kill the opponent first strike. You gonna spend a lifetime developing that kind of power and not make millions of it. Yes self defense but you just gotta know. Karate combat atleast. Tree trunk legs geeze

[richardbartlett]

Very educational as always i think maegeri off the front or back leg is often neglected it can be compared to a front hand jab or cross straight and direct to the target and fast get caught in the solar plexus with one of these and you are going down.

[davidgomezjimenez]

Loved it. Thanks again for your great content.

[victorcold]

Both kicks belong to karate: one is keage and the other is kekomi. However is incorrect to think that the 'pushed' one, kekomi, doesn't create damage as it is easier to transfer more body weight in it than it is in the keage one. Also, with kekomi at 4.27 uke folds slightly only because he is not a Kyokushin karateka😁. Nice technique and video. Thank you for spreading the love for Karate. 🙏 OSU 🥋

[alwaystraining]

Karate is everything, equally. That’s how I like to think about it anyways. Great video, thank you sir!

[rodctenis]

Excellent video. Karate is situational, that's so true and so forgotten! By the way, I would not like to face one of those kicks, it doesn't matter if it is karate or Muay Thai!

[johntay]

I find the karate snap front kick more deadly than the Muay Thai push kick. The snap version stabs the body due to using a smaller surface area, and because of Hakkei, it will blow and vibrate their insides from the impact. Be very careful with Mae geri

[MrCybu]

The reason I'm told to use the snapping technique is to prevent your opponent from grabbing your leg. Isn't that a risk when using the Muay Thai version of the front kick? (and yes, I know that when a kick is delivered with sufficient strength, grabbing it is hard... hard, but not impossible)

[juancarlostyrlik]

humildemente pienso que las artes marciales que entrenan con contacto tienen ventaja sobre las demas que evitan el contacto por seguridad

[mountainwarrior]

However what I’ve discovered as I’m creating something new. I’m analysing all movements everything you can think of Kicks punches forearm, shoulders, elbows, finger basically all usable parts of the body. I’m creating new movements !
As an Australian I decided to create a new Animal Mimicry art based on the strength and movement of our Kangaroos🦘 A type Kungfu that utilises mechanics & principles of movement from Bajiquan & Baguazhang Kungfu also Kenpo & Karate. I also practice hard body tree 🌳 striking conditioning & body striking techniques.