Tips To IMPROVE Roundhouse Kick

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[Jenjak]

I've been practicing 100 round house kicks with each legs (either shadowboxing or on the bag, 5 sets of 20) for a month to see if it would get me anywhere. And man, it did ! I never felt my legs that nimble. I still have some way to go, I still can't high kick very comfortably, but this is working.

[houssemhmila]

you are literally on your way to answer every single question i had on my mind with your videos. Thank you Gabriel

[Giordien]

TIMESTAMPS:
1:25 Kicking Height
1:56 Body Rotation
2:15 Pivot
2:56 String (Body Elevation)
3:35 Arm Movement
4:46 Kicking Angle
5:35 Rechamber

[pascalbrousseau]

All this knowledge is shared at no cost.
Thank you Mr Varga

[ZerkMode]

You're teaching me so much, I have to appreciate it by sending some money to your bank account lol

[xmnia]

Hey gabe, I was wondering what your thoughts are about the pull counter in muay thai and kickboxing, I dont see it off of punches alot in high levels in kickboxing/muay thai but still wanted to try it out and implement it in sparring, any thoughts would be awesome!

[elserpientethechamp]

These were some amazing tips Gabriel all three of them were great reminders on how to throw the roundhouse kick technically correct and I cannot wait for your defense course I will be sure to buy it Gabriel! 🎉

[bloodsports]

I've been doing karate my whole life and I have never been able to kick to the head. I have severely tight hips. Even when I stretch like crazy. I hate it lol.

[ive-tar]

Gabriel can you make a video on how to book a fight for yourself when you don’t have a manager I know sometimes your gym/coach books them for you but I just moved houses and don’t train with/at my old gym no more and I want to make my amateur debut as soon as possible any tips?

[jacksonloy]

Should the lead leg be straight when hitting the target? It can be bent in Muay Thai sometimes but is it different in kickboxing?

[HeavyBagDiaries]

Thank you very much for sharing these tips. Being able to kick high and with power isn't for everybody.

[johanneskrv]

One step inside and it's free range down the pipe to the face, if the kicker swings his arm down thai style. The extra power is not worth the risk.

Also, if you learn to kick with your guard up the whole time, throwing one of the most lethal combos there is - one, two and simultaneously back leg roundhouse to the head - will be so much easier to learn.

[oussamachaouki]

thank you for the advice but my issue is losing balance i use my hand as counter balance and everything but i still lose my balance

[karmaakabane]

your experience is a real treasure, thank you so much for sharing it with us, helping the youth with sports and their passion is a great thing 🇩🇿♥️🥊

[jameso]

Good vid. Gabriel I'm relatively new to Muay Thai, but i dont have the opportunity to train at a gym bcos most are too far away to train. Thankfully i took Muay Thai for a few mos so i sorta got enough technique to spar already. Not that is what's important. Anyway, i was self training and discovered something very cool! And that is to practice a Muay Thai round kick in the air, or shadow boxing! Here's why i think it's a good way to practice. It teaches you to use your hip motion, and pivoting. Obviously it's good to kick a bag n spar. But what do you think of Shadow n kicks to improve technique?

Also, i found that if i don't shadow my kicks then they just don't feel right?

[WadeSmith-oexd]

4:15 I agree with you in principle, but kickboxing doesn't allow jamming and grappling your opponent, and chop blocks in 16 oz gloves are less effective. In no rules fighting in no gloves or 4 ox gloves the mechanics of defending a roundhouse can be a bit different, because I and the 2nd dans in the dojo used to use a lot of chop blocks against roundhouses. Basically, instead of evading away, we'd step int othe knee and counter-strike the inside of the thigh of the other fighter in 4oz glove and it stings to do that.

Also, like 185+ fighters have a hard time getting the roundhouse to head level unless they are literally a top 5 contender at kickboxing. Even as fit as I used to be before I got sick, I wasn't confident in my roundhouse enough to go for a head shot against you know...and 2nd Dan+ level fighter. I'd have probably gotten taken down and ground and pounded. I did work it to the kidneys and the left armpit though.

[treverfox]

Right on very helpful video super good another one great job I'm gunna give this a try next time in the gym!

[educatedcanadian]

Thanks Gabe pretty much exactly what i do. I catch flak for not doing it more awkward with beinging up horizontal the whole way. I do in-between for the angle and less telegraph. Hard to pivot in socks on carpet lol

[matthewmillette]

Gabriel! Have to share this story.

I went to sleep right after watching this video and I ended up having a dream that you and I were hanging out chatting business stuff.

You ended up inside the house for whatever reason and I was outside arguing with a friend that was supposed to be watching my kids, who were getting into trouble.

All of sudden here comes Gabriel busting out of the house, sprinting right at my buddy and you full head butted his nose! Lol😂

His face was basically exploded as I stood there in disbelief. You were rubbing your forehead.

😂😂😂

[onphnkf]

Thanks for this video episode. Would you please detail the lower leg extension phase. No one is really talking of how much should it be extended for the most impact? When do we start the extension? Thanks