The difference between using a power kick
versus a deceptive quick kick: we know that in modern Muay Thai, we use a lot of power kicks
because this is how modern Muay Thai is trained. The thing with power kicks is that even though
they can do a lot of damage, it's also easier in telegraph. You also know when the person is
about to throw a power kick and it's easier to defend against. So, if you defend property the
person throwing the kick and also be injured. And so, that's why we tend to use a lot more of
the sneakier, faster, deceptive kind of kicks. If I was gonna throw power kicks, let's say, leg
kicks or something. I would probably step out, I would like to wind up and then throw that
kick.
If I hit him in the right spot, obviously, it's gonna hurt. Maybe he won't be able to walk.
If I kick him in the body, maybe I can break his ribs, you know. Obviously, this kind of kick it
always used in modern Muay Thai when we throw power kicks, we wind up, you know, "boom".
Right, power kicks, so you can break the leg or break somebody's ribs.
If you kick high
enough you can knock the person out as well. When we're thinking about throwing kicks
without shin pads you have to take into consideration that you can also get injured. But
if I kick with power, there's a possibility that if he knows how to make check that he would
lift his knee and I would end up, you know, kicking his knee or his leg and maybe both of us
would be injured.
So, there's no guarantee that I'm gonna be able to kick his leg if he leg checks
properly. If I try to kick his body, obviously, he could also body block, "boom". So I might
hit his elbow instead of his body. He's gonna know when to block because it's gonna see that
kick coming. But the whole idea behind throwing sneaky kicks is that, you know, you won't see when
it's coming. It doesn't matter if I throw it from the get-go. I can kick low "boom" right here, you
won't see it coming, you know.
Or I could do it after he throws a jab, then I parry, then kick and
then throw a kick. I could do it at the counter, obviously, and I would have a better chance
of landing that kick. But a lot of times, you just want to kind of secretly want to throw
that kick. Even if he throws a jab, "boom" I throw that kick right away. A little bit less wined-up
there, so I'm not just ,even if he throws a jab, I'm not like switching all the way back
and then you see the kick coming. So, the way I want to throw kicks, whether it's low or
body, say, if he throws a jab, "poom" right away, right. Kick right away. He throws the jab, "boom"
so it's harder for him to a defend or react. I just throw that kick with a little
bit wind up, not so much. So this is a whole concept of doing a lot of the
Boran moves, is that, we want to apply the kicks in a more non telegraphed way so
your opponents won't know when it's coming, rather they know is winding up and throwing
kicks that are powerful.
We can do that, we definitely can do that. And we do do that, but
we don't do it as much. We don't just focus on that. We do like the little kicks or sneaky kicks
to set up your opponent or slowly break them down or set up other strikes to throw him off. Not just
throwing power kicks, whether it's head kicks, body kicks or head kicks. I don't want him
to see me if I'm winding up and it's gonna see the kick. It's easier for him to block
it. So I'd like to be that quick right here. There's no wind up, you just don't see. That's the difference between using power
kicks versus sneaky, fast kicks..
