Am I the only one excited....sidekicks

[GoshiShun17]

Am I the only person excited to see a few more people using the lead leg side kicks more effectively in MMA. Even though Holly lost she caught Meisha with a few one was really nice and I thought would have hurt Miesha but she didn't seem too phased. And of course the beautiful performances by Wonderboy Thompson and the masterpiece he made on Hendricks.

I know Tae Kwon doe and other TMAs get a lot of hate around here but I just always love that technique

 

[Sonny Qc]

Yeah having a sidechick is great!
You should be excited!

 

[HHJ]

wonder boy is the shit. Bruce lee knew about this shit since the SEG days.

 

[Sonny Qc]

urgh, misread, sorry TS.

 

[Emjay]

 

[yamato damashi]

Holly's side kicks were for the most part to Tate's upper thigh, just below her hip. I love those and they are very effective.

Others aim the kick right at or just above or just below the knee joint. I think they are cheap shots. Just like a knee to the upper inner thigh is good. To the cup or groin is cheap. Shots to the knee should be a foul.

 

[GoshiShun17]

Holly's side kicks were for the most part to Tate's upper thigh, just below her hip. I love those and they are very effective.

Others aim the kick right at or just above or just below the knee joint. I think they are cheap shots. Just like a knee to the upper inner thigh is good. To the cup or groin is cheap. Shots to the knee should be a foul.

I agree. Jones and Anderson are two of my favorites but I hate the fact that they use that. Very dirty and really should be illegal. You are basically attacking a joint. But they deem the stupid 12 to 6 elbow dangerous. I was mainly talking about sidekicks at or above the waist.

Holly hit Tate with a beautiful one right on the chesticles!!!

 

[HHJ]

oblique mania 27

 

[Deleted member 429453]

I grew up on trad martial arts and the step in side kick or turning side kick was always something I liked,

The day someone takes one to the face is gonna be horrific but to keep an opponent at bay great

 

[MMAViewer]

Steven Seagal knows

 

[ThePunisher]

I remember before MMA was even a thing, kicks like the type that Holly and Conor does was what we always saw in movies, and once I started watching MMA, I was surprised that hardly anyone used it. 99% percent of kicks are non side kicks.

So yeah, I'm excited to see it becoming more and more used. I especially like the way Holly uses it, where she kicks and then spins as she retracts. That gives her a few extra frames of recovery time to prevent a counter.

 

[nublood]

I love side kicks. When I did TKD it was my go to technique in point sparring and board breaking. I pretty much landed them at will when sparring.

When done right, no can defend.