Andy Hug doing kung fu

[Jimmy Jazz]

apparently he did kung fu tai chi and tkd aswell as kyokushin.

 

[Frode Falch]

Cool. a open mind is a very good thing.

 

[MadSquabbles500]

What is the purpose of that stance and the hand thingy?

 

[wang xiangzhai]

What is the purpose of that stance and the hand thingy?

You have to imagine the stance as if you had steeped on the side of the opponent, the "hand thingy" is for wrist control over the leading hand. It expreses the explosive contraction of all the muscles connected with the fingers, starting from the legs, back,etc. It should really feel as if you were closing your fingers - and all the muscles on that side of the body - on a single point. This abrupt contract/tensing gives you the initial oomph to set off the opponents balance, after that little force is needed.



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[Vil7]

I was really shocked back when I heard he died. RIP.

 

[Strychnine]

A "Blue Eyed" Samurai, indeed.

 

[Azam]

Yep - very few people know that the flexibility in his axe kick was credited to the time he spent training in tkd - it's why he was able to get more out of that kick than anyone else in Kyokushin at the time. I remember his wife mentioning the above in an article I read a long time ago.

I think recognizing that the art you practice has areas that other arts do better is the first step in being open minded - as far as martial arts training goes.

 

[Beijing Power]

^The guy's explanations are excellent. He has a Beijing accent; wonder if the vid was taken at 天坛.

 

[wang xiangzhai]

^The guy's explanations are excellent. He has a Beijing accent; wonder if the vid was taken at 天坛.

Dont know about the place but he really is a great teacher. Chen Xiang, one of the head instructors of the Hunyuan Taichi School and disciple of the great Feng Zhiqiang, hes the real deal

 

[Jack Handy jr]

Surprised that axe kick hasn't been used by more tma MMA guys like Pettis,wonder boy,and Anderson that have the skill and timing to possibly pull it off in the cage.

Either way Hug's highlight reel is awesome and I watch it at least once a year.

 

[spacetime]

Yep - very few people know that the flexibility in his axe kick was credited to the time he spent training in tkd - it's why he was able to get more out of that kick than anyone else in Kyokushin at the time. I remember his wife mentioning the above in an article I read a long time ago.

I think recognizing that the art you practice has areas that other arts do better is the first step in being open minded - as far as martial arts training goes.

When did he ever train TKD? There is no mention of it in his bio. I simply assumed that the axe kick was formally part of Kyokushin? Is it not?

 

[spacetime]

Surprised that axe kick hasn't been used by more tma MMA guys like Pettis,wonder boy,and Anderson that have the skill and timing to possibly pull it off in the cage.

Either way Hug's highlight reel is awesome and I watch it at least once a year.

It's a heavy telegraphed, uneconomical kick. The fact that Hug made it work is simply bad ass. There is no other way of putting it.