Flying Knee Defense/Counters?

[Fire of Youth]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned simply spiking the incoming knee with your elbow. You defend yourself whilst maintaining your guard, move into him to dislodge him in the air and position your self to hit his legs out just as he lands.

 

[Gavster]

Stepping back and guarding like they are throwing an uppercut. Palms on the top of your head, elbows tight together. Otherwise evade. If someone is looking to leap like that and you can pick the counter, do it. Overhand rights are good, but any cross or hook at an angle should hurt them.
Watch for their hands down and chin up - it took me ages to counter that bad technique with flying knees to my bag.

 

[apizur**]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned simply spiking the incoming knee with your elbow. You defend yourself whilst maintaining your guard, move into him to dislodge him in the air and position your self to hit his legs out just as he lands.

It has the weight and power of a knee, but with no stability. Parry it sideways like a teep kick.

You could try to point your elbow down into it, but then you might end up like a certain Korea Zombie.

Brah.

 

[Big Nasty Edison]

A thread about countering the flying knee and no one posted this gif yet?

Son, I am disappoint.

 

[ssullivan80]

Over hand right whilst the opponent is in mid air... this will yield the kayo, I truly beleive it to be the best counter blow to stop the dreaded floating knee

Sure, but it works both ways. Throwing that OH right opens up the entire body, brings the head down and drops your weight onto the front foot........ It gives the guy throwing the flying knee an awfully big target to smash that knee into, a much larger target than the guy throwing the OH has to place his shot. It works well if you can catch the guy throwing the knee as or before he get's off the ground (As Fedor did to Arlovski, he telegraphed the knee and Fedor never gave him a chance to get his hips engaged), but if you don't time it just right and the guy throwing the flying knee get's his hips into it your in trouble. Once the hips are engaged the back arches and the head pulls back and away (proper tech), guard/arms come up and the chance of being able to place that OH is much less likely than the chance of eating that knee.

I.E: OH was late

vs OH thrown during/before "take off"

I was taught to parry across the body because it turns their hips which ends their offensive chain and puts them in prime position for shots.... like a teep kick defense.

I feel like the flying knee is the most shoulder roll-able technique on the market, now that I think about it. Just angle off and eat it in the shoulder, snap back with a punch.

I could see how "shoulder rolling" or parrying could work, but I'd be worried about exposing those high floating ribs, as it's one of the worst places to eat a knee. High up under the armpit or behind the shoulder blade, that's a nasty shot to take.

THESE PICS MAKE YA WANT TO CURL UP IN THE FETAL POSITION........ UGH:icon_evil

 

[ssullivan80]

This is how IMO you cover up or block a flying knee, assuming you can't step or get out of the way. Pulling head back and weight onto rear foot as the knee comes into your guard (if it's high/head), or crunching down and getting light on the feet if it came in lower or to his body. From the position he's in he could of defended that knee to either his body or head.

another example: Ideally Noons would have his left hand square in the middle of opponents chest pressing him / off.

 

[Kanka]

Push his body and trip his legs at the same time