how do you check a leg kick correctly?

[GirlsDoBJJ-RealMenFight]

I saw people checking with their toes up. i saw people chekcing with their toes down.

also i saw people checking and they had their elbow inside. and not like i learned elbow always outside when you check. What is right now? And why should the elbow be outside when you check??

thx guys

 

[SpawnOfNyarlathotep]

Elbow outside is what I have been taught. I guess because otherwise a hard low kick that forces your leg to move also fucks up your guard.

 

[ARIZE]

Elbows outside. If it turn out to be a body kick, the knee inside the elbow will help absorb some of the impact.

 

[FokaiMuayThai]

You'll probably get a better answer posting in the Standup technique section.

I see a lot of non-Thai style kickboxing, "thaiboxing" gyms checking with their elbow inside. It probably works, but it isn't high percentage or ideal. Go against a heavy yodsaenklai-esque kicker and you'll be toppled over and have your arm caved in with every kick.

But the way I've been taught is elbows out creates an ideal wall where the kick can slide off either the forearm or in the best case crash into the knee/ upper shin area., Some gyms will also meet the elbow to the knee, but I always end up stabbing my knee with my elbow and it hurts so I go for the tight tuck under the elbow when I check high.

 

[FokaiMuayThai]

Elbows outside. If it turn out to be a body kick, the knee inside the elbow will help absorb some of the impact.

Basically what this guy said lol. Read mine for the long and complicated version.

EDIT: Oh and toes down or up has pros and cons. You can do some tricky leg trapping/sweeping stuff if you point your toes up, but the standard seems to be toe pointed down, feels more natural when you bring your leg down from the check.

 

[Centaur]

I see a lot of non-Thai style kickboxing, "thaiboxing" gyms checking with their elbow inside. It probably works, but it isn't high percentage or ideal. Go against a heavy yodsaenklai-esque kicker and you'll be toppled over and have your arm caved in with every kick.

But the way I've been taught is elbows out creates an ideal wall where the kick can slide off either the forearm or in the best case crash into the knee/ upper shin area., Some gyms will also meet the elbow to the knee, but I always end up stabbing my knee with my elbow and it hurts so I go for the tight tuck under the elbow when I check high.

This! Very good explanation.
I've also stabbed my knee a few times haha.

Basically what this guy said lol. Read mine for the long and complicated version.

EDIT: Oh and toes down or up has pros and cons. You can do some tricky leg trapping/sweeping stuff if you point your toes up, but the standard seems to be toe pointed down, feels more natural when you bring your leg down from the check.

I've been taught mostly toes up from just about everywhere. The only gym that made me do "toes down" was Charn Chai (ya get a wack with a stick if you do it toes up).
The reason I was taught to do toes up was to make the TA muscle along your shin contract mostly.

I was finishing up a training trip in Thailand when I was watching a fight on TV at the airport. I think it was Jamie Varner. He checked with toes down, lost his balance and came down on his foot and broke his ankle. This has kinda cemented my reason for sticking with toes up.