Kicks Speed vs. Punches Speed

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Punches are obviously Faster when you punch someone to the head but what about Kicks, when you low kick someone or middle kicks, you see many Muay Thai Fighters kick so fast even with high kicks.

Also about the Power, Kicks should generate more power, I don't know how much power can a high kick have but a middle kick and a low kick must have a lot of power.

What do you people think???
 
You answered your own question. Lighter divisions throw kicks faster than most peoples punches.
 
Varth said:
You answered your own question. Lighter divisions throw kicks faster than most peoples punches.
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you mean Low Kicks, I am not sure if they can throw high kicks with the same speed a boxer throws a punch ( of course same division fighters )
 
Depends on the power you put into them. Not every kick is supposed to hurt just like not every punch is supposed to hurt you. like a jab and a quick inside low kick
 
Kicks will be slower than punches if they are in the same division but each has its advantage. A flush headkick thrown with good technique and power is almost a certain knockout for most receivers.
 
Varth said:
Kicks will be slower than punches if they are in the same division but each has its advantage. A flush headkick thrown with good technique and power is almost a certain knockout for most receivers.
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what about Low kicks cuz when I see Muay Thai fighters throw those middle kicks and Low kicks seems like they kick as fast as a Boxer punches sometimes even high kicks look very fast.
 
In my opinion a skilled fighter's punches and kicks travel at about the same speed. Actually the kicks may be traveling faster at point of impact of because the longer distance allows more speed buildup.

The problem though is that a kick travels a much longer distance, so even though it may be traveling at the same speed or faster, it still takes longer than a punch to travel from point A to B. So if your right cross takes .10 sec to travel 2', and your right high kick traveling at the same speed will take .30 sec to travel 6' to the same point of impact.

Because of the longer time in the technique it is easier to see it coming, and makes it appear slower to the eye. Plus, normally there is movement more before a kick is thrown than a punch. Comparing a jab to a teep, you'd have to start your jab with you left arm outstretched overhead, drop it to your shoulder and then fire the jab. Making it travel a lot longer, less direct path. So while your jab may be traveling the same speed, it takes considerably longer time to target.

Did that make any sense? Or am I rambling?
 
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BREEDmonkey said:
In my opinion a skilled fighter's punches and kicks travel at about the same speed. Actually the kicks may be traveling faster at point of impact of because the longer distance allows more speed buildup.

The problem though is that a kick travels a much longer distance, so even though it may be traveling at the same speed or faster, it still takes longer than punch a to travel from point A to B. So if your right cross takes .10 sec to travel 2', and your right high kick traveling at the same speed will take .30 sec to travel 6' to the same point of impact.

Because of the longer time in the technique it is easier to see it coming, and makes it appear slower to the eye. Plus, normally there is movement more before a kick is thrown than a punch. Comparing a jab to a teep, you'd have to start your jab with you left arm outstretched overhead, drop it to your shoulder and then fire the jab. Making it travel a lot longer, less direct path. So while your jab may be traveling the same speed, it takes considerably longer time to target.

Did that make any sense? Or am I rambling?
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this Actually made a lot of sense to me at least.

I agree with what you say, I would say that a Muay Thai Fighter would throw a kick or a Push Kick with the same speed a Boxer punches but the kick has to travel faster.

Plus I don't know how true this is but I was thinking isnce there is more power behind a kick then the kick should travel faster since you throw it with a lot of power and the harder you throw it the faster it should travel.

I think Low kicks are as fast as punches from a Boxer maybe even middle kicks are like that.

When I see Muay Thai Fighters kick it is so fast that you have no time to react and you just eat the kick.
 
punches are faster because they don't have to go as far to the target and less movement is required to get the strike off

kicks are far more powerful though and some guys can throw them pretty fast
 
westerner said:
punches are faster because they don't have to go as far to the target and less movement is required to get the strike off

kicks are far more powerful though and some guys can throw them pretty fast
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well if it takes more time to get to the target because of the distance then they are not necessarily faster it is just that they have to travel longer in comparison to punches but low kicks don't have to travel that distance so what about them???
 
Punches hit faster because the weight of the limb moving is lower, and the distance from A to B is shorter.
 
xilliun said:
Punches hit faster because the weight of the limb moving is lower, and the distance from A to B is shorter.
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but there is more power behind a kick which pretty much will add up to it's speed, I agree about the distance though.
 
What do you think about this ???? Talking about the speed measured.

 
Sturmgewehr said:
What do you think about this ???? Talking about the speed measured.

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See what I don't get about this shit is why they don't use actual muay thai fighters to do the kick. They think a MMA fighter could represent muay thai? Also, why don't they compare the same kick, roundhouse vs roundhouse, instead of letting that karate dude do the front kick?
 
DannyT said:
See what I don't get about this shit is why they don't use actual muay thai fighters to do the kick. They think a MMA fighter could represent muay thai? Also, why don't they compare the same kick, roundhouse vs roundhouse, instead of letting that karate dude do the front kick?
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I was kind of wondering the same and I expected that someone will say this, different kicks from different angles can generate different power and speed, I agree with what you say.
 
one of those Guy's kick was measured to be 130+ Miles per Hour or 210+ Kilometers per hour, the other guy had 99 Miles per Hour 155+ Kilometers per Hour the other guy had 71 Miles per Hour and the Muay thai guy also had a speed of 125 0r 130 Miles per hour.

Wonder how fast a punch can travel!!!!????

I just found this, I don't know how accurate it is.


So if that boxer's Punch can accelerate faster than a drag race car that means his speed should be something like 100+ Miles per hour, I was trying to research something about this found some facts that is why I am saying this, I would like to see someone give his own opinion and disprove my claims if I am wrong, so please feel free cuz I am very curious about this.
 
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So let's get this straight it says that the boxer hit with a speed of 30 feet/s which pretty much is 20 miles per hour whereas those guys kicking where measured to have a kicking speed of 70, 99, 130 and 135 Miles per hour.

I think it is bullshit.

How do they measure this stuff.

why don't just they show in seconds how long it takes for the punch to travel from the initial position to the face and also for the kick from the initial position to the leg or mid section or the head.
 
I always fail to see the "science" behind these shows, other than throwing and exaggerating numbers. Heck you can make a little girl's kick seem powerful thanks to sensationalizing data:


I'm sure there's an accurate data somewhere that measures the speed of a punch or kick by how long it takes to get to a specific distance, then measure the miles per hour or something like that out there, the question is just where.
 
I calculated the time that took for the boxer to reach the target ( face of the dummy ) it was 0.19 Sec.

By using his reach as the distance the punch has to travel and his speed of 30 feet/s.

I don't know, these people should make it simple, let a good boxer punch a bag and measure the time that his hand traveled from his starting positioin to the bag and let a good kickboxer kick the bag and measure the time.

I also calculated the time when a kickboxer will deliver a middle kick with the speed of the measured kick of 136 Miles per hour and it said that the middle kick will be delivered in 0.03 which is totally impossible of course I took into account the reach of a kickboxer with his leg 212cm
 
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