Right Handed, Left Footed, What Stance?

[Kid Liquid]

So I've never had this problem back in my days of TMAs since I mainly practiced TKD which rarely makes use of punches or hand strikes in competition, but since beginning to work on Muay Thai and Boxing this has become more of a problem.

I'm Right-Hand dominant, yet Left Foot dominant. My Left footedness is confirmed in board sports where I ride goofy, as well as in soccer or football where I'm much more comfortable and effective kicking with my left foot.

In TKD I would frequently switch stances, and make uses of feints and switch kicks, but now that I'm working on my hands more I'm finding myself feeling awkward at times in the orthodox stance. The Southpaw stance definitely feels better from a circling/movement standpoint, yet its quite evident that my left hand lacks any real power when compared to my right.

I'm wondering if this is a problem anyone else has had with opposing handedness and foot dominance, and if so how you worked around it. I've also started to train grappling as part of a more complete MMA program, and I definitely shoot much better from southpaw stance.

 

[MMAwisdom**]

If I were you, I'd stand southpaw since you're used to that from TKD.

There are even right handed boxers who stand southpaw.

I'm an lefty all the way.

 

[ImPitPatPuncher]

I'm a right handed soutpaw and my right leg is dominant.
However when I use to play soccer, I wanted to train my left leg so it was even in terms of kicking with both legs.
I focus a lot on my right jab and on my left high and my switch right high kick + right brazilian high kick.

For me it's pretty sucessfull.
But I'm also training my left straight a lot because it still feels kinda awkward and weak.
What I like to do to practice this, is throwing a tennisball straight against a wall with my left hand and trying to catch it while keeping my guard up.
It's harder than you think. Or you should shadowbox to death and throw over a 1000 sleft straights.

 

[sukotsuto]

That's also what I felt when I realized I kick better with my left leg, that's why I usually fight southpaw. At first, it was a kickboxing thing where my left leg serves as my power leg, but it carried over to boxing as well

As for grappling, I think some wrestlers tend to shoot takedowns better with their lead hand forward anyway, they can grab better with it.

 

[Volund]

Fight orthodox.

Have a killer switch kick, use it when you finish a combination and they back out of punching range.

Also have a strong teep, and lead leg kick. It'll take people off guard.

 

[Kickflippit]

You should fight in a Orthopaw stance.

 

[Muay o Muay]

Fight orthodox.

Have a killer switch kick, use it when you finish a combination and they back out of punching range.

Also have a strong teep, and lead leg kick. It'll take people off guard.

We have 2 fighters at my gym who are right handed and left footed and fight orthodox, one in particular has had some great stoppages hammering in that unexpected left across the body/head KABOOM!

 

[Snubnoze707]

I fight ortho and throw mostly lead round kicks when going to the body. I do throw a lot of right low kicks though and rear teeps.

 

[db03892]

Exactly the same. I fight predominantly orthodox. But you have to tailor your stance to fit your fighting style not the other way around.

 

[JeepBrah]

I'm left legged/right handed and Feel way more comfortable as a southpaw