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This is a new one. I expected the Harold Howard comedy version from whatever early UFC it was. Unfortunately, that is liked posting Eric "butterbean" Esch
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I'm at work now, can't really do it, I'll try to when I get home. He did it in the fight against "Doomsday" and the Thiago Santos one I think, both in the last round. I think it looked like a sideways kaiten geri (although I'm from Goju-ryu so I might not be able to identify that kick as well)
Yeah, a bit of searching and I found it.
1min 6sec mark
Yes it would classify as a yoko domawashi kaiten geri (or side rolling kick, or whatever name you prefer in english. there is no set name standard for it). It did not hit flush, though. It was neither camouflaged nor worked into combo in any way, just thrown as a one-off from long distance.
Yeah he did look silly everytime he threw it, he sometimes just jumps doing it from halfway across the cage, no purpose at all. It looks cool I guess .-.
I have not seen it, but i take your word for it.
That is as silly as throwing any kick in the air from half the cage away. Some people needs to do it to psyche themselves up, I guess. To me it just looks like wasted energy.
I was "raised" with the concept to never throw a technique without the serious intent to hit. The only exception was to draw attention away from the technique that was actually intended to hit. Showboating like that is imo not only stupid but also disrespectful.
Kiria hails from a ashihara/kyokushin background, and does a fairly textbook yoko domawashi kaiten geri. I only wish he managed to actually hit with it more often. Placed right it is a fight ending technique. But when not hitting, it looks silly.
Quite a few Knockdown fighters use that kick when they're getting outworked or want to rest for a few seconds. They throw the kick, end up on the floor and then have a few seconds to get back up and reset, giving them time to breathe and getting a bit of space from their opponent.
I think that Kiria seems to use it for that reason sometimes, unfortunately.
It's a shame because that technique has produced some of the most spectacular KO's in Knockdown tournaments, but also been used in a very lame way to break the rhythm of the fight.
On a side note - Peter Graham's rolling thunder - I wouldn't describe that as a do mawashi kaiten geri, it's more like a mix between that & ushiro mawashi - he remains stable until he connects - he connects with the heel the way you would with ushiro mawashi geri.
Even in some of those highlights - like the Garry O'Neill kick - that's more an tobi ushiro mawashi geri than a do mawashi.
I can agree with you somewhat regarding Oneill, but not Graham
I dont know if it is the kicks that OP as about, but I am assuming you are talking about this kick.
Example from karate.
Not that I have ever trained it or even seen it myself. (this is seidokaikan, kyokushin offshot that was the foundation of the k-1 organization).
That definitely is an ura domawashi above but maybe have another to look at Peter Graham's rolling thunder again.
His foot is connected to the ground throughout - it's his lead foot that makes the connection to Hari's jaw - not the rear like in ura above.
That's why I think it's not domawashi or any variant of it but just ushiro mawashi geri off the lead leg - it's why his foot only leaves the ground as his heel connects and not before that - as you'd see in nearly all domawashi variations. Maybe I'm wrong I dunno...
But thats not a tradtitional karate kick. is it?