Teep/push kick.

[Frode Falch]

Do you use the pushkick much in your sparring/fighting? What style do you train, and how important part of your toolkit is your pushkick?

I was thinking about this. I use it alot. But almost only with my left foot. So i am thinking about starting to use my back foot (right foot) more.. Just to get it as good as my left push kick.

I really like the way Buakaw uses the teep. He can do combinations of 2-3 push-kicks. From both feet.

 

[Gregolian]

It was probably the first kick I was taught at the MMA class I go to by the Muay Thai instructor. Back leg was the leg we were taught first.

 

[xilliun]

Yeah, we drill it a lot. One of the most effective kicks in my book.

 

[Bluesbreaker]

I used to use it a lot and very effectively in my sanda/kickboxing days.

But different to most, a real kung fu-style stabbing kick. I think the Chinese name was deng girk.

When someone is coming straight forward, stab them right in the gut. It worked a treat. A few guys I trained with won some fights by KO with that kick.

 

[Lucas Coradini]

just a quick question: when doin the teep with your lead leg what you do with the other leg?

I've seen people who kinda jump in towards the oponent, and people who throws it while planted... whats the more effective or correct way?

 

[hyatt]

keep it planted, project your hip forward.

 

[snigie]

i use push kick alot, usually front leg for keep opponent at distance and the back leg for power/attacking.

when push kick off front leg my back leg springs me forward (hopping push kick).

i do muay thai, and if u watch alot of thai fighters they use it alot.
it works for me but im no pro

 

[Lucas Coradini]

I don't use much the teep, I'm short as hell, but just to read diferent explanations and points of view

thanks

 

[Khun Kao Gym]

just a quick question: when doin the teep with your lead leg what you do with the other leg?

I've seen people who kinda jump in towards the oponent, and people who throws it while planted... whats the more effective or correct way?

Both are correct. It's entirely based on range.

 

[wallysparx]

I'm a southpaw and I like using the lead right push kick to jab at my opponent's upper thigh.

 

[rms13]

I use my teep more and more in sparring. After a went to Thailand and learned some more variations on it. I use my front (left) a lot. I will do front teep and rear teep as soon as my front hits the ground. Light front teep just below the knee than quick front teep to the body off of that. A more exploding front teep when I have some distance between my opponent where you really push off the rear leg to close the distance with and add power on the front teep. And I use rear teep with my foot horizontal below the front knee of an opponent when they are advancing. And I like front teep to set up the rear round kick immediately after the teep.

 

[sotacram]

I tried using mae geri/front kicks in kumite when I did shotokan/kyokushin. Always stubbed a toe on an elbow.

After practicing muay thai I feel so comfortable with the teep/front kick that it is as regular as my jab. I do not do very often teep off the back leg. I have tried to use it but my fighting mind associate strong thai round kick with the rear leg. I suppose the rear leg teep could work as a set up for a left rear leg thai round kick on a step through.

Funny how a similar kick from different martial arts when taught the correct application can be worlds apart.

 

[ectonomore]

i train in muay thai...let me give a few examples of my favorite uses of the teep:

- when an opponent is going to attack, i use the teep to stop his momentum
- when an opponent is about to throw a roundhouse kick, i sometimes defend with the teep....with perfect timing, you'll get your opponent down even with minimal force
- to set up combinations when i'm in attack mode

i use the lead leg more often but i also make sure to use the rear leg to mix it up and confuse the opponent

 

[CharmingCritic]

the most important kick imo. unbelievably frustrating to deal with against a good person. your entire game becomes about parrying or catching the stupid thing...and thats when you get cracked w/ a punch.

watch samart's fight w/ hapalang. fuck!

front leg is most important imo. but faking a round kick w/ the rear leg and then throwing teep works nicely.

I also like teeping the leg instead of the body. people can't catch your kick that way. Pet ake sitjaopor uses this very nicely in his fights.

 

[DoctorTaco]

I had all the fight knocked out of me in a sparring match by a strong teep to the solarplexes. since then, I've used the teep a lot more to help take the gas out of opponents who are starting to fatigue.

 

[Lucas Coradini]

I had all the fight knocked out of me in a sparring match by a strong teep to the solarplexes. since then, I've used the teep a lot more to help take the gas out of opponents who are starting to fatigue.

how about a strong cross to the stomach? Seems just like a perfect scenario to me, as your oponent will try to close the distance desperately after receiving so many teeps

 

[ectonomore]

that'll do the job too Purple Haze...its just that we're talking about teeps here...what you're getting at is a different point of view

 

[Zombles]

Great weapon to have, I'm a lankier fighter and used to use it as a get-the-fuck-away-from-me range maintaining technique, almost always with the lead as it could be fired off quicker, but lately I've been using the back leg teep as a more offensive weapon. Love finishing off punching combos with a strong teep, lot of guys jack their guard up sky high leaving their solar plexus totally exposed or back straight up and once they near the ropes a hard driving teep will bounce them off it creating more openings.

Been falling in love with infighting as well and it's a decent way to get in. Teep with the rear leg, try not to push them too far away make it more snapping you don't want to knock them out of range, and instead of pulling it back just plant it forward for a switched stance and start pummeling with lead hooks and rear uppercuts.

 

[ToenailWeapon]

I had all the fight knocked out of me in a sparring match by a strong teep to the solarplexes. since then, I've used the teep a lot more to help take the gas out of opponents who are starting to fatigue.

Any long lasting injuries from getting hit like that? I'm always afraid to throw them hard and hurt someone, but it's really one of those moves that need to be at full speed or it's easily caught or dodged.

 

[Frode Falch]

The rear jab is kinda hard for me to get to work. That fake a roundhouse into a rear teep is on of the few ways i use it. The left teep is something i use alot.

Going to Thailand soon. Only two more month of wait left.. Gonna work on my teeps there.