**VIDEO**Brazilian Kick

[swing1st]

Curious, why dont more fighters use this kick? It is extremely deceptive and difficult to defend against. Glaube Feitosa used to catch people with it all the time.

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[Azam]

Curious, why dont more fighters use this kick? It is extremely deceptive and difficult to defend against. Glaube Feitosa used to catch people with it all the time.

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The kick itself is called by many names in kyokushin, usually it's tate geri or maha geri (by Tsukamoto).

You don't see many fighters use this kick because you need to have very good flexibility to use the kick effectively, alot of guys can't get enough power in this type of kick for it to be effective, feitosa, ademir de costa, filho, ryu narushima use this kick effectively because they have the flexibility & practise the technique itself alot - it can take years to master that's probably why you don't see alot of guys throw it like feitosa or any of the above.

The kick is meant to be targeted at the neck.

 

[Ethan]

Interesting thing about that kick is that's exactly how the roundhouse kick is done in Taekwondo, just not angled down.

 

[shinkyoku]

Two better instructional. the first by one of the Brazilian knockdown karate fighters that are the reason it is called the "Brazilian" kick in the first place.






Please note that neither of these two stress to lift your knee to the front as a front kick, like the OP video. There is a reason for that. Its because you do not do that in a real Brazilian kick. The knee goes in a arch from the side. How big an arch differs, but you do not lift the knee straight to the front.

To go with the knee forward first is a TKDified version, more similar to a point karate round kick. you lose what little power there is in this kick.

 

[Ethan]

I actually like the first one because it is so much like a Taekwondo roundhouse. The power generation in Taekwondo comes from the whip from the knee like that and also the twist from your planted foot. It's a pretty specific movement and for that reason, I'd bet almost any taekwondo player could adapt that kick quite well.

It's useless in Taekwondo competitions however as you can't kick to the neck and there are better kicks to every other target.

You can also generate a ton of power with a Taekwondo round kick but like I said needs a lot of specific flexibility. I'd bet there'd be power to be found in this kick as well

 

[peanut66]

I actually like the first one because it is so much like a Taekwondo roundhouse. The power generation in Taekwondo comes from the whip from the knee like that and also the twist from your planted foot. It's a pretty specific movement and for that reason, I'd bet almost any taekwondo player could adapt that kick quite well.

It's useless in Taekwondo competitions however as you can't kick to the neck and there are better kicks to every other target.

You can also generate a ton of power with a Taekwondo round kick but like I said needs a lot of specific flexibility. I'd bet there'd be power to be found in this kick as well

we used this type of kick in tkd competitions 20 years ago , its was very common to see it in competition , the downward motion is not used , and the first motion was to the waist , your first motion can be a lazy round kick or a front kick motion , i used it mostly over the dead side , attacking the live side with it might get you caught with a spin hook , or back kick ,

i teach this type of kick now to the mma guys , attacking the live side , when their opponent gives them double elbows or checks a leg kick , works really good .


carlos condit used it several times against nick diaz , he combined it with a stop kick to the knee , condit got alot of critisism about that fight for running away , but it was one of the best kicking clinics ive seen in mma , he picked diaz apart with all types of kicks ,



"Brazilian kick" tutorial - YouTube

above is the the brazillizn kick shown with a more tkd flare , shown by kryllo

 

[shinkyoku]

I actually like the first one because it is so much like a Taekwondo roundhouse. The power generation in Taekwondo comes from the whip from the knee like that and also the twist from your planted foot. It's a pretty specific movement and for that reason, I'd bet almost any taekwondo player could adapt that kick quite well.

It's useless in Taekwondo competitions however as you can't kick to the neck and there are better kicks to every other target.

You can also generate a ton of power with a Taekwondo round kick but like I said needs a lot of specific flexibility. I'd bet there'd be power to be found in this kick as well

I do not doubt you can generate power with a tkd kick. However, I tend to react when people supposedly show the brazilian kick -a trademark of kyokushin, named for the brazilian fighter that made the kick famous (Ademir DaCosta from the clip above being one, his kohai

 

[Ethan]

No argument there shinkyoku.

we used this type of kick in tkd competitions 20 years ago , its was very common to see it in competition , the downward motion is not used , and the first motion was to the waist , your first motion can be a lazy round kick or a front kick motion , i used it mostly over the dead side , attacking the live side with it might get you caught with a spin hook , or back kick ,

i teach this type of kick now to the mma guys , attacking the live side , when their opponent gives them double elbows or checks a leg kick , works really good .


carlos condit used it several times against nick diaz , he combined it with a stop kick to the knee , condit got alot of critisism about that fight for running away , but it was one of the best kicking clinics ive seen in mma , he picked diaz apart with all types of kicks ,



"Brazilian kick" tutorial - YouTube

above is the the brazillizn kick shown with a more tkd flare , shown by kryllo

Yeah you can apply the same motion for sure, not convinced I'd bother in Taekwondo though. Seems somewhat slow and open, maybe I'll try it next time I spar and see if it gets me lit up.

The thing about WTF Taekwondo is that it's essentially a science; it's all about getting contact faster than the other guy by whatever means nessecary and it's very different from any other combat sport. A lot of kickboxing methodologies get you lit up like crazy in sport taekwondo.

Kryllo has some great kicking videos.

 

[peanut66]

No argument there shinkyoku.



Yeah you can apply the same motion for sure, not convinced I'd bother in Taekwondo though. Seems somewhat slow and open, maybe I'll try it next time I spar and see if it gets me lit up.

The thing about WTF Taekwondo is that it's essentially a science; it's all about getting contact faster than the other guy by whatever means nessecary and it's very different from any other combat sport. A lot of kickboxing methodologies get you lit up like crazy in sport taekwondo.

Kryllo has some great kicking videos.

i was referring to wtf tae kwon do , this motion isnt anything new , if you are going to try it in sparring , use it as the guy is moving away , just after clinch or jam , works well at close range .

i learned it from korean world champion , back in 1988 , also he would use the same type of kick with his front leg as well , off of a cut kick or surfing motion, for me , i couldnt get the flexibility or feel comfortable off the front leg , but give it a whirl , it fits into wtf tkd better than you think . the secret is to be able to slide forward as you are doing it .

 

[shinkyoku]

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i learned it from korean world champion , back in 1988 , also he would use the same type of kick with his front leg as well , off of a cut kick or surfing motion, for me , i couldnt get the flexibility or feel comfortable off the front leg ,

It is not copyrighted by anyone exactly. DaCosta and his generation of Brazilian kyokushin fighters started popularizing it in the late 70ies, though.

It is actually not that hard to do it with the front leg. Start by pulling the frontleg hip back as much as you can -preferably by punching a feint cross or hook with the opposite fist.
I dont have any good youtube instructional on it though. Tsukamot does a great instructional on it in connection to the back leg instructional shown above, but that part is not posted on youtube.

 

[Discipulus]

It just takes more dexterity and leg training than most guys in MMA have. It's a great kick. Any deceptive technique is good to have in your arsenal. Saenchai uses this kick very well in a Muay Thai context. Love it.

 

[db03892]

That's the Remy Bonjansky kick

 

[Paradigm]

That's the Remy Bonjansky kick

i think the first time i ever saw it was with Remy in K-1...ever since then, I've wanted to do it.

interestingly enough, i think this the kick that Joe Rogan was talking about that ended up getting Tomas Rios' panties in a bunch/fired from Fighters Only (or something like that).

saw this vid on youtube...i think someone in this thread posted or mentioned it earlier. seems like it puts a lot of stress on the knee:

 

[Bennosuke]

Two better instructional. the first by one of the Brazilian knockdown karate fighters that are the reason it is called the "Brazilian" kick in the first place.






Please note that neither of these two stress to lift your knee to the front as a front kick, like the OP video. There is a reason for that. Its because you do not do that in a real Brazilian kick. The knee goes in a arch from the side. How big an arch differs, but you do not lift the knee straight to the front.

To go with the knee forward first is a TKDified version, more similar to a point karate round kick. you lose what little power there is in this kick.

I hate to disagree with you Shin, but in the first video, he explicitly says that you feint a mae geri. Right around 40 seconds he says something along the lines of, following a front kick "feint", secondly turn the hips over (for the kick)." This is a pretty rough translation as my Japanese has gone to shttt. That said, you can hear him say Mae Geri no Feint. Furthermore, if you watch around 1:11 they show a side view shot where first he lifts his knee for he Mae geri feint, then turns it over into the brazilian kick

 

[ForeverLearning]

I use that front knee motion for quick leg kicks. For me it's faster to throw it that way. I bring my knee up from my rear leg and I can choose either to swing thru or cut downward. If I've got some distance I'll use the cut downward if I'm gauging distance or reaction then I'll swing thru so that I'm kind of doing a half turnover with my hips.