Why are flying knees more devastating than kicks?

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Did anyone think prior to the UFC that flying knees had more bone crunching potential than kicks? What is it about them that are so venomous compared to kicks?

Its very counter intuitive. Less momentum, no swing.. just a hard click on the head and it breaks bones like crazy.

is the flying motion big part of the reason? Does that add power??

 

[Shaolin Alan]

Just wait until flying butt-drops make a comeback!!

 

[Michael Wetzel]

Flying kicks are easy to see coming and rarely land. Flying knees do not require full leg extension, and can come from a standstill. I did TKD for 10 years and while the fancy flying and spinning kicks look impressive they are telegraphed and easy to avoid. It is much easier to get your knee up to an opponent's head than your foot while jumping.

 

[Poirierfan]

Knees are the most devastating blow you can deliver. I've been on the receiving end, not good.

 

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Flying kicks are easy to see coming and rarely land. Flying knees do not require full leg extension, and can come from a standstill. I did TKD for 10 years and while the fancy flying and spinning kicks look impressive they are telegraphed and easy to avoid.

I guess you havent been to kickboxing events. Spin kicks land all the time. and they need not be telegraphed

 

[TheBulge]

I'm not sure a flying knee is more powerful than a spinning heel kick.

Masvidal -Askren and Barboza-Etim were life altering events. That Aussie crushed Hari's jaw in multiple places in K-1 with the spinning heel. MVP dented Cyborg's skull with the knee, even more gruesome.

 

[Necrocrawler]

A knee is probably harder than a shin/foot

 

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A knee is probably harder than a shin/foot

But less momentum behind it.

Not sure a knee is harder than a shin though

 

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I'm not sure a flying knee is more powerful than a spinning heel kick.

Long time martial artists claim there has never been bone breaks done like by flying knees

 

[kingghidrah]

Did anyone think prior to the UFC that flying knees had more bone crunching potential than kicks? What is it about them that are so venomous compared to kicks?

Its very counter intuitive. Less momentum, no swing.. just a hard click on the head and it breaks bones like crazy.

is the flying motion big part of the reason? Does that add power??

Of course, everyone sensible did. Compare the knee to the foot.

Same way getting hit with an elbow is worse that a gloved fist

 

[Bobby Boulders]

Both knees and kicks kinda start at the hips, but the distance from the hip to the knee covers a shorter distance, allowing for more force, and the force of the blow covers a concentrated area. Think of the hip like an atomic bomb. The area closer to the blast zone gets it a lot worse than the area miles away. Or something like that.

 

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the distance from the hip to the knee covers a shorter distance, allowing for more force

That would be less force physics wise.

 

[kingghidrah]

But less momentum behind it.

Not sure a knee is harder than a shin though

The knee is 100x harder than the shin. The shin is weak and breakable. The knee is impervious to harm when the leg is "closed" (obviously when the leg is extended there are all sorts of vulnerabilities to the knee area)

 

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. The knee is impervious to harm when the leg is "closed"

I dont believe that for a moment. A doctor will correct that soon in the thread.

 

[TheBulge]

Long time martial artists claim there has never been bone breaks done like that by flying knees.

The spinning heel kicks have caused some serious broken bones.

Usually the jaw because this kick tends to land on the side of the skull.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

 

[Michael Wetzel]

I guess you havent been to kickboxing events. Spin kicks land all the time. and they need not be telegraphed

Spin kicks are devastating when they land, but more often than not you hit only air. They almost always have to be used as combo enders. If you miss you will be wide open.

 

[Bobby Boulders]

That would be less force physics wise.

Look, I'm no scientist. I was only trying to reason the answer to your question. It was complete bullshit

 

[kingghidrah]

I dont believe that for a moment. A doctor will correct that soon in the thread.

There isn't an area on the body more impervious to harm than a closed knee or elbow.

 

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They almost always have to be used as combo enders.

Refuted by any fight anywhere,,,