Disclaimer: the guy had a weapon he was trying to use on me. His family would have preferred the headkick to my other option.

Seeing everyone work together is always great. Everyone teaches, everyone learns, ideas and opinions exchanged, it's just the best.

I love how Kevin asks and listens while everyone else just talks... he knows how to learn

The Jesse explanation is god tier of understanding of marial arts

Man I wish I had a group of people around me like you guys on my martial arts journey. No one ever wanted to get this technically deep with me. lol

Such an interesting difference here between all the Martial Art Tubers (Love all you guys so much! These are the Avengers Assemble videos I LOVE. Just missing wonderboy ;) ) Seth's explanation is a guy who lights martial arts and like going to the dojo buffet. Taking bits from here and there, like watching all the styles made into a smoothie. Watching Mike is very much watching his years of experience in fights, not matches, but fights. No rules, no style points, no off limits, just two or more guys going at it. All real, no bells and whistles, just max damage and max protection. It ain't pretty but it would suck to be on the other end of. Watching Jessie is like a textbook and an encyclopedia rolled into one. The technique, the nuance, the information. Amazing. Keep the good times rolling Kevin!

Thank you for giving love to the Crescent Kick, so many people think it’s worthless for practical application, for some reason. I’ve always found it very useful for blocking attacks from blunt weapons and polearms.

I freaking love the comb with this 4 guys. They are awesome

Having Jesse there is like having Keanu Reeves. Beautiful people, inside and out. And crazy amount of charm and knowledge.

The kick dream team! This needs to be a panel at a convention. Street v gym/dojo technique distinction is something so often overlooked. This was a great collaboration, useful and super interesting, thank you.

All of the kicks Mike shows in this video, down to the crescent headkick and the push-away sidekick is completely in-line with what my dad showed me, and what has worked in my experience. He retired from SpetzNaz after the fall of the USSR, and opened a school for diplomatic body guards in Latvia. He had the 'Master of Sport' rank in Sambo, and a lot of practical hand-to-face combat experience. On the other hand, Sensei Seth put out a video on street fight kicks last year, and it is hilarious bullshido. Thank you, Mike.

It's good to see all four of you in the same video. Great info guys! Learning something new everyday. 😄

awesome to see 5 guys sharing their thoughts on the same technique but different points of view/application!

Woah! I came here for Kevin and Icy Mike, but then got Sensei Seth and Jesse the Karate Nerd, too! What a great video! Fantastic info. Thx guys.

Be like a sponge, my friend. Im soaking up all the great info here. I like the way everyone shares their preferred techniques and demonstrates it. Thanks Kevin for asking all the good questions and everyone chimes in with their opinions. Keep it up !

Street fights, wearing shoes...strike with the edge of the sole of the shoe up the shin. Closest I have ever come to using a kick in a street fight and I have been training in karate for over 50 years.

I freakin' love these collabs! What a great video!

Jesse's blade kick looks nasty.

Man, Jesse's kicks are scary!!

Why do more people keep progressively popping out of thin air in the vid

I LOVE THIS!! Skilled practioners sharing knowledge and putting egos on the back burner. Well done to all.

Kevin Lee, Sensei Seth, Icy Mike, Jesse The Karate Nerd! Such a lovely club ! 🥋😍

Good info, I was surprised to see the other guys (Seth and Jessie), since it’s not mentioned in the description. Very cool .

And boom.. here's an amazing video about kicking and it's whens and hows.. This IS knowledge to save and share no doubt. Great job guys!!!

Oh shit! This feels like the Avengers of martial arts/self defense YT to me! I dig that y'all attacked this from different angles from different practices. It's really cool to see what y'all bring into the conversation.

icy mike is a real street fight instructor

Insightful and entertaining ❤ enjoyed this video alot

Man, it's so cool when you guys are all in the same room

Love seeing youtube martial artist sharing their knowledge to know effective moves to use on street fights

Kevin is the "Everything But Karate Nerd" 😂 Question, though: Savate practitioners would have any kind of "advantage" on a street fight since they are already used to wear shoes for kicking? I've seen on another channel that wearing shoes can change the mechanics of a kick more than we, the average people, would think of.

The thing I've noticed about each style is the difference between speed / timing, damage versus placement, and efficiency/ effectiveness. Some of the words are similar but slightly different. Speed is more efficient for more attacks but less effective and lower damage. Street fighters are best ended as quickly as possible.

Luv these Collabs with these people l!!!!!

Missed the perfect opportunity to mention how savate uses the reinforced toes to "bypass" blocks. A pointed toe into the side of the neck around a strong block is not only devastating but utterly demoralizing, even more so to fighters who are used to blocking big head kicks. Scraping along the shin using the hardened shoe as well as snapping into ribs around body blocks all have that "what the hell is this guy capable of?" Demoralizing factor that is even more important in the street, where simply not attacking the guy anymore is a win condition in and of itself. Excellent and informative video! Especially interesting to hear about JKD "Savate up front, muay Thai in back" leg philosophy.

the gang is back together

Incredible how in Kevin lee’s video there are all the maximum martial arts practictioner on YT 😂💪🏻

Great video!

My instinctual issue with not pivoting on the round kick is the risk to your knee.

This IS why we need you! I never realized that about Bruce Lee's kicks!

Dope video bro! 👍

When Jesse participates in the self-defense tournament, he's gonna hurt somebody.

Great video, man. Would you recommend knees in a street fight?

What one of my sensei:s in karate has mentioned are that it is best to avoid kicking in a streetfight because you will get really tired really fast.

I learned some sick shit from Sensei Seth, he very sneaky dude also from Jesses too. Also, Kevin shows some interesting stuff too. For most of these that I watch, I will be taking notes in my notebook that I have for self-defense. I know in traditional karate they condition by standing or stomping on your blade of the foot to have effective side kicks and stuff. Kevin also forgot to mention JKD has the kicks too.

Cool idea, savate front foot but muay thai back foot, I've never thought of it like this before. Neat :)

for me i find hitting with the ball of the foot for the front and roundhouse to be more piercing punishment on impact

I did not even see Jesse the karate NERD stand in there until I walked into frame...are we sure he's not a ninja? 😂

Adding a martial arts youtuber every camera pan. Haha! Nice!

That was cool

I like to land with the foot for leg kicks because you maximize length. Never worried before about someone checking moving backwards so usually a check shortens the range enough that the check lands on the shin. Leg kick with shin if you want to punch or aren't worried about being punched, land with foot if you don't want to punch or be punched

I love Kevin, I feel like sometimes people take liberties though and I hope he doesn’t get hurt 😞

I lived long enough to see Mike using side kicks casually...

how randomly the karate nerd sits in the back smiling =)

I think they over sell how much base leg foot traction effects kicks. The friction on the base foot can be regulated by raising your weight up to decrease the resistance from friction. It can take a few kicks to dial that in though.

Thanks grandmas ain't escaping this time.

These guys should go on the road and give seminars. Get a promoter and sell tickets. They could easily charge $500 a head and sell out.

low kicks for the win!

POV: me and the boys after the session ends

now I have all you guys on one channel :)

Jean-Charles Skarbowsky just told in a recent video that he always land his kicks with the foot. And he's a Muay Thai legend.

Aces!!!

i didnt know jessie and seth went to that gym

Holy Fuck! There is a ton of good info in this video.

Que cansino el sensei

Hey dudes, I'm subscribed to y'all for like the last 7 years and since y'all finally met (hurray) I keep asking myself this one question again and again: Why no sparrring videos???

I wish I also have a Martial arts friends

I think only other kick/sweep is the football/soccer penalty kick, saw used by cops in my country when there is more them one cop around a guy figthing back them one distract and other comes fromt he back or any other and shut sweep both guy legs from the floor and it hit concrete

I agree you don’t have too kick someone that hard with steel toe boots 🥾 too make them reconsider their actions.

Adams-Lee-Enkamp, your friendly neighborhood senseis

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Is this just the Avengers but for KZfaq martial artists? []

Alex Pereira throws low kicks (sometimes high kicks too but less often) with no pivot of the front foot and on a less wide arch. It has very little telegraph and commitment

People don't often think about that side of self defense fighting, they usually go for:"this martial arts is better for this, and so is this martial arts." Not addressing the moves that aren't useful for self defense in those martial arts.

Slightly angle a front kick to aim straight for the jaw, very sneaky

Kick like you are breaking 5 boards. One shot, one kill

How long has Seth been sitting there

Jesse is emergency... 😅😅

I agree about not needing to throw 100 percent. Seems like you also decrease the chances of a broken foot.

avoid kicks above the waist in a streetfight, never want to go to the ground incase they have friends.

LOL I could have sworn Mike said he head kicked someone when he was attacked as a cop... lol...

Might work for most opponents that are not trained. Trouble is, "on the street", you don't know who is trained, and who is not. Advanced skills, as you show, are of little use when fighting for your life. Fighting for one's life has little or nothing to do with technical, academic skills.

I’ve never understood why people do things differently for the steet than how they’ve trained. If you are doing a certain thing in all of your sparring and you know what your A-game is, why would you completely change everything when it matters most to a set of skills you haven’t tested as much?

Super Friends!

That thumbnail looks anime af

Bruce lee as far as we know IS an actor tho. A good martial artist too, but we never seen him fight

Here is Gabriel Vega's reason for NOT using the side of foot to hit. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l650fNJpstbQqIk.htmlsi=Z-bi8BNZXPvIoxSd Think about it. The bones on the side of the foot are thin bones. The heel is MUCH a harder. Of course, in the street, your shoes would protect your foot.

Hey there

That ended too sudden.

Bruce Lee also learned Northern style Kung Fu and Prey Mantis. Why wasn't Jesse saying anything? He is the karate nerd

do they all live in the same place? or is this a travel collab

In a Street Fight, be dirty as you want. Be alive at the end of the day. When i was a kid, the best kick you can do in a street fight is a Front Kick.. I got in a fight when i was 9 and like 2 teens (one dude and one stud lesbian) are trying to jump me.. Now, me a Green belter in Kyokushin Karate, used what i know and front kick really worked then elbows and eye gouge for sure when he hit the ground after that front kick (I grew up with a lot of Martial Art films and UFC, Pride, K-1 so i really used what i know).. I didn't really care about the other teen punching me while i pounded his boy in the ground cause i sorta blacked out and i didn't feel anything at that point.

Soccer kicks are too important in fighting to ban in sport combat

Yeah you DEFINITELY wanna use your shin against someone's leg LOL I was sparring with my friend once and we were both having a good time, wasn't too crazy or too soft, so I put a little extra heat on one of my kicks and I broke my foot over her thigh LOL beginner mistake

I'm not a big fan of the crescent kick. I have two favorite kicks for self-defense/street fighting... 1) The rear leg push kick to the gut. Its a rear teep in Muay Thai. In Greek pankration its called the gastrizein, etc. Every art has it. Great for making space. Great for knockdowns.Great for kicking armored combatants. Works both as an interception or a finisher. 2) Oblique kick to the knee. Works from any range. I especially like it from clinch so its actually more like stomping down on the knee as much as its a kick. Also works nice as an interception. Definitely big in Wing Chun.

How do you think Mike would go in a muay thai fight to the death v buakow??

interesting no wonder JKD guys get destroyed by Muay Thai kicks in matches(they go into side stance throwing side kicks, meanwhile Mauy Thai will trying to chop that leg). I'm mocking JKD I love JKD because it does focus on self-defense. And I love savete kicks and stuff. I'm a huge kickboxing nerd I love all things that have to do with stand-up striking.

This is not the way to use kicking practically or safely in a fight. Having studied and practiced with people that were forced to use violence regularly due to their profession I can’t assure you, pay attention to your Wing Chun teacher, and if you study it, the kicking taught by your fma teacher. Learn stomps and knee knocks. A kick is a large lever that exposes your ankle, knee, groin, and hip to destruction. I have twenty years of training in boxing, kick boxing and grappling, I don’t confuse them for combatives.

oblique kick or side kick above the knee are meanest imo.

I have a question, how many of you have actually been in street fights? i'm not asking your subs, i'm asking the guys in the video.

This is misinformation regarding the rear leg “mimicking” Muay Thai in Bruce Lee’s JKD. Bruce Lee wasn’t fond of Muay Thai. You can google his notes on what he thought about it. He thought it was overly telegraphic for one. He didn’t adopt anything from Muay Thai. Savate though, he did experiment with it. But again, JKD is its own thing. It’s not a blend of different “arts” You can’t stick everything on a pizza and hope it’s going to taste good. Likewise, you can’t mix a bunch of different arts that are structurally different, with different body mechanics and footwork and hope by some miracle you can blend it all together when the shit hits the fan and somehow apply it. Mixing things sounds good. But when it comes down to practicality and being able to effectively use something to defend yourself it’s not all that functional.

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