alright i want to start working on my kicking but there no muy thai or w.e near me. theres TKD gym near me but i no TKD is bull**** but the guy who runs it is like the lead bouncer for all strip clubs in NYC or sometihgn liek that so he must no atleast a little bit about wat hes talking so u think it wud be good or no?
TKD will be good enough to learn how to kick. Their kicking doesn't translate well to MMA but getting your body to learn proper movements in one style will make it a lot easier to teach yourself(only if you really have to) muay thai kicking and all that good stuff.
A kick is a kick and a punch is a punch. Him being a bouncer means nothing as well. the only difference in principle is that in the round
as I was saying the only difference is that one kick the focus point is the ball of the foot the other is the shin or instep. the most important thing right now is the rotation of the hips for power. Most of the kicks used in MMA is the roundhouse kick. Step into it with the opposite foot and deliver like a soccer kick. If you can use the back legg kick to the inside of the front leg then follow up with a strong side punch.
I've never done TKD or MMA, but when I've sparred kickboxing it really does matter if you're allowing for leg kicks or not. "American kickboxing" style rules (which is kicks above the waist only, just as TKD sparring) allow you to take a lot more of a "boxing" style stance where your shoulder is pointing more at your opponent and your lead leg is out in front of your body. That makes that front leg really open to leg kicks. If you're going to allow for leg kicks you really need to be more squared up with your legs further back. As someone said already, the chambered, snappy kicks you learn in kickboxing/TKD are good and strong and effective too, but I think the difference in stances may be a concern defensively. I'm no expert though, so you may want to ask someone with more experience than me.
If you're doing MMA - I wouldn't get into TKD. They are too geared towards point competition which has little to no resemblance to real fighting. However - since there isn't much else available to you - talk to the guy and let him know your intentions. Ask him how he would help train you with regards to MMA and go from there. He should be able to outline the differences between tournament style TKD and what would be considered street or MMA techniques.
agreed. my experiences with tkd and karate were points based, but the instructors were cool with my intentions and let me change the kicking style while i sparred them and their sparring was closer to real kickboxing. like i said before though, if you start tkd don't take that straight into an MMA fight because very few kicks from tkd and karate would work well in that setting, but it's definitely a good start for learning the basic movements.
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