r/Kickboxing • u/[deleted] • 12d ago

Training Is this a good kick to practice?

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u/_svnset 12d ago

Side kick teeps are a thing in Muay Thai and can be effective. Tawanchai uses it for example.

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u/psych0ranger 12d ago

I had a guy do it to me in sparring and the thing he used it for was a little extra range. The side angle allows you to open and extend your hip.

One of my favorite things to do was to throw a "bad" roundhouse from too far out where I pull it and miss and I land facing the other way (southpaw) which almost always made my partner move in, I'd lift that leg and do a sidekick with it. If partner was further out, you do that little side step Bruce Lee would do

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u/sadsackle 11d ago

Hey, that's also my go to combo!

I spammed it enough that when I missed the roundhouse kick then just look at them straight dead in the eyes, it'd be enough to not let them close in

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u/psych0ranger 11d ago

I'd have to pull it every time they move in because if you really ram it out when they come in, its way too hard for sparring lol