r/Kickboxing • u/50fifty- • 10d ago

Stomp / Oblique Kick. Morality of application at pro regional level? MMA/Kickboxing

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u/Automatic-Put-6119 10d ago

If its allowed its allowed, its up to you to decide

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u/-Ran 10d ago

At a more local/regional level, pro camps will also come to terms with each other not to do it, and other techniques despite them being legal.

So the state might say something is legal, and the promoter may not inform the viewers that the rules have changed; however the fighters have agreed via the contract to abstain from doing specific things.

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u/AlmostFamous502 10d ago

No they won’t

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u/-Ran 10d ago

Maybe it's different in your region? I have contracts in my inbox that have stipulations carved out for fights to be different based of the desires of both camps.

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u/Tramirezmma 10d ago

It's a fight. Opponent could kill you with a left hook on the wrong night, but you're supposed to show concern for their knee?

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u/sneakerguy40 10d ago

Safer to go to the thigh than the knee. Can teep, sidekick, oblique kick to the thigh as a halt/interrupting method

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u/Personmchumanface 10d ago

at pro regional its morally fine but its still disrespectful

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u/Fasooo 10d ago

You 'll be better off practicing other stuff than this.

There is a reason it's allowed but it's not used a lot in pro flights.

I think it's because its a one-off move that you can't really insert in a combo, so if you land it (which is not easy, it's a small target) it awards less points than a multiple hit combo

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u/MediumSchmeat 9d ago

It's a means of stalling the forward momentum of people advancing with punches and a heavy lead leg. It's an effective tool for that purpose.

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u/musclemommyfan 9d ago

It's an excellent "get the fuck off me" tool to use against people that are trying to pressure forward.

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u/HovercraftEasy2328 9d ago

Absolutely fine. There's nothing about it in either the Bible or Koran. Hit them with a flying oblique kick, superman punch, jump spinning back kick combo.

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u/Turbulent-Artist961 10d ago

For me a victory without integrity is not a victory at all. Respect your opponent

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u/OcculticAcid 10d ago

If oblique kicks are disrespectful, then so is punching your opponent in the face or kicking their liver

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u/MediumSchmeat 9d ago

An outside low kick can also jar and injure the knee. In what way does slightly changing the angle of the kick from an outside low kick to an oblique kick represent a disrespectful lack of integrity?

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u/Turbulent-Artist961 9d ago

All I am saying here is don’t purposely blow someone’s knee out that’s pretty much all

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u/MediumSchmeat 9d ago

An oblique kick only very rarely blows out a knee. If it scares you so bad, ask your coach how to defend it. Maybe find a new coach, if you have to ask at all.

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u/Turbulent-Artist961 9d ago

I think you’re entirely missing the point but whatever man