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What is Your Favorite Knock-out?

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This really has two parts.
1.Of the knock-outs that you have witnessed, which is your favorite?Which do you think showed the most class? The best technique?What was the match, and who were the respective fighters involved?
2.If you were going for the knock-out,what would be your favorite technique? What, aimed specifically, where?
 
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Thanks.
Listen,a couple of things.
1.What is a cartwheel kick? Especially a cartwheel kick to the face?
What I really love about the MMA Forum is how it can really expand the martial arts horizons of someone like me....some of the stuff people like Onganju and yourself have posted...have really opened my eyes to stuff...really....you know, I don't know if you've read any of my other posts, but the thing is, I didn't go straight from high school to college..I went on the road with bands... in one of them, we had this really sexy chick from France...her sister was featured in some really hot posters and in some of the Playboy publications...anyway, one day, in private off-stage conversation with me, she said,"The mind is the only erogenous zone."
And when I thought about it, I realized that she is right.
And what is relevant here is, I think that it is the same with the martial arts, that the ability to think and to analyze fight situations, the ability to think and see what is going on and more importantly, what could happen, in terms of what your options are, and what sort of options you should strive to deny your opponent,to me, in a way, the mind is the place where fight ability is really developed, and posts like yours are definitely helping mine.
2.You have made some really great posts, man.So I am kind of curious.Like there's that great line in the movie "Enter The Dragon" where somebody keeps saying,"What is your style of fighting?"
It is a matter of record what Bruce Lee thought of a question like that,but the fact of the matter is, we all have to start somewhere,don't we? We all need some kind of beginning,some formal teachers at first,don't we?
So like the guy said, I am curious:
What is your style? Who do you study with, or who did you study with? What style?
YOu just recommended the "cartwheel kick." Who teaches that?
Did you yourself ever knock anybody out that way? How did you develop that ability? What kinds of drills? What specific things did you practice? And how would I go about developing this ability?
And thanks again for some great posts.
Respectfully,
Ferdelance
 
#7 ·
The cartwheel kick was kind of a joke. It's flashy and it's fun to do, but it's not really all that reliable.

I like to disguise my punches and kicks. If I can hide them well enough that when I knock a guy out he gets back up asking what I just hit him with then I'm happy. The superman punch is one of my favorite punches - you throw a couple of body kicks with your rear leg, then superman punch. They're expecting another body kick, so when you bring that rear leg up as if you're going to kick them they're going to drop their arm to protect their side, giving you a nice open shot at their head with your punch. I do a similar thing sometimes when throwing roundhouse kicks, but I really can't think of a good way to explain it to you. I'll try if you want, but it'll probably just end up confusing you.


I train at a school that teaches a 'mixed system' (note: Not the same as what people would consider "Mixed Martial Arts"). The instructor is a 4th Dan in TKD with experience in boxing, kickboxing, and Muay Thai. Thus, our instruction is primarily in striking and the clinch. He's really oldschool, so he believes in trial by fire. I'll often find myself sparring guys bigger and better than me(Ex. 260lb former golden-gloves boxer); sometimes several at once. I'd never be able to knock these guys out with a straight punch from the outside, so I learn to improvise - using my footwork, disguising strikes and utilizing feints. The cartwheel kick is most often seen in TKD competitions, and while it can be used effectively, it's really more a matter of luck than skill.
 
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