Top 5 benefits learning to counter a push kick
VIDEO: Watch these top 7 awesome methods of how to catch a push kick!
FYI – If you do not pull on the attacker’s captured leg, your attacker can hop forward on one leg and punch or grab you. You can then attack the captured leg with a downward or vertical elbow strike, attempt to sweep your opponent’s non-captured leg (as he will be stuck balancing on one leg), etc. READ MORE
Aside from “point sparring” martial artists are generally taught to kick (generally a hand held target or some type of heavy bag) with accuracy and great power. One advantage to kicking is applicable distance. Since the human’s legs are typically longer than the arms, a kick can generally be delivered from outside the opponent’s hand striking range. Given timing and accuracy a good kicker should be able to land an effective kick well before the opponent can evade it or move in for a hand strike or a grappling technique. SEE THESE TECHNIQUES AND VIDEO BELOW
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Muay Thai
Muay Thai is a combat sport of Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. This physical and mental discipline which includes combat on shins is known as "the art of eight limbs" because it is characterized by the combined use of fists, elbows, knees, shins, being associated with a good physical preparation that makes a full-contact fighter very efficient. Muay Thai became widespread internationally in the twentieth century, when practitioners defeated notable practitioners of other martial arts.
