The Do's and Don'ts of Head Movement In Kickboxing — Transcript

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1. 0:00hey guys gabriel varga here today by
2. 0:02request i want to take you through the
3. 0:04do's
4. 0:05and the don'ts of head movement in
5. 0:07kickboxing so you can do this
6. 0:10but not end up like this
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14. 0:34when we're talking about breaking down
15. 0:35head movement it's very important to
16. 0:37remember
17. 0:38you may have seen people like lordzilla
18. 0:40who slip shots you see guys like
19. 0:42anderson silva who walk back with their
20. 0:44chin up
21. 0:44and do all sorts of crazy things i am
22. 0:46talking today
23. 0:47about the basics what should you be
24. 0:50doing if you are
25. 0:50new intermediate or advanced but you're
26. 0:52not a kickboxing
27. 0:54phenom or somebody who just naturally
28. 0:56has crazy good eyesight
29. 0:58there are always ways to break rules for
30. 1:00example if you see manny pacquiao
31. 1:02i'll switch to southpaw here if you see
32. 1:04manny pacquiao punch slow motion when he
33. 1:06gets in the combo
34. 1:07he's just going like this hands coming
35. 1:09back to his hip
36. 1:10so low but because he's popping the
37. 1:13shots out so fast he gets away with it
38. 1:15would i recommend anybody punch like him
39. 1:17when they're learning absolutely not so
40. 1:18today is the same thing i'm going to
41. 1:20show you three ways
42. 1:21to slip three basic slips that are very
43. 1:23effective and three things
44. 1:24you 100 don't want to do if you're new
45. 1:27to the sport or even intermediate but
46. 1:28does that mean
47. 1:29that some fighters don't get away with
48. 1:31it no 100 not there are some guys who
49. 1:33can just break the rules they can bend
50. 1:35the rules they can
51. 1:36snap the rules and they get away with it
52. 1:37i mean me myself i am not a natural
53. 1:40slipper i prefer to just have my hands
54. 1:41here and be very safe as opposed to
55. 1:44you know slip a shot and then
56. 1:45accidentally eat the second shot because
57. 1:47i wasn't ready to do
58. 1:49a second slip so we're gonna break down
59. 1:50what you should do
60. 1:52and what you probably shouldn't do but
61. 1:53bear in mind there are people who
62. 1:55can do these things you shouldn't do
63. 1:57they're just so good at slipping that
64. 1:58they can get away with that before we
65. 2:00get to our three points of dues and our
66. 2:02three points of do not
67. 2:03if you guys haven't make sure you get
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69. 2:07give it a like and we'll keep rolling
70. 2:08along here let's start with the things
71. 2:10you absolutely
72. 2:11should do the things that you should
73. 2:12drill the things that you should get
74. 2:13very very good at
75. 2:15and starting with point number one i
76. 2:16want to go to the most basic which is
77. 2:17slipping straight punches so you should
78. 2:19absolutely yes be slipping straight
79. 2:21punches hands are up wherever you have
80. 2:23them
81. 2:24if you see a straight punch come and you
82. 2:26can get your head off
83. 2:27the center line or the other way off the
84. 2:29center line
85. 2:30that is super effective now if you're
86. 2:32more advanced as you get your head off
87. 2:34the center line
88. 2:34you actually throw your own shot and
89. 2:36i've talked about that in our back to
90. 2:38basics
91. 2:39intermediate you can check that out
92. 2:40there slipping and throwing your own
93. 2:42shot but this is absolutely something
94. 2:44that you should get good at
95. 2:45your knees bend very slightly you drop
96. 2:48your weight over one side
97. 2:50and the punch swings by or misses your
98. 2:53head from here at this point you're free
99. 2:54to either
100. 2:55engage closer close the gap move away
101. 2:58or throw your own counter shot slipping
102. 3:01a jab slipping across this is something
103. 3:02that works
104. 3:03for boxers 100 you have to know how to
105. 3:06do it there's no question
106. 3:07mma you really should know how to do it
107. 3:09you don't have to do it in kickboxing
108. 3:11but i would recommend you learn it
109. 3:13especially if you have somebody who has
110. 3:14longer arms than you you're not always
111. 3:15going to be the person with the longest
112. 3:17arms
113. 3:17somebody throws a punch and you just
114. 3:19move your head off that center line it
115. 3:21won't come
116. 3:22right away it takes drilling it takes
117. 3:24time to learn and then to execute
118. 3:26but start implementing it in your shadow
119. 3:28boxing your drilling
120. 3:29it's something that you 100 percent
121. 3:31should know how to do
122. 3:32now number two that i want to talk about
123. 3:34what you should know how to do is also
124. 3:36slipping hooks now this is very
125. 3:37different than slipping hooks for boxing
126. 3:39and we're going to talk about that when
127. 3:40we get to the do not
128. 3:42but when i slip a hook when i'm rolling
129. 3:45under the shot the most important thing
130. 3:48for me to keep in mind
131. 3:49is i have like with me with my spiky
132. 3:51hair it's perfect when the punch comes
133. 3:53i almost want my hair to make contact
134. 3:55with the glove
135. 3:56i don't want to go too low i just keep
136. 3:58it short
137. 3:59and i just do the minimal amount of
138. 4:01effort the minimal amount of movement
139. 4:04required and because it's kickboxing
140. 4:05it's very important that we always keep
141. 4:07our hands tight we don't want to slip
142. 4:08with our hands down so the hands
143. 4:10stay locked to the head normally i stay
144. 4:12up here which is why i don't
145. 4:14end up blocking too often because
146. 4:16slipping down this way with these hands
147. 4:18really high
148. 4:18just makes your head that much bigger
149. 4:20and becomes that much harder to slip
150. 4:22but if you are somebody who likes your
151. 4:23hands down here it's very easy for you
152. 4:26to roll back and forth and get under
153. 4:28those hook shots slipping straight
154. 4:30punches slipping hooks
155. 4:31are both essential to kickboxing maybe
156. 4:34not at the lower level but as you get
157. 4:36higher even for me who i'm not a big
158. 4:37slipper i have used it
159. 4:38time and time again in fights and it's
160. 4:41just
161. 4:42so effective when somebody's coming with
162. 4:44a lot of pressure punching somebody
163. 4:46off their guard feels good it feels like
164. 4:48you're landing but when somebody starts
165. 4:50moving your head and you start missing
166. 4:52shots
167. 4:53it's exhausting it's frustrating it's
168. 4:56demoralizing it's something that as the
169. 4:58aggressor you just don't want to see
170. 5:00in your opponent so start learning how
171. 5:01to slip the straight punches and slip
172. 5:03the hooks
173. 5:04and finally guys the last thing that you
174. 5:05should be doing if you're trying to
175. 5:07implement head movement in kickboxing
176. 5:09is learning to fade back now again i
177. 5:11broke this down in detail in the
178. 5:12intermediate
179. 5:13back to basics breakdown but we'll go
180. 5:15through it again here i'll show you some
181. 5:17clips of how this can be effectively
182. 5:19used
183. 5:19and we'll go through just a few of the
184. 5:21finer points and the nice thing about
185. 5:23this fade back a nice thing about
186. 5:25tipping your head back is it doesn't
187. 5:27matter if it's a round kick
188. 5:29a front kick that's not something i'd
189. 5:31use it usually use it for
190. 5:32or spinning hook kick really any kick at
191. 5:35head level
192. 5:35if they're aiming to actually land here
193. 5:37and not way back here
194. 5:39you getting your head out of the way is
195. 5:41going to be effective for
196. 5:42all those shots so you don't have to
197. 5:44make the distinction as somebody starts
198. 5:46kicking at head level
199. 5:47between a side kick a front kick a round
200. 5:50kick a hook kick
201. 5:51if you can just get your head off the
202. 5:52center line or sorry back off that
203. 5:54stationary spot where your head normally
204. 5:55sits if you can get back
205. 5:56off that you are going to be out of the
206. 5:58way and then after that it's just a
207. 6:00matter of how you follow up with it
208. 6:02and making sure your hands are in the
209. 6:03correct position so as i fade my head
210. 6:06back there's a couple things i'm trying
211. 6:08to do here number one
212. 6:09i'm trying to make sure my head doesn't
213. 6:11go way back past my heels
214. 6:13and my hips don't end up impossibly far
215. 6:16in front of my head because now once
216. 6:18i've done this it's hard to get back
217. 6:20so for me i try to keep the whole head
218. 6:22protected my hands start here
219. 6:23my shoulders are fairly square as i fade
220. 6:26back i
221. 6:26turn sideways i use the front shoulder
222. 6:29to protect my head on this side
223. 6:31and this hand stays up nice and high the
224. 6:33front arm becomes a counterbalance
225. 6:35to get me back up if i keep both hands
226. 6:37up here for me it's very difficult with
227. 6:39my
228. 6:40core and back strength to lift myself
229. 6:42back up it doesn't feel
230. 6:43strong enough so getting that front arm
231. 6:45down makes all the difference to being
232. 6:48able to chamber
233. 6:49back up very quick or if i wanted to i
234. 6:51could just hang out here
235. 6:52but as soon as i bring my hands up and i
236. 6:54turn back to square
237. 6:56now from here this is so uncomfortable
238. 6:58so getting that little turn
239. 6:59that little drop bend through the back
240. 7:01knee that makes all the difference
241. 7:03in this fade back for head shots being
242. 7:06so effective and working
243. 7:07so well making it very comfortable for
244. 7:09you so for our do's for head movement in
245. 7:12kickboxing we have
246. 7:13get the head off the center line slip
247. 7:15the straight punches roll
248. 7:16under the hook shots and fade back on
249. 7:19any head kick
250. 7:20i could go much more in depth on
251. 7:21slipping and rolling and such but we're
252. 7:23sticking right now with
253. 7:24beginner intermediate sort of area the
254. 7:26basics that you should be working
255. 7:28if you are wanting to implement proper
256. 7:30head movement in kickboxing now let's
257. 7:32turn this around entirely and go
258. 7:34what should you absolutely not do in
259. 7:36kickboxing in regards to head movement
260. 7:38again unless you're somebody who's just
261. 7:41you know goes against the grain and you
262. 7:42can get away with it some people
263. 7:44can some people are exceptional in
264. 7:45certain areas and they can break the
265. 7:47mold
266. 7:47break the rules but we're talking about
267. 7:49for the average person here or maybe
268. 7:51somebody even might as myself i do not
269. 7:53break these rules that i'm about to
270. 7:55share with you so first guys i want to
271. 7:56talk about the punches the slipping of
272. 7:58punches that we've already covered
273. 8:00number one i've seen so many people get
274. 8:02knocked out with a shot and it ends
275. 8:03very badly somebody throws a straight
276. 8:05punch at you you slip down to the side i
277. 8:08want to talk about the mistakes
278. 8:09here that a lot of people make and
279. 8:11remembering in kickboxing
280. 8:13that the legs are involved if it's
281. 8:14boxing i can have my hands here
282. 8:16and i can slip way down here and i'm not
283. 8:19worried about any repercussions of
284. 8:20something coming
285. 8:21upwards it's just the punches that i'm
286. 8:23worried about but with kickboxing
287. 8:25because somebody can throw the punch try
288. 8:28and get you to
289. 8:29fade out that way and if they're going
290. 8:31too low if i repeatedly see somebody
291. 8:33slipping my shot too low i'll throw this
292. 8:35as a fake
293. 8:36and then have them come right into my
294. 8:37head kick so very important when you
295. 8:40have straight punches
296. 8:41coming at your head and you want to slip
297. 8:43you want to stay very tight
298. 8:45very tight to the hand and the outside
299. 8:47of the arm so it's like this
300. 8:49not like this so that you don't eat that
301. 8:52head kick
302. 8:53and that right away brings us to the
303. 8:54next point when we slip we don't want
304. 8:56our hands to drop because now the entire
305. 8:59head is open for the round kick i've
306. 9:01seen people do
307. 9:01amazing slips and oh they're here and
308. 9:04then bam they're knocked out with a head
309. 9:05kick
310. 9:06because their weight is moving directly
311. 9:08into that kick
312. 9:09as it comes up two forces meeting is
313. 9:12terrible so whenever i slip this is my
314. 9:14this is my rule for myself whenever i
315. 9:16slip to the outside of a straight punch
316. 9:18i have my hand at temple level if i slip
317. 9:21the other side
318. 9:22still have my hand at tempo level i'm
319. 9:23always protected from that idea that
320. 9:25somebody's going to go one
321. 9:26and two or one and two the kick is
322. 9:29coming after that is the big danger
323. 9:31on slipping the straight shots you want
324. 9:34to be aware of that kick coming up now
325. 9:36same idea with the hooks before i was
326. 9:38talking about when you
327. 9:39slip or you roll under a hook you want
328. 9:42to have almost your hair
329. 9:44get brushed by the punch if i go really
330. 9:47down low and now the shot's way up here
331. 9:49yes i slipped it a lot more but in
332. 9:51kickboxing
333. 9:52the person comes here and then they
334. 9:54drive the knee up and you have to be
335. 9:56very very aware of dropping too far and
336. 9:58then eating a head knee
337. 10:00it has to be small so after they throw
338. 10:03the shot and they come to throw their
339. 10:04knee
340. 10:05you're already back up here and they
341. 10:07have to really get their knee high to
342. 10:09get to your chin level
343. 10:10and hopefully you see it coming and you
344. 10:11can block from there so very
345. 10:13small rolls on your hook shots trying to
346. 10:16have the arm
347. 10:17brush over the hair so important make
348. 10:19sure
349. 10:20your chin still stays tucked you come
350. 10:22down
351. 10:24and you just get that nice little roll
352. 10:26happening and again we've talked about
353. 10:28this
354. 10:28in the back to basics i believe the
355. 10:30beginner i'll link that one up there you
356. 10:31can hopefully
357. 10:32find that all the details on how you
358. 10:33should be slipping but a definite
359. 10:35do not on head movement in kickboxing
360. 10:38is leave yourself exposed for kicks or
361. 10:41knees
362. 10:42after you slip a punch right next i want
363. 10:44to talk about fading back on the round
364. 10:46kick and we talked about this already we
365. 10:47just said yes
366. 10:48absolutely fade back on the round kick
367. 10:50it works so well
368. 10:51but if you do this wrong es rico
369. 10:53verhoven proof i mean this guy
370. 10:55is a crazy glory champion i don't think
371. 10:58he's lost in glory
372. 11:00and probably close to 10 years but he
373. 11:02did lose in china as
374. 11:04he saw the round kick go by he just got
375. 11:06a little lazy with his bottom hand
376. 11:08and then the spinning back fist comes
377. 11:10around and plunk you're down so as we
378. 11:12fade back
379. 11:13utilize this technique for sure but
380. 11:14never fade back with two hands low
381. 11:17that's an absolute
382. 11:18do not there are people that can get
383. 11:20away with it one of my opponents lord
384. 11:21zilla he constantly
385. 11:23fades back like that his hands are just
386. 11:25dangling down
387. 11:26but it's because his head movement is
388. 11:28above and beyond almost
389. 11:30anybody in the kickboxing muay thai
390. 11:31world that he can get away with it
391. 11:33everybody else as rico proved should be
392. 11:36slipping
393. 11:37and not having this hand down here this
394. 11:39leaves the whole upper head open
395. 11:41it should be right up here when you slip
396. 11:42you come there
397. 11:44and now you're safe from somebody coming
398. 11:47one
399. 11:47you think you're protected and then they
400. 11:49come around spinning elbow or spinning
401. 11:51back fist
402. 11:51whenever you fade back on a head level
403. 11:54kick
404. 11:55remember you need to protect both sides
405. 11:57of the head one high
406. 11:59one shoulder high from there we're
407. 12:00protected from here i can utilize this
408. 12:03amazing feedback technique
409. 12:04without the repercussions of a follow-up
410. 12:06spinning technique
411. 12:07or anything else stupid i've seen guys
412. 12:09in heavyweight i think potter's even
413. 12:10done it before
414. 12:11where he kicks he gets angry and he just
415. 12:13throws a sloppy spinning back face but
416. 12:16if your hands are down after you fade it
417. 12:17you're getting clipped you might be
418. 12:19going down and finally guys you will see
419. 12:21many many people who are very good at
420. 12:23head movement they'll start here they'll
421. 12:25be moving around
422. 12:26they'll drop their hands they'll fade
423. 12:28they'll fade they'll walk
424. 12:29way way back with their hands down
425. 12:31constantly evading shots
426. 12:33this is fine if you're a very high level
427. 12:35person but dropping both hands
428. 12:37and keeping your chin high is just
429. 12:40asking
430. 12:41to get ko'd anderson silva showed us
431. 12:43this back in one of his ufc losses
432. 12:44against chris weidman
433. 12:46he was granted just being very cocky if
434. 12:48he would have not been cocky it probably
435. 12:50wouldn't have happened i do understand
436. 12:51that
437. 12:52but still it's a prime example if you
438. 12:54want to drop your hands
439. 12:55which i don't recommend in the first
440. 12:57place if you're going to be doing any
441. 12:58slipping at all
442. 13:00chin tucks you don't want your chin up
443. 13:02here because now instead of getting hit
444. 13:04in the forehead
445. 13:05you're getting caught in the jaw that is
446. 13:07a knockout point
447. 13:08so much easier to get knocked out get
448. 13:09your head rattled on the jaw area as
449. 13:12opposed to the forehead so whenever i'm
450. 13:14slipping whenever i'm backing up even if
451. 13:16my hands went from here
452. 13:17down to here and i'm working lots of
453. 13:19movement my chin is tucked that is an
454. 13:21absolute
455. 13:22must in kickboxing you never ever
456. 13:25want to have your chin high in this
457. 13:27sport so do not
458. 13:29for slipping is having your hands low
459. 13:32your chin
460. 13:32high and walking backwards waiting for
461. 13:35this punch
462. 13:36to land i know you're not actually
463. 13:37waiting but it's going to be coming at
464. 13:39some point some people get away with it
465. 13:41you know do some sparring rounds will
466. 13:42get away with it they'll get away with
467. 13:43it we'll get away with it and then one
468. 13:45day you get clipped
469. 13:46and right away you're going oh that was
470. 13:48a mistake
471. 13:49don't let it happen to you you can be
472. 13:50moving around you can have your hands
473. 13:52here somebody starts to throw you just
474. 13:53like
475. 13:54like that punched down on the ground all
476. 13:56done it should be
477. 13:58i'm here i'm moving around i fade back
478. 14:00my chin
479. 14:01stays down if my hands drop it's an
480. 14:03automatic must of head movement
481. 14:05in kickboxing all right guys as i said i
482. 14:07could go into so much depth on this
483. 14:09whole subject
484. 14:10we're talking probably a 10 minute video
485. 14:12here this could be stretched out to a
486. 14:14half an hour an hour a whole class
487. 14:16on it so i hope you guys enjoyed this
488. 14:18small concise version
489. 14:19just keep in mind that it's not
490. 14:21everything on the topic
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495. 14:29to learn from it guys i've been sharing
496. 14:30a lot of
497. 14:31technique videos lately other fighters
498. 14:33technique breaking them down
499. 14:34talking about fight stories i haven't
500. 14:36got to as many
501. 14:38training videos workout videos as i
502. 14:39would like but keep in mind there are
503. 14:41still many of them up there
504. 14:42try them out do them a second time as i
505. 14:44always say guys train hard
506. 14:46and i'll see you back here soon for
507. 14:47another video