Kicks in general?

[Crabpuff]

When it comes to groin kicks it just depends, some people can shrug it off. I don't have to worry about groin kicks cause my wife took all that away in our first year of marriage.

[kengar]

for instance if you were to try to kick a well train martial artist in the groin he could easily move to the side lock your leg in his armpit than elbow smash your knee back...

Where exactly is your grion located?

The idea of kicking anyone in the groin is bad. It just makes a determined opponent madder and lacks stopping power. This is augmented by the fact that many of today's youth wear baggy pants, which catch the rising leg and direct the energy away from the groin.

"Groin kicks are potentially a fight stopper", they also produce a natural flinch response. I do believe I've seen dozens of pro fighters cracked in the grion and they went down. I really don't want to pissoff the person who's trying to kill me. I don't understand that logic. I get pretty upset if I'm pushed, tackled, poked, maced etc.... Should you just slap someone in the balls and stop to stare at them? No. You should be attacking with a relentless conviction, so even if you do hit them in the groin and it doesn't have the desired effect you have already clipped a knee, palmed their face and knocked them to the ground. And then threw a garbage can on them.

There are a number of vital targets, but don't ever rely on just 1 or 2.

[Arramon]

ahahahah.... ahhhhh... yeah.. That is what should happen if you DO get onto a scruff with someone who's trying to make you bleed. Usually wait for an opening if you wanna kick or have a kick that packs some power... Don't over extend yourself, leaving yourself open (same in another thread).. You can get some good kicks in if the other guy is already on the ground, but where's the fun in that? You do that mess if you're tired of fighting and wanna get the guy to give up...

Oblique kicks are good for stopping a charge coming at you, or for stalling someone else's kicks before they have a chance to 'raise up'... but, these are low kicks, so you would also need to watch your upper body with your hands and arms... Keeping agile and 'zoning out', or moving around an opponent, gives you better chances to strike with kicks..

I agree with the more you practice and use kicks in sparring, the more you will use them in a real fight... Get those legs built up and ready for anything by allowing them to grow accustomed to being used as a striking tool. Keep kicking those kicking bags... or round house some blocking pads a couple days a week... Your legs will grow tired and weary, at first, but will become more sensitive to you wanting to use them as an offense, which, in turn, will make them stronger and more effecient.

[warriors13]

Most fighters on the streets in my opinion are not well conditioned. I low round kick to the thighs will most likely drop your opponent to the ground.

[Ahoym8e]

I'd rather fight a guy that has just been kicked in the groin than a guy who has not.

If you want to be bodyslammed, just kick above the waist.

I remember seeing (in an old UFC bout) Pete Williams high kicking Mark "the Hammer" Coleman and K'ing him TFO, but that was 1 second after Mark Coleman had caught a full force knee to the face and was already pretty much KO'ed standing up.

I don't know too many kicks, only the MT roundkick to the opponents thigh, and maybe a low front kick, sort of a foot-jab, good to set up a nice cross to the face. I was told to not even think about any of the fancy kicks if I was in a situation where my safety was at stake. SO, I practice those two: 90% round, 10% low front.

I fought a really pissed off little dog once, and I won it all with kicks (kick_ I should say). But that was before learning any MA, and it was sort of a soccer kick...