Leg axe kick

[hEmPY]

I was wondering if you high kick someone close enough, then axe kick the leg. Is it possible? A leg axe kick?

[Tom Yum]

Too fancy to axe kick someone's leg. That's the stuff of 70's kung-fu movies. The axe kick is usually targeted at the collarbone when someone is standing or the back of the head or middle of the back if they are bent over.

Too fancy of a kick in general, but could be used if you've allready stunned someone or can do it with lightning speed.

[Maxx]

Actually the Axe Kick to the leg is a technique in Bruce Lee's Jun Fan Gung Fu and is generally used as a counter to the o'ou tek (roundhouse kick). While there are some people out there that could probably make great use of it, there are probably a lot of other techniques that will functionalize quicker and give you better results with half the effort in training.

[avelocci]

I've used leg axe kicks a couple of times in sparring, if you land one in the knee pit it can cause some substantial damage, but it's too slow to be used in a street incounter, but then again I ain't the fastest guy with my feet. (Unless your oponent is drunk.)

Sincerly,
Andrew Velocci

[Jaguar Wong]

Didn't the late Andy Hug (K-1 Legend) use the axe kick to the leg? I know he used to throw spinning heel kicks to the legs.

[Tom Yum]

Didn't the late Andy Hug (K-1 Legend) use the axe kick to the leg? I know he used to throw spinning heel kicks to the legs.

About the axe kick, I think he used it in general but not targeted at the legs. Spinning heel kick at the legs can make sense, especially defensively.

[Hermosa]

I used to spar with a Savate guy--a silver glove under Salem..and he would throw a kick that came around high, like any spinning heel or crescent kick..but then would drop it down at the last second and nail me in the thigh with it. It sucked

[hEmPY]

I think its very real kick, aspecially if you got strong legs. It can be used after high kick, followed by errrrr sidekick!

[Maxx]

I'm sure that this technique exists in various systems, I'm most familiar with the applications concepts in Jun Fan Gung Fu where it is used as an interception to a low round kick. I'll be honest, I've never pulled it off as an interception in that manner, but I have used it to target the thigh and quadriceps of less mobile fighters and I've been hit by it. All I can say is if you are fast or smart enough to make it work, Holy Sh*t it hurts!!!!

[MrPoopy]

Sounds like a crock of shit to me.