Rear or front leg round kicks?

[Rebiu]

Do you favor round kicking with your lead leg or rear leg? What are some of you techniques and strategies using this kick?

[Yessir]

Do you favor round kicking with your lead leg or rear leg? What are some of you techniques and strategies using this kick?

I definately favor roundhouse kicks with my rear leg, but I also use the lead leg.

I often use the switch kick... I don't know if that even counts as a lead leg round kick?

I am more of a dutch style muay thai fighter than a tradiotional, so I mostly deliver my kicks after throwing a (few) punch(es), sometimes the other way around too.

[Garland]

Right leg. (rear leg)...probably because my right round kick is much more polished.

cut kicks, "submarine" kicks, hop kicks, just multiple right leg round kicks until they leave something open that's soft and fleshy enough to hurt really bad.

I use my left leg to get to the inside of their left leg, hit the sciatic nerve or just crush the quads a bit. I won't use my right leg very often for this because the of the stance, viz. if the guy is an idiot and has his right leg forward...I will. About 60% of the time, my left kick is a switch kick. More power.

And...oh, suprise...I set them up with other kicks, fakes, feignts, punches. I also use them to set up...clinching, punches...long lead knees outside of the clinche...ya know?

My favorite "round" kick...isn't actually even a kick. dte khao... I've also heard it called khao katung...throw the knee in like half a round kick...nice from a 50/50 clinche...or if you're being ecclectic and go into something like an fma throw such as kaputa-kapala.

[Khun Kao]

I currently favor the rear legged kick, but that is because my lead leg has an ankle injury that has caused me to lose confidence in kicking with it. I used to kick lots with my lead leg.

[DickHardman]

i like to set up my lead inside leg kick with a lead hook. the hook is usually slow and sloppy so its nice and easy for my opponent to spot........then comes the kick, fallowing through with the same motion i used to launch the hook.

[Garland]

I use the left kick, or a hop right kick to set up my hook.

[Rebiu]

Nice

I definately favor roundhouse kicks with my rear leg, but I also use the lead leg.

I often use the switch kick... I don't know if that even counts as a lead leg round kick?

I am more of a dutch style muay thai fighter than a tradiotional, so I mostly deliver my kicks after throwing a (few) punch(es), sometimes the other way around too.

Thank you for the informative response. I would consider the switch kick a rear leg kick from the perspective of the question. It is a way to mix up the strategy you are espousing. When I was at the IMB in Torrance CA, Richard Bustillo used to say finish those combos with a hard rear round and they will start tense up and not be able to counter of effectively block the punches because they are anticipating the kick at the end.

In the context of this strategy what kind of opponent give you the most trouble and how?

[Bryan Popejoy]

for me it depends....if they are coming to me, my lead leg. If I'm chasing, my rear. Unless they are a southpaw.....

[Yessir]

Thank you for the informative response. I would consider the switch kick a rear leg kick from the perspective of the question. It is a way to mix up the strategy you are espousing. When I was at the IMB in Torrance CA, Richard Bustillo used to say finish those combos with a hard rear round and they will start tense up and not be able to counter of effectively block the punches because they are anticipating the kick at the end.

In the context of this strategy what kind of opponent give you the most trouble and how?

Hmm, I don't think you can put it like that, I don't think there's a certain kind of opponent that gives me more trouble than the other.

The opponents that aren't predictable are the ones I have the most trouble with.
And if you finish every combination with a rear round kick you're predictable.

[Hardball]

Short opponents give me problems. I prefer rear leg roundhouse because of the power. I cannot generate much power with a lead leg roundhouse. My left leg is only good for foot jabs and side or back kicks.

[Tom Yum]

I use my lead leg thai kick a little more than my rear leg, because you can counter both jabs and crosses from an orthodox or southpaw fighter using the lead leg. Plus I have no problem generating decent power with it.

Plus you can launch it quick and recover, whereas the rear leg puts you a little off balance for the recovery.

I prefer to set up my rear leg thai kicks set up with punches or lead leg kicks. I occasionally use it as a counter-kick too.

[newcuttys]

Do you favor round kicking with your lead leg or rear leg? What are some of you techniques and strategies using this kick?

gotta learn how to use both effeciantly being able to utilize one better than the other will make you a handicapped fighter

[WildWest.]

A solid and well rounded fighter/martial artist should train both legs equally regardless whether you have "favourite sides" or not.

Learn to get comfortable with both legs and you will be much stronger for it.

[Garland]

A solid and well rounded fighter/martial artist should train both legs equally regardless whether you have "favourite sides" or not.

Learn to get comfortable with both legs and you will be much stronger for it.

yeah, but when it comes down to it...the favorite side is still the favorite side, eh?

[MilkAndInnards]

At the moment I'm favouring my rear leg for two reasons; I feel more comfortable with it, and my lead shin has a bit of a wound (it got kicked hard as hell from a steel capped boot)