{"id":1146,"date":"2013-03-14T16:26:29","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T16:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fightfast.com\/blog\/?p=1146"},"modified":"2020-04-07T17:06:23","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T17:06:23","slug":"1-kicking-mistake-ignoring-this-will-cost-you-big-time-in-a-street-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/14\/1-kicking-mistake-ignoring-this-will-cost-you-big-time-in-a-street-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"#1 Thai Kick Mistake - Ignoring this will cost you big time in a street fight"},"content":{"rendered":"The Thai Kick is one of the most devastatingly effective fight moves around. The problem is, when not done correctly (and many instructors leave this part out) it's also one of the easiest moves for an attacker to defend against.<!--more-->\n<div class=\"flex-video\">\n<iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n5gvJ23NJXs?&amp;autohide=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;rel=0\" width=\"540\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\nIn the video above, Thai Kickboxing expert Mike Goldbach shows you exactly what to do to avoid the number one mistake people make when using the Thai kick on the street. And this simple trick doesn't just work for the Thai kick, it's a necessity for many other kicks, and striking techniques too.\n<div style=\"width: 250px; height: 157px; padding: 5px; float: right;\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2243\" src=\"http:\/\/fightfast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/thai-kick-pt1.png\" alt=\"Thai Kick: the 'lean out' extends the arm to stop an attackers forward momentum.\" width=\"100%\"><\/div>\nAs you saw in the video the \"lean out\" is nothing more that an extension of your arm to stop an attackers forward momentum (to keep him the right distance away from you) and to prevent him from striking you while you execute the kick. If you are using the \"lean out\" while kicking you use the arm that's on the same side as leg you are kicking with. If you kick with your right foot, you check him with the right arm while kicking.\n\nRemember, the lean out is not a shove, you don't need to knock him back. You just want to keep him in place, or take the power out of any punch he may be throwing. You also don't want to leave your arm out for him to grab a hold of. It's just a quick extension and retraction of the arm.\n<div style=\"width: 250px; height: 157px; padding: 5px; float: right;\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2244\" src=\"http:\/\/fightfast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/thai-kick-pt2.png\" alt=\"Thai Kick second lean out\" width=\"100%\"><\/div>\nIt's also important that you keep your opposite hand up to protect your head. This arm should extend for a lean out after you have kicked the attacker. While this second lean out is happening your other arm is drawn back to protect your head once again.\n\nTo learn more about the feared Thai Kick and why it's one of the most feared fight moves around (it's been known to break an opponent's femur in actually street fights) check out <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fightfast.com\/ar\/FF-k.php\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Mike Goldbach's Combat Thai Boxing<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/strong>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 0px;\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Thai Kick is one of the most devastatingly effective fight moves around. The problem is, when not done correctly (and many instructors leave this part out) it&#8217;s also one of the easiest moves for an attacker to defend against.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1146"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11775,"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146\/revisions\/11775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}