Kickboxing Combos: Roundhouse, Knee Strike

Series Summary

Kickboxing is a martial art sport similar to boxing that allows striking with the hands and (most importantly) the feet. There are different kinds of kickboxing, depending on different regions that it is practiced. Kickboxing is a great cardiovascular exercise that is practiced worldwide. It is also a competitive sport that draws big audiences to boxing arenas. Full contact Karate and Shoot Boxing are popular competitive kickboxing practices. The more recent style of Filipino Kickboxing, Yaw-Yan, and of course Muay Thai kickboxing are growing in popularity. Styles of kicking vary for the different types of kickboxing including hip torque, downward-cutting of kicks, and knee strikes. Kickboxers combine these kickboxing techniques into aggressive combinations to defeat an opponent in a sparring match, MMA fight or in self-defense in a street fight. Learn kickboxing kick combinations in this free kickboxing training video series featuring black belt instructor Mike Mallon. Mallon demonstrates kick combinations such as a roundhouse kick, knee strike combination; a front kick, roundhouse kick, side kick combination; and a front kick, roundhouse kick, knee strike combination.

Video Transcript

"Hello, I'm Sifu Mallon with the Clearwater Kung Fu Center. This is my assistant Melissa and this is kick boxing. We're working on kick combinations. This next kick combination is called switching round kick rear knee strike. It start with we do the switch. The switch is where your front foot goes to your back, your back foot comes forward, you bend you knees, switch your feet. From here, I'm going to fire my rear leg round kick, step down, pull the knee up, knee strike, so a two kick combo. Watching the combination first, Melissa has her left foot forward, I have my left foot forward, my right hand is through the bottom, my left hand is to the top. She stays in place, she switches her feet out, rear leg round kick, boom, she lands. As she lands, with this front foot, my foot steps back, I turn my body this way, I bring the pad, my right hand from the side of my ribs, to stomach. My left hand reaches forward, I bend down, she grabs, throws a knee. As she does this, I want to keep my mouth closed, I want to keep my tongue in, I want to exhale slightly. Again, grab the shoulders Melissa, just like that. Full combination, one, two, step, three. Again, go, that's it. One more time, good. This is our kick combination switching round kick rear knee strike."