How to Catch a Kick in Kickboxing

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Hi I'm Andrew Bridden on behalf of expertvillage.com I'm here at the Arizona Center of Mixed Martial Arts here with Damon Sanchez to my right and Freddy Luna on my left. We are all fighters here. The technique that we are demonstrating right now is a defense against kicks which consist of grabbing the kick. Actually trying to absorb it in your body before you get hit full force with it and then using that to turn his attack to your advantage. So Freddy is throwing out the kick and Damon is catching it. So that is how he is doing it is he is hooking under the leg so he has a good grip on it so Freddy can't pull it out. See that Freddy tries to get out and Damon keeps a solid grip there. Now from here Freddy can't really throw very effective offense because he is off balance. His whole offense consist of being able to throw his hits into his movements that is where his power comes from. So with only one leg he is severely limited as far as the power he could throw in other attacks. So Damon has a couple of options from here things that he could do to use it towards his advantage he catches and one depending on the rules of the show would be to take down. So he sweeps out that leg and just takes him down. Now when Freddy falls Freddy also trains in Jiu Jitsu so he knows how to fall without injuring himself. That is a separate topic that we would cover. Another option that Damon has is when he catches the kick he could follow with offense of his own which would be punches knees, he could attack in standing leg, right there. He could elbow the knee there, do damage to his body, and all the while he is protecting himself from Freddy attacking him. So a lot of different capabilities Damon has once he got control of that leg.

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