Are high-kicks really useful?

**Hannibal** · Posted On: 10/22/2006 9:44pm

I will not, and the reason has been stated many times.

**Torakaka** · Posted On: 10/22/2006 9:45pm

Originally Posted by Hannibal

Better than you at them I can tell you.

Sure you can type it, and I can type the reverse back at you. God you suck so bad at this whole internet thing.

**Epicurus** · Posted On: 10/23/2006 1:04am

Two points:
1. I guess I wear really baggy pants or something but I have never really found my pants to be much of an impediment from kicking however high I like. I guess I'm too much of a child of the 90's or something with my non-skintight pants ;)
2. What makes a good high kick is not grappling skill. It's kicking skill. I'd be more confident using high kicks vs. a grappler if I was any good at grappling, but you don't HAVE to be Bas Rutten for them to work, especially against a non-grappler. In MMA matches you will regularly see people get away with high kicks without being punished, do you really want me to draw up a list? If the debate is "are they useful" the answer is a sound YES. It's not like they're jabs or something but FFS, don't degenrate this into a shouting match over something so obvious.

**patfromlogan** · Posted On: 10/23/2006 6:33pm

Originally Posted by Epicurus

Two points:
1. I guess I wear really baggy pants or something but I have never really found my pants to be much of an impediment from kicking however high [as] I like.

I used to rip my jeans, now I just wear my gi everywhere.

***DerAuslander*** · Posted On: 10/23/2006 11:48pm

I have splint the seams of my jeans on several occasions kicking people in the face.

**colonelpong2** · Posted On: 10/23/2006 11:54pm

Personally, I favour low, simple kicks, especially to the knee joint

**Severe** · Posted On: 10/24/2006 1:40am

and the winner is...

Originally Posted by colonelpong

Personally, I favour low, simple kicks, especially to the knee joint

**Hannibal** · Posted On: 10/24/2006 2:01am

Originally Posted by Kidspatula

Sure you can type it, and I can type the reverse back at you. God you suck so bad at this whole internet thing.

Yeah, your right. Being a smart ass to a stranger over a keyboard is such a great skill. If only everyone was as good at it.

**Epicurus** · Posted On: 10/24/2006 11:18am

Originally Posted by colonelpong

Personally, I favour low, simple kicks, especially to the knee joint

Likewise, although I may be biased since my flexibility has gone all to hell in the last three years (in exchange for upper body strength, somehow...)

**patfromlogan** · Posted On: 10/24/2006 12:06pm

http://www.bullshido.net/forums/show...2&postcount=45 = a nice one, in the avatar.

So is there consensus in this:

High-kicks are very useful, but only if you can do them.