Brazilian Kick: A Standard Muay Thai Technique?

**kekekeke** · Posted On: 2/15/2008 6:44pm

I uploaded a video of a brazilian kick being used in a MT fight (contenders latest ep) because it was so unusual to see it there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qug78E2oxY

And one of the commenters said
"Sorry to burst your respective bubbles but that is a pretty standard MT technique. He fakes a right frontkick, and then turns it into a roundhouse."

Does he have substance in his claim? I've never seen it being used by MT practitioners before. Altough my sparring partner uses it to surprise me once in a while since he is ex-karate.

**Domite** · Posted On: 2/15/2008 8:50pm

I've never seen it, but I'm going to ask my trainer if he knows how to do it, because that looks stylish as hell. That's definetly getting added to the list of lower percentage moves I want to master, right under spinning back kicks.

**The Question** · Posted On: 2/15/2008 9:32pm

I've had that used on me more than once in sparring. I'm not sure of the origin, I haven't been taught. But it seems to be quite basic. I don't know what all the hurrah is about.

Also, you will see that quite alot in arts such as TKD that use chambering.

No reason to wow.

**Kentucky Fried Chokin** · Posted On: 2/15/2008 10:28pm

From what I understand it's a kick that comes from the Dutch style of kick boxing, which is a combination of MT and kyoykashsyskysiskin(sp?) karate. My kickboxing instructor uses it all the time against me. It's very annoying.

***Omega Supreme*** · Posted On: 2/15/2008 10:33pm

Originally Posted by kekekeke

I uploaded a video of a brazilian kick being used in a MT fight (contenders latest ep) because it was so unusual to see it there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qug78E2oxY

And one of the commenters said
"Sorry to burst your respective bubbles but that is a pretty standard MT technique. He fakes a right frontkick, and then turns it into a roundhouse."

Does he have substance in his claim? I've never seen it being used by MT practitioners before. Altough my sparring partner uses it to surprise me once in a while since he is ex-karate.

Listen don't ever call that a Brazilian kick again. It's a fucking standard kick used in fight for a long fucking time from various different styles.

*Do yourself a favor, stop spreading ignorance.

**Permalost** · Posted On: 2/16/2008 12:05am

Omega- what do you call that kick?

**partyboy** · Posted On: 2/16/2008 1:03am

Originally Posted by CodosDePiedra

Omega- what do you call that kick?

"a non-Brazillian fucking standard kick used in many different styles"

**kekekeke** · Posted On: 2/16/2008 3:56am

Originally Posted by Omega the Merciless

Listen don't ever call that a Brazilian kick again. It's a fucking standard kick used in fight for a long fucking time from various different styles.

*Do yourself a favor, stop spreading ignorance.

Yes I know it's a standard kick in a lot of styles, but I don't know the proper name for it. the japanese and english K-1 commentators call it a Brazilian kick since brazilian k-1 figthers like filho and feitosa have used it frequently.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3RQNMrOgRY

**sochin101** · Posted On: 2/16/2008 4:23am

We learned that kick (late 80's) at our org's squad training. Some freestyle/kickboxers/jedis* showed us how to fake a front kick and then turn it into a round kick.

The first time I saw it called a Brazilian Kick (LOL) was on a youtube tutorial posted by Kotoryu/Vikingpower about a year-ish ago.

For the record, the official name for that kick is the "Twat! Where'd that come from?" kick.

*true, one of them was an ex-student of Kevin "The Jedi" Brewerton