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Is It Illegal To Axe Kick Someone While You Are On Your Back And Your Opponent On His Knees

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Someone tell me why kicking a grounded opponent in UFC is illegal?

It was decided by the New Jersey Athletic Control Board. The UFC was not really taking hold of the public and was starting to fail. This is how Dana White was able to purchase it from the original founder. The no rules idea was good but the general public was not interested. You saw mostly fat drunk hillbillies at original UFC events. White decided to make it legit, like boxing, and had it regulated by the New Jersey Athletic Control Board which required specific rules but also brought out real professional fighters as well as more fans. Because of that it is still alive and growing today.

There are a lot of stupid rules yes, but White and the owners of UFC had no control over that, it was take it or leave. The rules are based on what the board felt could cause too much serious injury and many rules are really dumb. My opinion they favor and protect ground fighting, not on purpose, but they do giving ground fighting more credit as the "more effective" art than it really has.

Is it illegal to axe kick someone while you are on your back and your opponent on his knees?

If the upkick lands to the face you are fine. If the kick lands to the back of the head illegal.

What are the different types of kicks in MMA?

As Rishi said, MMA isn’t a martial art in and of itself.It’s a sport that combines various martial arts.Therefore, there are kicks from Muay Thai, kicks from Taekwondo, kicks from Karate, etc.So long as those kicks are used within the parameters of the rules of the sport, they are fine.Some of the kicks you’ll probably see the most in MMA are the leg kick (Muay Thai), roundhouse (Muay Thai/TKD), front kick, push/thrust kick.Some kicks that aren’t seen as much as the leg and roundhouse kicks but are still used include the side kick (watch Stephen Thompson), wheel kick (Edson Barboza’s famous KO), hook kick (rarely used, to see it in action go watch the beginning of the McGregor/Poirier fight), tornado kick (almost never used), capoeira kick, axe kick (from TKD), turning side kick (aka the spinning back kick).So there you go, I’m probably missing something, but those are the majority of the kicks I can think of that you’ll see in MMA.As a quick tip, the more kicks you can perform accurately and with proficiency, the more varied your arsenal will be, and thus you’ll be much more dangerous fighter.If you’re just starting out in MMA I would check out these sites:Muay Thai articles written by real fightersmmatrainingcentral.comand also check out Shane Fazen’s Youtube Channel, he’s got some pretty cool stuff on their.Good luck and feel free to message me if you have any other questions.

When executing a kick to the side of a person’s head during combat, is it better to connect with the inside or outside of the leg/foot?

It depends on the kick. A roundhouse kick can target either the instep or the ball of the foot. There is no other way to land a roundhouse kick. A sidekick will land either on the heal or the edge of the foot, depending on the kicker’s preference. Mine is the heal. A hook kick to the head will hit with the back of the heal, and a crescent kick with either the inside or the outside edge of the foot, depending on the type of crescent kick.None of these are better or worse than the others. The point is to land the kick and take your opponent out. The best way to do that is to make sure you execute the specific type of kick properly.

Can an elbow strike to the temple of one's head kill a person ?

You have to be able to hit hard enough to fracture the sphenoidal bone and drive fragments into the brain, even that doesn't necessarily mean it will kill a person.

Hitting it hard enough can cause a massive concussion, which could end up life threatening.

Generating the force needed with your elbow might be difficult.

But, in theory yes, guys have been killed taking 90mph baseballs to the head, and due to the area there are a lot of weird complications that can arise, no so much from the nerve cluster as much as affecting the frontal lobe of the brain.

In all honesty, I have a basic level of physiological and biological understanding from college coursework and study, a doctor could give you a more definitive answer.

The short answer in my opinion is yes, but it would be more of a fluke then intentional, meaning you could smash someone 100 times and maybe a handful of times it would prove to be fatal.

But just for reference,,, these guys took massive downard elbow strikes to the head and temple from large individuals with no long term ill affects.

See video:

Orlando Weit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td9jhegNe...

Paul Herrara

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z2Phyg6q...

Both guys walked away to fight another day with no long term damage or death, and both took a few big shots even after being unconscious.

The many boxers who are killed are mainly due to repeated damage over a match, you can thank the standing 8 count for that, it allows guys to get a concussion causing knock down, get up, clear their heads (still concussed) and continue fighting.

Same goes with Thai Fighters who specialize in elbow strikes.. most Thai fighters are killed because of repeated trauma, not because one crushing blow to the temple or head killed them. But because they were allowed to continue fighting even while basically having brain damage.

But there have been baseball players who have been blinded or suffered massive injuries from taking a fastball to the head. Though to be honest more baseballers have been killed taking shots to the chest then there have been guys killed from balls to the head.

Well that is just my logical look at it.

Hope it helps.

Why does almost everybody say that the side kick is useless in a fight?

Fighting, whether armed or unarmed, is about timing and distance, and technique and speed. Part of technique is not just going through the correct physical movements to deliver a blow, but also in developing and utilizing the correct setup to maximize the likelihood of successfully landing the blow. Sometimes that means using a distraction or misdirection so that the opponent expects something else, other times it means using a combination of blows to set up the final devastating intended blow. Both versions work well with sidekicks, but what usually does NOT work is using the sidekick as an opening strike. Even if you're as fast as Bruce Lee, a lot of good fighters will see it coming. The only way to use it as an opening move is to do so in reply to your opponent committing to something else, and you being at the correct distance and having the supreme timing and speed to deliver it before their blow can land, or they can adjust out of the way. I've done it before, and it is a thing of beauty when you can pull it off, but I don't rely on it, because their is much more consistency in connecting with a sidekick if you set it up with a good combo. Also, a good combo will get your opponent either off balance or otherwise unable to counter you with some joint shattering kick of their own and will reduce the likelihood of your sidekick getting caught.So to sum up, I think the reason many people don't appreciate the sidekick is because they either don't know to, or don't bother to set it up as part of a good combo, as opposed to attempting to deliver it either by itself, or as an opening move.

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