Question for Viewers: Your lead leg sucks. Go practice with it.

@edvonschleck6170

2 жыл бұрын

Dayum such great wisdom lol

@srchoy

2 жыл бұрын

Jeopardy type answer. What is the lead leg?

@Rage3511

2 жыл бұрын

I shall

@gio5275

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it suck, happy birthday by the way

@anonvi8967

2 жыл бұрын

Affirmative

Happy birthday, coach! Agreed on the lead leg, especially with closed stance.

@TheFightBible

2 жыл бұрын

@hard2hurt are we birthday buddies?

@markonarco4007

2 жыл бұрын

Shane fazen up in here

Mike liking the pendulum kick and seth not liking it is the most backwards thing ever lol

@esidegaming5546

2 жыл бұрын

@Schöner Albtraum niceee 😭😅

@simplymax2125

20 күн бұрын

I would have expected seth to love that kick. Now i’m just like “wtf happened to cause this big of a mishap?!”

This feels like the martial arts version of breaking the magicians code.

@hard2hurt

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah Cliff is old school he doesn't believe in doing this.

@superfetus795

2 жыл бұрын

@@hard2hurt please dont stop I need this lol

I am SO frickin' glad you addressed the left (or I guess less dominant for most) leg and its propensity to suck. You very lightly touched on the topic a couple videos ago, but this video drove it home. I just started incorporating leg work on my heavy bag. I feel like I can ax a human or large wild animal in half with my right (dominant). When I executed a kick with my left leg, I found it might not even be connected to my nervous system or brain AT ALL. I'm relieved to hear it sucks. Here's the plan; get a gnarly prosthetic left leg with spikes and jagged, bright Olight flashlights attached. You want to talk about "hard to hurt?!" Can't hurt a prosthetic, especially if you're blind. Edit: Commented before end of video. Happy Birthday Icy Mike.

@hard2hurt

2 жыл бұрын

If I ever lose a limb best believe I'm gonna have weapons mounted on my prosthetic.

bit ironic that your tree trunks are the ones doing the chopping

@Thiago-lg8sp

2 жыл бұрын

nice

When I started karate, I got really good with my lead leg. Then I switched to Muay Thai and got caught up on focusing on the rear leg kick. It was only recently that I said screw it and went back to throwing my lead more.

@jeffismywaifu4093

2 жыл бұрын

Well, how's it going with it on sparring?

@skyfise3054

2 жыл бұрын

hahaha this is exactly what i did too! my lead is also stronger than my rear, much more flexible too 😅

@TripleEightss

2 жыл бұрын

why do people keep saying muay thai is rear leg focused. they value both equally. watch a buakaw fight and that man is all lead leg.

@backwardscapguy1476

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeffismywaifu4093 Pretty good actually. My opponents are looking for the switch and if you do it right, you can throw the kick without them noticing.

@backwardscapguy1476

2 жыл бұрын

@@yarinelmaliach5891 I definitely do both. There’s definitely a place for switches and i love a solid rear kick but I also like having the lead leg be a trick up my sleeve.

For me, the power comes from quickly driving the left hip through the kick.

@Ingeb91

2 жыл бұрын

It's that Elvis hip movement that Mike always stops and has to show in like this awkward dad humor way. It's shifting your weight. You want something to hit hard, you put weight into it.

Right-handed but weirdly left-footed my whole life. Lead kicks are my bread and butter.

@Ingeb91

2 жыл бұрын

I'm the opposite. Southpaw with a strong right leg. Left handed, always used my right for free kicks in soccer. And it's true, people really do give you the cross all day when you hit them with a lead leg head kick.

As a grappler getting into MMA (many many moons ago) I noticed Dan Henderson would use a left leg low kick into overhand right and even if he missed the overhand he was close enough to get chest contact and clinch. I found it effective as a shorter grappler to close the distance on a taller kickboxer type.

You know what, Mike is finally right about me. My lead kick is shit. Especially round house kicks, I got damaged tight hips because of skating too stupidity. Lol

@0vers33r1

2 жыл бұрын

those 3 stairs are rough brother

@9usuck0

2 жыл бұрын

@@0vers33r1 you know what's funny about that, I don't skate stairs often. I live in a pretty flat and stainless town. But I really like this triple three set at our college. They have the perfect amount of setup in between to do stupid things on. Right next to them is a7 flat 7 that I've never hit. Too much stair for me.

Happy birthday dude!

"Its a f..ing leg" made my day. :)

Oh man, 40. You're officially an old wise man

@viderim5694

2 жыл бұрын

Cit Firas Zahabi

Mike's favorite combo is coincidentally my go to combo in ufc 4 lmao

Im right handed and left foot dominant so the right hand to lead left kick has always felt like a cheat code for me.

@arandompersonlol1202

2 жыл бұрын

dude same! except for me my hands are equally good

@lucas9751

2 жыл бұрын

@@arandompersonlol1202 Yeah I'm fairly ambidextrous as well. I wonder if it comes with the territory because I've never met someone else who's like that.

@mohanad0408

Жыл бұрын

I so envy you lol

You just turned 40? I thought you were already in your mid 40's because Sensei Seth is in his late 30's.

@TheAceOfSpadezz

2 жыл бұрын

Bro same!

@letsgojake.4078

2 жыл бұрын

Seth just looks young. Still has a baby face.

@ryanliu494

2 жыл бұрын

Seth is like 26

@burt2800

2 жыл бұрын

@@ryanliu494 That's what I thought but are you sure?

@letsgojake.4078

2 жыл бұрын

Hes 37

coming from Savate, that was my bread and butter. when i joined a MT gym, they thought it was some kind of sorcery

@weefunkster

2 жыл бұрын

I've been doing savate for a few months. Hoo lee fuck it is so underrated.

@MadDogXami

2 жыл бұрын

@@weefunkster indeed! the emphasis on movement, the distance management, the focus on technical proficiency...

@weefunkster

2 жыл бұрын

@@MadDogXami i have my first fight next month. I am going to do this mixup until it stops working then box and chasse bas non stop ;)

Happy Birthday, Icy Mike! also 10:13 scared me, man. Thought my phone was possessed or some shit, jesus

@Snugglez93

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad I'm not the only one lol

@Smokeyxz

2 жыл бұрын

That’s the power of the new gloves!

@jordannaphaivong6925

2 жыл бұрын

I had told my google assistant something and I kid you not, at the same time, I heard the noise

:0 Happi birthday! Ps. you should do a video examining walking sticks as self defense weapons.

@ayotamquam9519

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@loxxkingdreddy

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@lunafreed

2 жыл бұрын

Hidden swords on walking sticks

Happy 40th yo !

Happy birthday, Mike! Thanks for keeping us company during quarantine

Me in the beginning of the video: yeah mike can use that lead leg in sparring but I bet it's not super heavy on the bag. Me later in the video watching mike really smack the bag with his lead leg with no step: shit

@hard2hurt

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it is a shame I didn't get into this kick more until after I was done fighting. Cliff made his kickboxing career off of it and he was always dangerous in sparring with it so I wanted to be more like him and put a lot of time in on it.

@nickarnold1622

2 жыл бұрын

@@hard2hurt well now I wanna be like you so I'll put more time into mine lol

Ahh yes Training kicks with your sidekicks just for kicks

@roBLINDhood

2 жыл бұрын

Nice! Instead of gloves he should have been promoting shoes… or cereal ;)

2:08 that line was great

Thank you so much Mike! I have been Training Muay Thai for 3 weeks now and have been avoiding even looking at my lead leg. Now I spent 15 minutes throwing Lead leg kicks in my bedroom and they feel great! (Not that they are, but they feel good, haha) I love what you are doing, especially for newcomers to fighting like myself. Much love from Germany

Happy birthday mad man. Thanks so much for the MA content over the years.

Happy Birthday Icy Mike!

Happy birthday Icyyy! Keep up the great content! It keeps getting better.

I just taught two entire classes on front leg round kicks this week! It was my first week of teaching classes and I always said I’d teach an entire class in front leg round kicks and the jab. People hate front round kicks and they’re my favorite weapon in my tool box. Especially front round to the liver and front round to the calf with the pull out.

Very helpful tips as always, Happy Birthday IcyMike!

Happy birthday, IcyMike! Thanks for sharing.

Happy Birthday, Icy Mike!

Happy Birthday Icy Mike. Keep up the quality content, peace and love

Happy birthday man!! Love this channel! Your hard work shows!

Happy birthday man! Your channel is badass and I love your workout videos!

Happy Birthday bro. Thanks for all that you do to keep us entertained.

You're the man for putting real technical content like this out here for free- much love and respect

Happy 40th man. You teach and make me laugh more than you know. Appreciate it brother.

Happy Birthday Mike, thanks for posting!

Happy 40th Icy Mike! Thanks for doing what you do

Happy bday!!! Have a good 1 Icy Mike.

Happy birthday Icy Mike! ✊✊✊

Happy birthday Mike. Love the channel.

Happy birthday icy Mike ...we share the same birthday! Congratulations wishing you a great year ahead! Thanks for all the videos!

Happy Birthday Icy Mike! Still hard to hurt at 40! Keep up the great work! Love the channel!

Happy birthday Mike!

Happy Belated Birthday!! 🙏🏽 Your content is one of my favourite things to watch on KZread lol 💪🏽🔥

Happy Birthday. And thanks for being a large inspiration for starting to get back into some semblance of fitness.

Happy Birthday, man! And on to another great year!

Happy Bday Icy Mike... Love ya brother

Happy birthday Mikey! Bless you for even more content on how to frustrate sparring partners

With more than a year late, happy birthday! Thank you for sharing these training tips! They are very useful!

Happy birthday! Big fan of your tricks and tips!

Happy Birthday Icy mike!

Happy birthday Scrubby Shaolin Mike. Easily my favorite martial arts and shit talking channel on KZread.

There is an old saying in martial arts "when I didn't know anything about the art a kick was just a kick, when I learned the art a kick was no longer just a kick, but when I understood the art the kick became just a kick again." It doesn't have to be a banger, the fact that you have such a kick in yor arsenal is a game changer.

Happy Birthday. Keep up the good work. Thx

Happy bday, Icy Mike!

Thank you bro! And team!! You have made a successfull orbit around the sun! Happy returns on future endeavors.

A year younger than me and you've done so much! Thanks for your chanel and happy birthday!

Happy 40 Mike! Big fan of your channel.

Happy Birthday, Mike!

Thank you, Mike. Great advice, as always

thanks for the info and happy birthday coach ice

Happy birthday icy mike!

Great video something I hadn't thought of before

Happy Birthday coach. The 1st kick I learned and teach is the front kick. And, I love the lead keg kicking..

Happy birthday, Mike!

Happy Birthday Mike!

This was the best your birthday I've ever had. Thank you for the wonderful gift. Congrats on making it to 40 with everything intact.

@hard2hurt

2 жыл бұрын

lol "best your birthday"

Happy birthday Mike

Thanks for sharing your hard work

Thanks Mike! Happy birthday

Happy birthday and thank you very much!🙏🏼🎂

Yooo, Icy Mike and my wee boy Cliff. Hope both of you have a great day and happy birthday I guess. ❤🍻🔥

I love the lead leg round kick, many dont train it and its always a surprise to people your sparring with.

Thank you for this gift!!!

Happy birthday man. Thanks for the present.

Happy birthday icy!

Happy Birthday Mike

Happy Birthday man!

that lead kick looks so crisp! i'm inspired

thanks for the advice, and happy birthday coach

Happy Birthday Mike! 🤗

His so right. Try this in class and work really good

Good info regarding the lead leg! I would agree that this is helpful for damage over time and combos, which is underutilized🤘 I will remember to train my lead leg more!

Thank you Michael

You guys got a good synergy going cliff is a good guy

Happy birthday Mike 🎂

Funny how in sparring today I was just realizing this exact thing 😂

Thanks for the birthday vid! Much appreciated. :D

Happy birthday Icey!

Thanks for the birthday gift Mike!

I thought i was working on my lead kick a lot but this video has shown me otherwise. Thanks for the video guys!

Happy birthday Mike! i wanted to thank you because of you and your older videos, my lead hook and lead kick are actually better than my other side and i feel really comfortable using them, this is mostly because you insisted on it being more difficult and that it required more training and practice to develop.

@hard2hurt

2 жыл бұрын

That is so awesome to hear.

@Skyhex

2 жыл бұрын

@@hard2hurt I think the praise is deserved after all your hard work, what you have been teaching has helped me a lot to improve as a martial artist and to have fun too!

So the old man is not that old! Thanks for the videos man and happy birthday!

Thanks for this. I have been training for 2 months and my lead kick sucks so i will definitely work on it.

Happy birthday mike

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY MIKE!!!