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Originally Posted by Tabris
Bas said in one of his tapes if they are used at all, you should throw them to the head. The reason is because you can easily sweep your arm across the leg and it will either make the kicker lose balance or turn their back to you.
I think in order for the actual technique to be effective in MMA you need great flexibility, speed, and a shortened stance (to throw a lead leg sidekick to the head). All of those are probably not very high up on the list of someone training for MMA.
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thats a pretty fair analysis. but the stance thing i don't find to be an issue, reason being that a fight requires a fighter to change stances multiple times to prepare for the next attack, adapt to a more defensive position, shift body weight for leverage etc... get inside, exchange a few blows...a quick shuffle backward to a shallower stance... opponent follows in BAM! he walks right into the side kick OR oh shit he spun me around, kick rear leg back into wider lower stance to defend the take down...
i mean... i dunno i agree that it should be thrown at the head, because unless you catch an opponent square in the middle of the chest(unlikely because he should be in a fighting stance) a side kick anywhere else isn't going to do much damage.
i guess what i really want to see is a fighter like liddell come out, his opponent expecting liddells usual counter punch game but instead walk into a side kick to the face for an early KO...
i feel that what makes the side kick a great strike is that it is so unused an unexpected...