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Old 04-15-2008, 04:34 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by kickboxing_fan1 View Post
I agree that they are underutilised though according to this article they are the easied to get height;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kick
Also according to the clips from human weapon on youtube they are less than half as powerful as front kick and roundhouse kicks generating 400 pounds of force as opposed to 1000
I would not rely much on that numbers, especially since force is not measured in pounds.



On topic: side kicks are simply a difficult technique, there are multiple applications for a side kick that may be useful in mma but it's still a difficult technique to learn.

Should I make a tutorial?
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