I had an instructor that said the only thing a belt is good for is keeping your pants up.
TBH you sound like a narcissist, you keep praising yourself and I’m actually tired of seeing you kick. Not a single one of the clips had me going, wow, this guy knows what he is talking about. The clip you posted saying here is a guard for you, those hands looked so out of place and look so uncomfortable i’d think you are a beginner.
I don’t like putting people down and i don’t like negativity, but you can definitely do with a few doses of humility. The way you type i feel like there might be psychosis at play, and if that is the case, i feel bad, but judging by your posts, you aren’t aware of it.
I also really didn’t like your comment about women, i’m not part of the woke crowd, but that comment is neolithic …
I guess the plus side, it’s nice to click on the MMA and Martial Arts thread and see new posts, you participation would be so much better if you just stopped deifying yourself and kept the topic to style or technique.
OP, the difference between you and Joe Lewis is that Joe Lewis actually had to apply kicks against someone trying to knock his head off. You’ve already stated you have no interest in fighting. What you’re training for is to look good and feel “powerful” when you kick the air. That’s not going to necessarily translate to an actual fight where someone is kicking and punching back at you. When I throw kicks I keep my rear leg bent because:
they might throw a kick at the same time I do, or they might counter kick at my rear leg
I have to maintain my balance when I kick because I’m worried about the other guy taking advantage of a slip and going to the ground not on my terms
as I bring my kick back I might have to move to evade a response, whether that’s slipping a punch, checking a kick, or using footwork to get out of the way or pivot. You can’t do that with a straight leg
even if none of that was a concern, straightening out my support leg is not going to give me any really effective increase in “power” if I land a kick. It’s about target selection and deception more than “power”. If I hit you in the liver with a light and fast lead leg round kick that you aren’t expecting it’s going to put you on the ground just as fast as a highly telegraphed and badly thrown “powerful” round kick to the head. I know this from both my personal experience and the experience of other fighters I have trained with through the years.
All of those things you would know if you had ever actually applied any of your “skills” against a resisting opponent.
