This Martial Art System Has CRAZY Kicks!!

Hey guys, so today we're diving into something very special, Taido, a martial art that blends tradition with a modern twist. Stick around as we unpack the amazing moves and unique vibe that Taido brings to the table. And if you're into awesome martial arts content like this, make sure you guys subscribe. And also if you would like to see the uncut version of this video, make sure to check out my membership page for more content like this. So let's get started. All right, so how can we start this? So the first thing that he's a little bit different is we use a back stance. Back stance. So it's called Kokutsu Dachi. And your weight is to the back side. And we have a front guard and a stomach guard. So when we are moving and sparring, when we do our forms, 95% of the time we are in this back stance. Is your weight in the back? Weight is 70-30. 70-30. And so the reason he wanted to change from 50-50 or the front stance is these stances are only good for moving forward. And so he wants to move to the side. So in order to move to the side, he wants to have this foot be light. So it's not carrying a lot of your weight. It's a light foot. Then we're going to make like a square shape. We're going to go back, side, and forward. And it puts us onto the other leg. And then I'll just repeat that a couple times to start my training. So my weight is not coming to the front side. This would be more common like traditional karate. But this is called back stance Kokutsu. Back stance Kokutsu. So this is going to allow me to move really lightly. Yes, I can see that. To negate the weight advantage, size advantage, he wants to move. So you're creating a lot more angulated movement. So all about getting off the line. Did you see this? This looks very similar to what we have in Kali. We use a similar pattern for the footwork training. I think there's so many similarities because it's all coming from one original source. Correct. What we do is the idea is this red line represents the line your opponent's on. In most karate, in fact, most martial arts, you are moving up and down the line. Correct. Sometimes you change legs, especially in Taekwondo. They do a lot of switching. Correct. I would say boxing is a little bit more. They don't stay on the line. They sidestep a lot. Correct. So in Taido, what we do is the opponent starts coming down the line. I leave the line. So what the opponent has to do if he's attacking, now he's got to redirect. During this transition, I try to strike him. So I move, he starts to redirect, then some type of attack. I will strike him. So this back kick is called ebi geri. If we go next door and order ebi, that's shrimp. So shrimp kick, ebi geri. Oh, ebi geri. That's interesting, ebi geri. So it used to be a back kick. Just straight back kick. But his genius is, let's go tripod. Let's make it more stable because of tripod. Correct. And when I do it at you, you really don't have anything to hit except my butt. So when I kick at you, my upper body has totally disappeared. Wow, okay. So even if you were to be punching or kicking, there's nothing up here to hit. And just a foot coming down the line. What I noticed is this is maybe a lot different from a lot of different martial arts. Because in most martial arts, we're taught to face your opponent and never turn your back. Never turn your back. But you're turning completely away and then dodging at the same time. At the same time. That's pretty cool. And one of the really cool things about ebi geri is that since it's a back kick, you can throw it to the back. So I can be facing this opponent. You approach from behind and I don't need to redirect here. Straight into ebi geri. Nice. But I'm totally facing the front. So there's no waste of movement. Exactly. That is so cool. So one more nice thing. And this has really helped us in MMA. Is you get caught in the up-down position in MMA. So then I have some little, you know, kicks. But it's so dangerous. I'm trying to get up and you're punching me. So then what we do in taito is I kick ebi geri. Since I'm already down here, it's actually quite easy. Yes. So ebi geri. Nice. If you were to step away, I'm halfway up now. You can recover. So even if I miss, I'm up. Makes sense. So ebi geri has a lot of really cool attributes to it. And it's powerful. Yeah. Because it's a stomping motion kick. Are you hitting with the heel? Only heel. So when you're striking like this, you're really pulling your toes back. Pulling the toes way back. So exactly looks like this when you hit the target. Okay. And then usually we are aiming for the body. Okay. So this is one of those kicks. Any specific area that you're hitting? Or just generally? Liver is really nice. Okay. Usually the liver is immediate knockout. Correct. But ebi geri, since it's the heel and since the thrust is straight, so linear, and often the guy's moving forward, you get that like fastball effect. Where like he's almost impaling himself a little bit. Because he's moving forward and catching the kick. You're making the impact like this. And it makes a lot of power. So I have a video I can show you. Ebi geri in real time. Okay. And hit the liver. And that guy went down. That sounds hard. It's called the three-dimensional movement. Yes. So instead of, like he said, the body axis is straight vertical to moving forward and backwards. That's maybe most of the karate's are. Taido is a changing axis. Tilting. Spinning. Twisting. Flipping. It's hard to predict. So we do a lot of moving off the line. Then I train in my transition throw techniques. Okay. So I don't need to finish my stance. I don't need to finish my stance in taido. In taido, halfway through, kick comes out. Halfway through my move, punch comes out. So then. You're feeling the gap while you're moving. You're feeling the gap. Oh, that's pretty cool. And so it's a lot about between the beat. So you're like beat, the beat, the beat. Taido is almost like move and hit you between the two beats. So we do a lot of moving and then the gymnastics part. Okay. I'm interested. How would you apply those things? First, let's show the technique. And then you can break down the application for me. So we do a lot of rolls, cartwheels. Okay. Hand springs. Okay. Back roll and cartwheel attacks. Okay. Because they're much easier and pretty much everyone can do them. So a perfect cartwheel, if I do it towards the target here. Your perfect cartwheel, your legs go straight over your head like this. And I could use that as a weapon. It would come down on top of your head. But the problem is it's very hard to aim and control. And I only get one target, the top of your head. So what I want to do is break the cartwheel and I don't go fully inverted. I'm going to actually do a bad cartwheel and my hips are not going to go fully over my head. Then you kick. Wow. And so I can adjust my target. So if I want to do like this to the leg, I can kick to the leg like this. And if I want to go to the head, I can go to the head. And this is another one of those situations where if the guy throws a counter, there's nothing for him to hit except my legs. Correct. Because my hands are on the floor. You're limiting the targets that's available to the opponent. Exactly. That's really cool. And so you're basically making your cartwheel not as supposed to look like. So you kind of lower your leg to a certain angle so they can fire your attacks at a different line. Yes, yes. Wow. And if I miss the target, in Taito, it's a very much like a combo art. So then if I miss, if I miss, immediately I have my punch count. And then Taito is so cool. When I miss the punch, then I throw another kick from the floor. So I miss this one. I miss this one. So now I'm down here throwing roundhouse from the floor, roundhouse kick. So you're constantly changing the angle of your attack, changing level, your high, low, but your body is also in active motion as well. The body access changes a lot in Taito. Because of this, Taito is one of the few karate's when you are on the floor, we are allowed to punch you and score. Oh, okay. So I know like if you do Kumite and you get swept, I can't just hit you on the floor. I have to be like, make my Kamae. Boxing, kickboxing, you get a 10 count. Yep. MMA is really the only other one. That's why we really liked the idea of MMA because there's no stopping the action. And in Taito's Jisen, there's no real stopping the action. So if you lose balance, I come forward and strike you while you're on the ground. Okay. If you throw kicks from the ground, we jump over them. And here's a clip of Mitsuwaki sensei using the same cartwheel technique in one of his MMA fights in the past. Because like you're saying, these kicks, like the Ebigiri, I can be sitting and throw the Ebigiri. Nice. Or from this sitting position to the roundhouse kick. I got a really cool one. Yeah. Okay. This one is called Hangetsate. Yeah. That means the half moon strike. So I'm going to go full plank. Oh, wow. From the full plank. You're coming over your hip with that heel kick. And so the POV is the, it's a straight on. It's really weird angle. Yeah. Because you look down, the guy went down. Yeah. Because you're looking down. And then kicks coming straight through. What's he doing down there? And as soon as I look down, I feel like the foot doesn't come up to my head. So then we would use that as a takedown fake. Oh. So then I act like I'm takedown. That's cool. Go to the kick. That's cool. My first instinct was doing this to stop the takedown. But as soon as I do this, I noticed my hand went down. And then the kick's coming heel first to the face. Then if you step back and this misses, the roundhouse kick is coming. I can see the roundhouse kick. Oh, and you're getting ready to come there. What you can do is try to touch your left hand. My left hand. When you do a right roundhouse kick. Like this. Just touch it. At the same time you hit the pad, touch your hand. So you were going down like this and you kick with the right foot. Like this. Like that. So then when you do that to me, you see your head is totally gone. So I'm moving my head out of the way and sometimes I kick. That's cool. And also you create good power because so much of your mass has been pulled off the line. Yeah. So then the kick is getting... I feel like I'm using a lot more muscle. Yeah, yeah. It's like you're using the whole body instead of 80%. What do you call this? A kaijou. Kaijou. K-A-I-J-O. What does it mean? It's from the roundhouse family. So kaijou, shajou, and then just regular roundhouse. That's different from geri. Yeah, well, we have the word geri, sorry. Okay. Kaijou geri. Oh, kaijou geri, okay. Shajou geri. Okay. So moashigeri is the karate original. Moashigeri. Then taido style is to drop the hand. But then also in taido, we do a lot... Okay, so we do a lot of gymnastics, a lot of footwork. We do a lot of spinning. Spinning? A lot of spinning. So while I'm sparring, spin and kaijou geri. Oh, what's the purpose of the spinning? So the spinning is to hide what I'm going to do. So when I spin at you, you don't know. Is this going to be kick, punch, knee, chop, flying elbow? Also, it closes the space. Correct. So now I'm here. Okay. So I've closed the space. But instead of closing the space in a more obvious way, I'm closing the space like this. Now you're not sure like, is this going to be punch, hand, foot? Is he going to stay standing? Is he going to go to the ground? And we also do it when we retreat. Retreating. So then you kick at me. So then we will step away and turn right back around and return fire. Wow. We do a lot of spinning. There's so many things that it's like the nuances of the movement that I haven't figured out how to encrypt, like apply towards the application, which is really cool. Well, thank you so much, sir. I had a great time. I hope you guys like the video. I'm going to leave his information and description in the box below. So if you guys have any questions, please contact him directly. Thank you guys. And I'll see you guys next week.