Back Heel Kick Feint to Spinning Round House

This is a fun technique that has worked well for Remix fighter Mike Chesbro. I had him demonstrate it for this article and have also posted two examples of him doing it in competition. This may or may not be a practical move depending on the rules of the fight, but he has pulled it off in both kyokushin and kickboxing. The reason why this works is because it capitalizes on your opponents instinct to back up when you start the spinning back heel kick. that puts him at the perfect distance for the spinning round house and his ribs are usually open because his hands go up when you start the back heel kick feint.

You don't need to tell me how "risky" or "low percentage" you think this is... i know. But i thought some of you would get a kick out of it. bwahahaha!

• the stance

start off with your strong leg back like a normal fighting stance.
• the switch

bring your back leg around to the front. if you do this aggressively they may move back thinking its a round house, and you will get a double fake out of this technique.
• the fake spot

look over your shoulder and spot for the feint kick. shift your weight onto your strong leg in the front.
• the feint

lift your back leg up just high enough to make them retreat from it, but not so high as to actually throw the kick. an alternate approach would be to throw the kick expecting them to retreat.
• the lunge

instead of kicking make a deep lunge toward them with your weak leg and plant it firmly in front of them. they should be adequately backed up by now.
• the launch

if you want you can launch yourself air-born like mike does in this demonstration. it will give you a bit more range on the kick.
• the kick

slam a deep downward kick into your opponents ribs.