When was the roundhouse kick invented

It occurs in every round in every MMA, Muay Thai, kickboxing, Chinese san shou and kyokushinkai "knockdown" karate fight, just as it occurs in non-contact sport karate. Yet some will be surprised to note that it isn't exactly a "traditional" technique at all.

Now I don't believe it was because folks back then "lacked the technology". I'm sure the roundhouse kick probably existed in all ancient fighting systems. After all, its most basic incarnation is the simple kick to the thigh with the instep - the "soccer kick". It is easy to learn and easy to land. The intent is that the first kick is merely a feint. The second kick is the kick which should demonstrate power.

Taekwondo Wiki Explore. Wiki Content. Explore Wikis Community Central. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Did Savate invent the Roundhouse kick? Thread starter Makalakumu Start date May 12, I was recently reading a discussion on the origin of the roundhouse kick and the conclusions that were drawn have brought up an interesting question.

Did Savate invent the roundhouse kick? Here is a quick synopsis of points made in the previous discussion The kick is never found in classical forms.

It did not appear as a mainstay in many MAs until the early mid 20th century. The the classical sense, the roundhouse is typically done by pulling the toe back and striking the ball of the foot.

Here is why I think this technique may have been innovated by Savate. The history of Savate is hundreds of years old and was inspired by sailors who had traveled around the world. Savate was typically done with hard wooden shoes, thus the pointed toe roundkick would be particularly devestating. In the early to mid 20th century, you had a great mixing of Western and Eastern fighting traditions. There was alot of information shared during this time.

Thus, it is entirely possible that the roundhouse kick tranferred at this time. I guess anything is possible my only question is there any historical facts pointing in that diection instead of points of views. Click to expand My best guess is that the roundhouse kick was invented thousands of years before savate existed By Chuck Norris of course. Andrew Green said:. MartialIntent Black Belt. That is a good question. I don't know if it is recorded anywhere where this kick actually originated.

However, Savate is very old. They've been doing roundkicks in matches for over a century Also, the fact that this was spread around the world by sailors also hints, IMO, that it would have been really easy for their innovation to spread into the east. Selfcritical Orange Belt. Joined Feb 5, Messages 90 Reaction score 1. MartialIntent said:. Interesting question Excuse my ignorance but isn't Savate of French origin? If that is the case might a better external source for the spread have been the more reknowned colonists: Spanish, Portugese, Dutch??

Just a suggestion and I'm not certain though what, if any, mano-a-mano martial traditions existed in these empires in those times. You seem to have narrowed potential origins down quite considerably to arrive at Savate boxing. And I'm not certain what your selection and elimination criteria have been. But I'll certainly concede that this kick is perhaps overly flamboyant to have originated within the classical grass-roots fighting systems.

Robert Lee Brown Belt. Joined Apr 5, Messages Reaction score 6. I would think the round kick came out of china exposed to okinawa, japan, ands so forth. AND then you would look to Did the french pick it up from china? Who really knows. Jimi Black Belt. There are only so many ways the body can move, over time a similar movement can exist anywhere in the world.