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Originally Posted by Jeremy Lobdell
I've used the ball of the foot to check the legs of someone trying to throw a kick, and in a more stomp like motion, but never a part of a roundhouse. It would seem that you would need to clear the hips out a lot farther than in a normal roundhouse. I guess I'll have to give it a honest try and see if I can use it.
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I know what you mean, using the teep to stop a round kick.
I trained in Hapkido a long time ago. We would do low round house kicks using the toe curled and the ball of the foot as the contact area. It was targeted at the knee cap, inner and outer thigh.
If the muay thai kick is like a baseball bat, the ball-foot roundhouse is like a hammer.