Rear Low Kick → Cross → Rear Low Kick

Intermediate

Rear Low Kick to Cross to Rear Low Kick is a leg-attack sandwich that plays with attention. You take the thigh, cash in the moment their eyes drop, then return to the leg the instant the hands come back up.

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What this combo trains

This sequence trains the classic high-low mind game around a low kick that wins fights round by round. The first kick pulls their focus and guard downward; the cross punishes that downward glance; the second kick lands because their attention has snapped back up to the hands. It develops kick-punch-kick rhythm, accumulation on the lead thigh, and the timing to read where their attention has gone.

Step by step

1.
Rear Low Kick
Chop the rear kick into their lead thigh to bank damage and draw their attention down toward the leg.
2.
Cross
As their eyes and guard drop to the kicked leg, drive the cross off the rear hand with hip rotation into the now-open head.
3.
Rear Low Kick
When the guard snaps back up to answer the punch, return the rear low kick to the same abandoned thigh.

Common mistakes

Rushing the second kick before the guard has actually come back up, so you miss the window the cross created.
Telegraphing the cross by winding up after the first kick instead of flowing straight out of it.
Kicking to the same spot both times with no commitment, so the leg damage never accumulates.
Standing square after the cross and forgetting to reload the hip for the returning kick.

Who it suits

An intermediate combination for orthodox or southpaw, since every side mirrors to your stance. It suits fighters who want to build a leg-kick game with punches that keep the opponent guessing.

Why it works

Kick to draw the opponent's attention down, cross when they look at the leg, kick again when the guard comes back up.

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