Anthony Pettis’ Wall Run Kick’s Origin

So it seems the Anthony Pettis kick, that is being called by some “the kick of the century,” has been around for awhile. Pettis stated that he learned the kick from his trainer Duke Roufus, and MMA Junkie reports that Roufus got it from old school Muay Thai techniques that involve more jumping and climbing up opponents. The connection to Muay Thai action movie star Tony Jaa (Ong Bak) is immediately brought up. This being said, what I find interesting is that the only videos I can find on YouTube of people performing the kick tend to be Taekwondo practitioners. Anyway, the main thing to remember is that there is one big difference between Tony Jaa and all these TKD artists and Pettis: Pettis could pull it off when it counted, in front of an audience, and against a real quality opponent.

Check out the video of Pettis’ kick and some others after the jump.