The warm up....reveals EVERYTHING...pay attention! How a guy practices....this is his FIGHTING....we fight...that's what we do....we don't dance...WE FIGHT!
@@fr3ddi3mr1980 thank you in advance, I am South American, 15 years ago I injured my hip in a boating mishap, I refused surgery as there was no guarantee . I was told I may need a walking aid. I was now in my 30s. I have been looking for workout for my leg/kicking for a while glad I found yours. It's only 2days since I started and I have less pain. It's the reason I didn't do my black belt. Thank you for the drlls.
Awesome workout. I’ve been using this for the last 5 years and it also help me prepare for my first Degree Black Belt in Karate. I hope you’re doing well and Thank you for this. OSU
+Terry Giles Thanks for the compliment - you can use any of the drills in this video for white belt drills as long as they know how to perform the kicks. I have a video on KICKING MADE EASY that may be of help.
Sorry but your form on your front kick is not correct. it is not supposed to flip up at the end. should practice to start in 2 steps. the knee should go to or near the shoulder while the heel goes near the crotch, then step 2 the ball of the feet go straight into the target while the knee goes down, then retract to cock position then return to original start position. this is maximum power. well more like 4 steps. then once you have this form down you can shorten some of the motions slightly to place the strike on target quicker when necessary, while still producing the most power possible for that speed. I like that you keep your hands up through the kick. practice not moving one arm when doing round kick, and pivot the support heel farther toward the target on round kick, this is the power, timing the pivot and hip movement with the snap. Also front kick should be practiced as heel strike also, the 2 types of front kick should be very distinct, either heel first toes pulled back, or balls of the toes first heel back, never somewhere in between the 2 types. Also practice round kick with ball of toe penetrating (combat style). It is much more difficult, but much more effective in many situations. Practice turning (sort of twisting) your foot from the heel forward, big toe up little toe down, and balls of the feet pulled slightly toward you, line from heel through balls of feet going straight into target, balls of toes down kind of like front kick. I like to warm up by getting joint fluid going first (rotate joints through range of motion) then bounce to warm up muscles/tendons. then stretch, then stretch kicks starting slowly. I like how you start motions slowly, and do side and back bend, and twisting stretch, very important, hip flexor, torso bending, and rotational stretch crucial for spinning kicks.
when doing stretch kick to warm up and stretch, try to swing leg back through back kick position as high as possible, stretch hip flexors, will really help with turning back and turning hook kicks. also when doing turning hook, as you start rotation bring kicking leg to more of a cocked (heel to crotch) position before beginning the striking motion. this way turn back kick and turn hook kick have more power and look very similar to start (harder for opponent to read where it will be coming from. the turn back goes straight from heel cocked position to the target. the hook kick shoots out from heel cocked position toward a point outside the target, so the heel goes both in (forward) and across sideways toward the target at the same time aided by the rotational motion, bring arms and hands in to close guard position to increase speed of rotation.
William Beckley The front kick is a very well performed Ap Chagi as you can find it in many Taekwondo forms. There are more than one type of front kicks. The one that you describe is often referred to as push kick.
