Koshiki
Brown Belt
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Jumping kick useless?
I think one issue is not so much their combat effectiveness, but rather their lack of obvious defensiveness. A running, jumping, leaping, flying side-kick is a great way to launch yourself into an unarmed battle, or even end the battle with your opening move; but harder to work into a situation which we might reasonably consider self-defense.
In sparring games, I love jumping kicks; they're great for just blasting your way into the other guy's defense. But that's sparring, and aggressive sparring at that.