Cirdan
Senior Master
Yeah, I just re-read his post. I was curious, so I tried it.. . Sure enough I could do it, if I was solely working on speed without falling on my face. That said, I have serious doubts about how you could generate any power out of a kick like that. I do not claim to be a "perfect" martial artist, but in my 24 years of experience I could not generate any waist snap in a kick that maintains only 30% of my weight on my anchor leg and maintain my balance at the same time.
I am very interested in how Cirdan teaches this to his white belts. Maybe I'm missing something in what he is stating.
I don`t know what more there is to tell. We practice a stance almost indentical to the one in the picture (slight tilt foreward in the torso) all the time. We have a very simple beginner kata that includes the front kick without weight shifting and practice it as defense against a straight punch. That is basically it for white belts. You just have to get a good rooted stance and do it quickly and correctly. Anyway as Wadokas we are true technique nazis and will do it over and over and over until we get it right.
We do teach similar things to what dancingalone mentions, but not at lower levels. 9-8 Kyu have more of a kickboxer feel to it and the softer chinese influence becomes more pronounced as one advances.
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