Lynne
Master of Arts
Last night, we were drilling with focus pads. My partner had a focus pad in each hand. He tooks steps backward and I alternated kicking each pad with an ahp chagi.
He was holding the pad flat/horizontal as he was instructed to do. Here is my question. I hit the bottom of the pads with the top of my foot because when I tried to hit the pad with the ball of my foot, no go! I just jammed my toes painfully. Should I have been hitting the pads with the ball of my foot and maybe the pads just needed to be held higher???
I'm pretty sure my technique was wrong. I noticed that I was more or less flicking my foot up instead of making the more circular-like motion we do in ahp chagi.
He was holding the pad flat/horizontal as he was instructed to do. Here is my question. I hit the bottom of the pads with the top of my foot because when I tried to hit the pad with the ball of my foot, no go! I just jammed my toes painfully. Should I have been hitting the pads with the ball of my foot and maybe the pads just needed to be held higher???
I'm pretty sure my technique was wrong. I noticed that I was more or less flicking my foot up instead of making the more circular-like motion we do in ahp chagi.