round house kick vs front kick

Of course it can be used that way - Its a matter of how You use it.
A Front Kick is by all means a Primary Kick, with the Ball of the Foot. Its just not used that way much these days.
Front Heel Kicks are great Pushes, but dont deliver much Impact Power.

 

1. Same here. Taller yup, larger not so much
2. Have you been watching my daughter spar? (her signature move)

3. Been working on that one myself. I think it's the one that needs the most of my attention ATM.

 

A strike if thrown slow enough is a push. Any strike thrown fast enough — even front heel kicks — deliver plenty of impact power.

My front thrusting heel kick is trained on the heavy bag to fold the bag (just like I train my side kick, my round kick, etc.) not push it.

Some arts train the front kick with ball of the foot as push — isn't that what Muy Thai call their front kick? The push kick?

I am seeing a lot of people stating things in this thread as "facts" when they are specific to their schools. Especially terminology.


In Moo Sul Kwan, a roundhouse kick is a roundhouse kick whether using the instep or ball of the foot as a weapon, whether you use your
front leg or back leg.

But then, we differentiate the kick some people call a roundhouse that comes in at an upward 45 degree angle as a different kick: we call that
an "arc kick" (our roundhouse kicks come in with the foot following the knee on the same plane relative to the floor).

But I wouldn't presume to correct someone else's terminology. They call things what they call them; we call them what we call them.

 

It *can* deliver power, though. You have to tilt the pelvis as you thrust it. With the proper snapping motion to the hips, you get great penetration and power. Not claiming I'm all that good at it (yet) but I have seen it used effectively.

 

the round house is more telegraphed and disobeys the time homor principle of the straight line, not TKD's greatest technique

 

What it lacks in speed the roundhouse kick (or turning kick/ tolly chagi) makes up for in ... well, speed. A front kick will reach its target quicker because it takes a more direct route. A tolly chagi takes longer but will have a higher rate of speed when it does reach the target. Like a wheel on a bike, the outer edge rotates at a faster rate than the hub. You will get more power out of the tolly chagi, all things being equal, than the ap chabushigi (front kick). I've seen people throw tollyo chagis with pheonomeal speed off the back leg. Like any other technique, the more you practcie it the more likely you'll be able to use it.

The real question is, what targets present themselves. This will determine what techniques you'll have to use.

Pax,

Chris

 

I'm sorry to seem uneducated, but could you go into further detail about this? If it doesn't fit here pm me, if you don't mind... in the dojang I trained in (Note the past tense HA!) We did very little striking of actual targets. Our training was so focused on one-steps that there was never much time for striking bags and pads, and the only kicking we did often was in rank, kicking air. Is there a way to throw the kick with the proper pushing force from the supporting leg while kicking in the air, or is kicking a target a must? I will try this on the heavy bag I have downstairs... seems rather ridiculous that I'm a high green belt yet this is the first I've heard of using my supporting leg for force rather than a simple snap of the knee.

 

I always smile when I read or hear about people who claim to be taekwondoin, but they don't say roundhouse is their bread and butter kick, which is powerful enough to drop anyone in their tracks, if done correctly at the correct time. The thing with roundhouse kick is that your opponent does not go flying backwards if you nail it; instead they just fold over and/or crumple where they are.

 

So is a roundhouse kick.

 

Ill combine asking and stating;

In the KKW WTF System, is a Roundhouse not a more Circular Version of the more Linear, Straight Line Round Kick, or are the two terms as interchangeable as theyre made out to be?

 

some people say roundhouse, others say round kick. both refer to the same kick, in my opinion, which is ap dollyo chagi in korean. And by the way, the term ap in ap dollyo chagi does not refer to the knee chamber on the kick, but rather it goes to the motion of the body, going or turning forward. This is in contrast to a spin hook kick or back kick, where the body turns backward.

 

Pushing Force? Try pulling force to pushing Force.
Sean

 

Wouldn't it be a case of of two different tools, to be used according to which is best for the situation?

 

Yes, exactly. Envision yourself reaching up with your arms, grasping attacker's arms under the bicep, and pulling him hard towards you, using your momentum to at the same time drive your foot into his abdomen in a heel push kick. You'll be leaning slightly back, hips tilted forward, standing leg is bent slightly at the knee, kicking leg is thrown like a canon ball. You can practice this with a partner, gently.

 

I won't counterbalance if I can help it, but I'm with ya.

 

I'll grant you that I would not lean backwards if an opponent was rushing, but if they were reaching for you; say a barroom situation, that's a counter we practice in the dojo quite often. Leaning back is not such a problem when you're locked into their triceps or the bottom of their elbows; they are holding you up and giving you the lever to kick them with. Another kick that can be applied from that situation is to angle the foot slightly and apply it to the top of the opponent's hip on the side you are kicking with. Balance point; beautiful response. But not properly a heel thrust kick, and huge power isn't necessary.

 

Thank you SO MUCH to Cy, Bill Mattocks and TOD for the coaching on this. I can't even express how helpful that is!!! Seems silly to have advanced through the ranks without knowing how to properly apply a front kick, though I can execute one "prettily" haha. This is one reason (of many) that I have halted training at my dojang. I have no interest in receiving drive-thru belts that I don't deserve just because I can demonstrate the material in the air.

 

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