Dominic Jones
Orange Belt
What position is your supporting leg/foot when you do a sidekick. Why do you do this? What do you consider to be correct anatomical alignment of the supporting leg (and why)?
Does Kicking Method effect your foot position (e.g. thrusting, snapping, slicing)?
Does the height of your target effect your supporting leg position?
For example: a right sidekick to 12:00 (ofclock).
Is you left foot:
A: still in a neutral bow (45 cat) position i.e. toes facing 10:30
B: in a 90 cat i.e. toes facing 9 :00
C: toes facing 7:30
D: toes facing 6:00
As for myself my foot position varies between A and D. I find that the more pivoting I do the stronger the kick and the more solid my base is. I can also kick higher. However, I find that follow up strikes are slower.
The advantage of not pivoting or pivoting only a little is that I can deliver follow up strikes quicker and that the kick is slightly (maybe??) faster. But the kick feels like it is stressing my knee joints.
Cheers Dom :asian:
Does Kicking Method effect your foot position (e.g. thrusting, snapping, slicing)?
Does the height of your target effect your supporting leg position?
For example: a right sidekick to 12:00 (ofclock).
Is you left foot:
A: still in a neutral bow (45 cat) position i.e. toes facing 10:30
B: in a 90 cat i.e. toes facing 9 :00
C: toes facing 7:30
D: toes facing 6:00
As for myself my foot position varies between A and D. I find that the more pivoting I do the stronger the kick and the more solid my base is. I can also kick higher. However, I find that follow up strikes are slower.
The advantage of not pivoting or pivoting only a little is that I can deliver follow up strikes quicker and that the kick is slightly (maybe??) faster. But the kick feels like it is stressing my knee joints.
Cheers Dom :asian: