StudentCarl
3rd Black Belt
A discovery for me (as I'm working with more junior students and teammates):
I see a number of colored belts with poor turnover on the rear leg roundhouse kick, resulting in the '45 kick' or nearly a front kick sometimes when a more horizontal kick is called for. Focusing on turning the trunk and hips, I found it helped to explain that this is also called the "turning kick" because turning is the root of the kick. I see the same issue with athletes who have trouble scoring on electronic hogus--the kick is mostly leg because the hip stops. Re-framing the idea of the kick as 'turning' is helping a couple of them to get both foot sensors on target.
Does that make sense to you and/or match with your experience?
Thanks,
Carl
I see a number of colored belts with poor turnover on the rear leg roundhouse kick, resulting in the '45 kick' or nearly a front kick sometimes when a more horizontal kick is called for. Focusing on turning the trunk and hips, I found it helped to explain that this is also called the "turning kick" because turning is the root of the kick. I see the same issue with athletes who have trouble scoring on electronic hogus--the kick is mostly leg because the hip stops. Re-framing the idea of the kick as 'turning' is helping a couple of them to get both foot sensors on target.
Does that make sense to you and/or match with your experience?
Thanks,
Carl