If the jeans didn’t restrict your motion, then the range of your kick (your kicking flexibility) appears poor.
How do you rate this jeans and boots roundhouse kick?
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I did pivot. Are you blind?
So all you base a good kick on is degree of flexibility?
The roundhouse kick is to use your body to pull your leg. Your body go first, your leg then follow.
Paul Smith
White Belt
I wouldn't even class that as a kick.
Paul Smith
White Belt
Why isn't she snapping back and why is she exposing herself to her opponent? I have so many questions about this "Kick"
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Why do you want to snap back your kick?Why isn't she snapping back and why is she exposing herself to her opponent? I have so many questions about this "Kick"
If your kick
- land, you want to put your body behind it.
- miss, that kick has helped you to close in the distance.
As far as she exposes herself, her
- right side kick.
- left spin hook kick.
- left spin back fist, right hook punch.
- ...
can all be be a good follow up.
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[/QUOTE]Why isn't she snapping back and why is she exposing herself to her opponent? I have so many questions about this "Kick"
I'm guessing you train at a JMA/KMA school? That snap back is seen in karacte, but not so much in arts from different origins. As for the exposing herself-I personally like to see more sway with the head, but the front hand swing is common with the idea that if you need to you can use your shoulder to guard, while your rear hand comes up to guard. It looks very weird from styles that don't do this; took me a while to wrap my head around it.
In CMA, you try to land you kicking leg as close to your opponent as possible.
If you pull your leg back, your punch won't be able to reach to your opponent's face.
If you pull your leg back, your punch won't be able to reach to your opponent's face.
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You have to keep in mind that you are only seeing the kick in that clip. You aren't seeing the follow up (what comes next). Generally speaking. When the kick lands your leg will not land as you see in the clip. By allowing the kick to rotate completely you are allowing the kick to land with full power. Snapping the kick means that you will eventually pull power away from your kick. Snapping punches and kicks are used for different reasons.Why isn't she snapping back and why is she exposing herself to her opponent? I have so many questions about this "Kick"
As for being exposed. It only looks like she is exposed. You can watch any Muay Thai or MMA fight to see how quickly someone can recover from when they don't land the kick. Slow motion and demo strikes often make it look as if you are open for longer than what you really are.
Nice straw man you have there.
Martial D
Senior Master
Well, admittedly my eyes aren't what they once were.
But not so bad as to not notice you were retracting it at or before the point of theoretical impact. There's nothing there.
I think CMA has a different philosophy / approach to fighting. I've notice that those who aren't familiar with it tend to lend more toward the western thinking of striking and defending. They only see the opportunity for the strike and not the opportunity for a follow up strike /defense. So the landing foot of a kick is always a kick and never an advancing step.In CMA, you try to land you kicking leg as close to your opponent as possible.
If you pull your leg back, your punch won't be able to reach to your opponent's face.
Martial D
Senior Master
Well that depends. At my old mma club we would do a lot of drilling on roundhouse kick to offline step.
Not sure how it looks but it could fall under either one depending on if the that offstep resets you or guides you into the next strike or next defense.
If it's resets you then it would be Western Thinking. 1-2-3- reset.
If it guides you to the next strike or block then it's more Eastern thinking.
I personally use both methods of thinking. But I lean more towards the Eastern thinking by default, because long fist pretty much requires it, unless you want to take frequent unplanned naps during training .
Flying Crane
Sr. Grandmaster
I was graded by Jurgen the Brutal after FIVE years. That's One faster.
What grade did you receive, by the way?
Flying Crane
Sr. Grandmaster
Are you confused why you might not get the discussion you hope for? Does someone need to explain this to you?
Flying Crane
Sr. Grandmaster
Like all things, it depends. Sometimes you can step down close to the enemy. But there are risks involved. Sometimes you definitely do not want to step down like that and you had better retract the foot.In CMA, you try to land you kicking leg as close to your opponent as possible.
If you pull your leg back, your punch won't be able to reach to your opponent's face.
When your opponent catches your kicking leg, if you pull your leg back, it won't work. If you drop all your weight on your leading leg and step down (follow with a hammer fist on top of his head), your opponent may not be able to hold on your entire body weight.
So to step down after kicking instead of to pull your kicking leg back is a training to counter a leg catching.
In CMA, a kick is a step, a step is a kick.
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