Liam888

ive got same problem what kind of stretches the physio give you

Anyone know how you can improve speed in free fighting i.e front kicks and revese backhand. I am quick but wanted to know how to improve speed

Thanks can you recommend me any decent excersices to unlock the hips ?

Thats the problem I can't seem to do it as I'm not flexible enough :/

Why do you mean by a highchamber? If it's getting your knee up high I can do that well for front kick it's just the twist of the hips in roundhouse Which i can't do

My roundhouse is improving and has a fair bit of power. Every day I do a lot of stretching to improve my felxiabilty in my hips and try to unlock them more. When I do a roundhouse it is usually just above belt height at best and my left leg is best at kicking because I am left footed. But when I kick I face my knee pointing to the side or downwards which I can't seem to stop soon because I am not flexible enough in the hips

Pain ful! you not have to go to hospital

this is the kata i do while ive got my red belt to help me get to yellow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auavC2MGnMU nnot sure but this is it

anyone doing khion kata at the moment ?

Thanks both for the advice and I will ask him on Monday and let him look at my kick. I seem to beable to so it with the instructor holding a bag with less pain than doin it on the spot and kicking the air Cheers liam

Yh I can feel it there it's quite annoying though as the pain stops me from fully extending my leg out and also lifting my leg high do you know how I can exercise my hip so that it becomes easier and less painful to do ? Thanks liam

Hey has anyone got any effective excersises to loosen the hips and give more moverability into them to do at home, at my club we put are hands on are hips and swivel around and also sit with legs crossed and pus down on our knees with our elbows but my hips seem to always have pain the next day especially foing roundhouse kicks thanks Liam

My hip

Ive just started karate about a month ago and everything is fine and im really enjoying it i have poweerful kicks but i am really having trouble with trhe roundhouse kicks i cant seem to swivel my hip and getting a high kick my instructor said i am facing my knee downwards but it hurts if i pointy it up and then swivel and extend my leg out. at the end of the lesson on monday he said that your roundhouse kicks are much improved do you think it is that i gt there 5 minutes late and was rushed straight in without a proper warm up or is my hip locked or something!