SpeedKills

Its dependent on both.

I disagree, everyone's crescent kick will always be weaker than everyone's spinning side kick, unless a person is terrible/brilliant at one or the other. So it is safe to say that the spinning side kick technique is more powerful than the crescent kick.

So there are many versions of the overhand this one is like a regular right hook except its an overhand it goes over and comes down onto the target. 1) Should my hips rotate the normal way ie parallel with the ground? Or do I bend one leg and rotate my hips diagonally down towards the ground? 2) Where does the arm start? Do you have to have it low like by your backside or can you throw it with your hands up? (the looping hook version of the overhand not a different version) 3) What arc does your fist and arm take? I dont get it. The hips are spinning horizontally and the arm takes like a rainbow arc diagonally over the top, feels like two different motions that done fit together HELP

Did he tell you he was a sniper too? You gotta love the imaginary snipers, 1st question I ask them is what regiment are they in = found out, can I buy you a drink friend (a manipulation so you dont rip on them) I like to reply with no thanks id much rather rip on you.

So how can a southpaw best make an orthodox fighters life hell? Whats the most effective way to fight? What combos what techniques are high % So far I have found... the rear left round kick to the head/liver to work a treat the rear cross lands alot also

how can something slower and lighter hit harder? a rear cross uses most of your body weight, and travels really fast, a donkey kick uses very little body weight and travels at a slower speed, how can the donkey kick do more damage in some cases and about the same in other cases?

Than Karate versions? They are very similar but in Capoeira they bend to the side and this for me makes the kicks feel alot heavier, they feel more powerful, are they? Why are they if they are?

Take a donkey kick, its quite fast, it commits some body weight but not that much, but its really freaking strong, using the buttock directly. Then take a rear cross punch, its faster, it delivers more body-weight, its not as strong, but is "probably" more powerful. If you throw a right cross to someones knee, its unlikely to do any damage, if you throw a donkey kick to someones knee it might break that knee! Since the donkey kick is less powerful or about the same power as a right cross then it must have been the strength that made the difference!? To the head the punch will probably more likely get a KO, but the donkey kick can get a KO too its not that far behind. (it may be ahead IKD) but the strength of the kick here "seems" to make up for its lack of speed and weight aka power. To the body again about equal. My point is, the damage a strike does isnt just to do with speed, weight and power, strength makes a difference and the more strength the better. What do you guys think?

It can get confusing because if the bag is too light it will always swing a massive amount/ get launched/ bounce. If the bag is filled to soft/little or the gloves you are using are too padded, or the material doesnt make noise easily, again its less likely to produce noise and more likely that you will push, the punch just gets softened/cushioned and slowed too much before any kind of impact is made. So im looking for reliable ways to make sure you are striking in a high quality way.

What are the signs to look for when you throw a good quality strike rather than a push? So far I have noticed a central fugal force in the hand (pain) where all the blood/ pressure goes into your hand when your strike is fast enough. The bag makes a bang sound. Not a dull thud. The more of a bang/ loud violent crack the faster the strike I believe? The bag jumps and frenzy wobbles in place, it doesnt do a big swing like with a push. You can see the energy go through the bag rather than into it, you cant actually see it but you kinda can by understanding whats happening during a good/bad strike, and seeing by how the bag reacts. The strike will be impressively fast if it is powerful, and it cant be fast alone it has to have weight behind it too. You tell me the signs to look out for, for a good quality strike.

Thanks to everyone that answered all ace answers! Osu!

Thats brilliant thankyou mate!!!

Why not just spin and stiff leg it? Get all the power from the torque of the body and not add the hook kick leg action to the kick? To me it seems like adding the hook portion of the leg at the end of the spin, actually reduces the power of this kick, it would be like throwing a straight right punch with the hips and then extending the arm with the tri cep instead of keeping the arm loose and letting the arm get flung by the hips/shoulders. It kinda reduces the power and breaks the flow of power from the hips. Am I doing it wrong is it more powerful the traditional way, with the hooking motion at the end, and I am somehow messing it up? Why is the traditional way more powerful? (I accept I am probably wrong just want to know why) A proper spinning hook kick you spin AND you do a hook kick with your leg. What im doing is ONLY spinning and keeping my leg straight and it connects with the heel, but the power is solely coming from the bodies rotation.

Learn how to sprawl, and be violent and erratic and sweaty when they try to apply submissions. Thats short term attempted quick fix solutions. Long term be more well rounded learn how to grapple properly.

........travel a circular path like a boxing hook, or a straight lined path like a boxing straight right?

Thats brilliant thankyou! One last question, I noticed spinning side kicks do alot more damage than regular side kicks with the lead leg, and 360 degree spinning side kicks do even more damage than the 180 degree spinning side kicks. That to me must mean the spin is adding force to the spinning side kick, thing is ive been told by some people that it is a linear kick only and it doesn't derive its power from the spin since the spin is going one way while the leg is going straight and the two forces cant mix. Is this true or false? How does it work? Many many thanks!!!

Great answer thankyou! I believe they also use a completely different method too, they push off the ground instead of twisting the foot, so there isnt even a subtle twisting of the foot, its literally a push to get the hips working and thats it, no twisting of the foot at all, not even a tiny bit, the foot twist being another way to get the hips working. I think from what ive seen that they all use the push off method and not a scaled down twist of the foot, but I cant be sure about that, all I know is from the footage Ive watched they push off 1st then rotate the hips to quite an extreme degree, but there is 0 foot twist as in not even a tiny scaled down amount of foot twist.

I understand there is tai chi and other internal arts, and also tai chi has several versions of itself, like yang version and chen version etc

The karate side kick I mean is the side thrust kick. Also how do you throw a good side thrust kick? Lastly I find if I use my glute to throw the side kick it is fast and powerful but if I use my thigh muscles as in my quads and hamstrings I find they just impede the speed and power of my glute and decrease the power of the kick. Why do some people recommend using the though muscles during a side kcik? Some people say stomp the leg which implies quad involvement perhaps, some people in sanshou say its all in the hams and glutes so same problem again. Is it better to just use your glute? (buttock)

Would you say that what I did is a reverse round house kick and not a spinning side kick, do you think a reverse round house kick (as in a poor form spinning side kick) is stronger or weaker than the properly done spinning side kick? Also should you try to mesh the force of the rotation (reverse round house) with the force of the leg thrusting out from the buttock? Or should the spin only position you for the side kick and not add any power to it? Thanks a million friend!!!

I found out HA! Its more complex than I expected and even the people that teach it dont really know whats going on sometimes, no wonder no one could tell me. Thanks for the answers anyway didnt intend to be rude was just frustrated.

In basic boxing you are taught to twist the foot like putting out a cigarette. But after watching all the heavy punchers and boxing greats, I have observed that NONE of them do this. Not one time did I see the foot pivot. What I do see instead is a small pushing off the ground alot, and the legs and feet staying in place as the hips rotate violently. Why do they even teach the foot twist if no good boxer uses it? Also what method are all the pros using if it isnt the foot twist hows it done? It appears they dont use any leg drive at all, its just a little push from the leg and all hips, while the feet and legs stay mostly still and the hips move. Heres one of the hardest punchers of all time. Look no foot twist no leg drive its all hips, and a tiny push off the ground.

Thanks for the effort guys, but no one has answered it fully/correctly yet, either no one knows, or no one is willing to share. If you dont know, whats a good way to find without spending 10 years learning Tai Chi because forums are a bit hopeless!?

I know alot of people are very guarded about this kind of information, I am not, I will tell everyone in this question after Ive given people a long enough chance to answer, so since the info is gonna be released anyway, you may as well get the ego credit for it.

Thanks for the answer!