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But why is my rechamber important? I can't rechamber any other way due to stiffness.

Higher Taekwondo forms (black stripe and up) prescripe high kicks, thus I drill high kicks.

I just answered a simple question. Where does this kick rank technically relative to other practitioners. I got a reply that it's below 1st Dan in Karate (and presumably then TKD) , and referenced a seminar in return where every single black belt apart from the instructor threw sloppy, slow roundhouse kicks. And I have already mentioned that I am a red belt in TKD, which is brown belt equivalent in Karate.

And the black belts in this Tang Soo Do lecture by Hwang jang Lee are even worse. Spin kicks but body cordination tells the tale

At the very least 1st degree black belt. I can't speak from a TKD perspective but in our karate group this wouldn't be considered good enough for 1st Dan. But as others have mentioned, you cant base a grade/rank on one technique. K. Then I guess the standard of ITF TaeKwondo is worse. Every black belt in this clip throws a far worse roundhouse kick first clip

At the very least 1st degree black belt.

I put it at top 40% among Korean arts kickers but it was more interesting if you would have done it slower or with a moment of locking the technique. a hold would show the strength which comes with time and training. if this kick , is the best you can do and you don't have any major physical limitation, I can only say you are above 6 months practicing either at home or a club. I have two questions for you : 1- can you open your legs 180. if you can NOT then is it a physical limitation or you need more training time? 2-can you stay in Shiko dachi for 2 minutes ? if NOT, is it a physical limitation or you need more training time? 1. No. Physical limitation according to my experience. 2. Yes I can. Just did it

Funny you mention that, I can't seem to throw a really hard kick on a target without this side effect. Maybe it's a balance thing. What are the arguments for torqueing the lead hand guard? I wouldn't do it if I could choose..

Also note that when I kick targets it's technically different from doing kata kicks. See here https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wMQ5lzK6YAM Two completely different kicks mechanically

Yes but the problem is that what people prescribe as mistakes or missunderstandings, is 9 times out of 10 just my own physical attributes, and employing them to the best of my abilities. I don't think I could ever make a major revision to my technique, even if I wanted to. It's not like a punch. I can kick faster, harder, but mechanical modifications are way harder, if you aren't naturally flexible.

I don't train anymore. What level is this at your club? By that I mean relative to students who throw head kicks, what belt level would this be at?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbiG8eLgpm0

But if my knee is parallell to the ground when connecting compared to vertical? Which is the proper roundkick configuration?

No they don't. I first asked a question about the formal technique, then how it looks in practice when they fight. If they abide by it always

and are contradicting each other, and they're in the same post. Ultimately, if you don't like the school you're at, find a new one. If you don't like being taught, open your own school. I have left his school. The thread has nothing to do with him.

We have a very severe language barrier. It's very hard to go into details under such conditions. I have tried Forgive me for being a bit blunt. But if you are asking on a forum for basic guidance because you don't feel you can ask your teacher, is it not time to find another teacher? It's one thing to seek advice and opinions on possible variations or new ideas. I know for fact my chief instructor does exactly that, although perhaps not via the Internet, but by occasional sessions with other teachers. We know he does. He tells us all about it after he's been. But it's another thing entirely to bypass the teacher about principles he teaches. Have you considered the possibility that your teacher thinks there are other things you need to fix before getting bogged down in details of a kick? Our instructor for example will completely ignore imperfect leg action in beginners until he can iron out their flailing arm and nonexistent guard issues. Once they start to tighten up their techniques, then he'll start ironing out the more minor (but important) details. Again forgive me for being blunt, but have you considered the possibility that he gives more attention to those that value his input? I don't need my instructor blessing to discuss techniques online. ITF Taekwondo is ITF Taekwondo no matter where you train. And I'm not sure I will continue training. (it's closed for the season) My question was about the knee placement during impact. If my knee points to the side, is it then a side kick formation of the leg? Should the knee point slightly upwards/vertical? Can't you have the knee pointing to the side and drive through the target more? Aren't there fighters in TMA who blend side and roundhouse mechanics?

We have a very severe language barrier. It's very hard to go into details under such conditions. I have tried

As stated by others in your previous posts, you're leaving us with little information (short, poor quality videos, pictures with only one angle, etc.) If I'm getting feedback in the classroom, my instructor(s) make me kick multiple times, and they watch from multiple angles. Also noted by others: Our styles are different. We do the best we can to give advice based on our experiences in our styles. Poking around online to refute what we're saying is rather offensive. You really should be asking and LISTENING to your instructors. I was told this online based on the frame I provided

Interesting find. Years ago I trained in wado. I remember being frustrated that my round house kicks were not that powerful (not a fault of the style, because I know wado practitioners that generate awesome power), and even though I was quite flexible, I couldn't get a roundhouse kick much higher than about my own chest height. It was years later having started tang soo do when I realised I was only turning my supporting foot 90 degrees while everyone else was closer to 180. I started to practice pivoting more. At first I stumbled across lot, and even fell over a few times. But I kept trying. Now, despite being nowhere near as flexible as I was all those years ago, I can get a roundhouse kick comfortably to about my jaw height or at a push, to the top of my head height. I've also found that rather being a 'distraction kick', I can now generate disturbing amounts of power in it too. I'm pretty sure I autonatically pivot 90 degrees. Anything else is overkill for me. What target level would you say my kick is in the clip?

Who says it has to be a combo?? Well, first let me wipe the egg off my face... I miss read the word "execution" as "combination"; old age, I suppose...I apologize!! Your punch in this video, having watched it once again, was solid; nice transfer of power...nice open/closed transition...and it wasn't too conserved at all. Thank you sir.

Also, supporting feet pointing 180 degrees away from the target is not what separates a round kick from a side kick in TaeKwonDo See here: "Although the roundhouse kick were the same in TKD as in karate, the differences began from late 60's when the dominant style (Gen. Choi's military style taught to the draftees) began changing the karate-origin kicks. The theory behind it was that when doing the Japanese karate roundhouse, the supporting foot is about 90 degrees to your target. This means that the kicking foot travels in a quarter of a circle (imagining your supporting foot to be center of the circle). The research team of military instructors theorized that if you shifted your body more by shifting the supporting foot to make 180 degrees to your target, you would get more power out of it" http://www.raynerslanetkd.com/ARTICLES_RoundhouseVturningkick.html "

And here is my leg formation for the latest clip. Are they different, if so how? https://postimg.cc/image/xlzkc2axp/

Here is where I was told my leg formation is side kick (even though my foot is roundhouse). Can someone explain how this leg formation sidekick? https://postimg.cc/image/46tw2vbh9/a70cb4f4/

I think it is but I want to double check. I have been told when I kick higher targets that my leg formation is that of a side kick, even though my foot formation is a roundhouse kick. Problem is I don't know what the difference in leg mechanics is at the moment of the impact... Is the leg formation of the roundhouse kick knee pointing to the side, while side kick is knee pointing downwards? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wMQ5lzK6YAM