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Here's one with the instep. I think this one is my best? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EL9OALhs-5Q

This is an excellent step by step instructional of the mawashi geri. Is the ITF TaeKwonDo ball of the foot dollyo chagi any different mechanically, and if so how?

Here's a new one. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OTgS6RcmmyU

Black stripe

Yeah, ball of the foot is mandatory for forms.

Struggling here guys. Let me know if it's good enough for a pattern with a roundhouse kick and breaking. Slow motion - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XaBT5fRdhxU Regular speed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=dxW70wqzgmw

I don't think strength is important to striking like boxing. Two of the greatest boxers who ever lived - Ali and Mayweather jr were both finesse boxers Ehh... strength in this context is more power to weight ratio. Ali was INCREDIBLY strong for his size. So is Mayweather Jr. Adding strength without adding size at their level is, in fact, an entire subset of the fitness industry; and how we learned about things like muscular cross sectional area being the primary mechanical measurement of power, but neuro-muscular recruitment tends to be the primary driver of performance in strength related tasks. Taken together, they (recruitment and cross-sectional area) are the primary determining factors of musculoskeletal strength. That, combined with the square/cube law is why adding size to add strength for combat sports only works up to a certain point. Being stronger is ALWAYS better but being BIGGER is NOT always better. Finding that sweet spot where you optimize your strength for the amount of weight you are carrying is the key to determining what your weight class should be competitively. Ali said he was not particularly strong/powerful.

I don't think strength is important to striking like boxing. Two of the greatest boxers who ever lived - Ali and Mayweather jr were both finesse boxers

Where did you answer my question? You wrote what is not required, I asked what is. What is the common denominator between elite level grapplers. Is is it visuospatial intelligence? Strong grips? I can barely find out of a building I just entered, so if it's spatial intelligence, It's not for me.

Name a few for the uninitiated. It seems less reliant upon explosiveness and strength like wrestling, since many laser sharp masters are rather skinny. And BJJ guys are excellent in defensive positions.

The wrestling club did not answer my e-mail. Sigh.

A rear leg chambered side/back kick under 1 second is phenomenal.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VBh03adn76M Proof of the chambering and release, and drop all under 1 second: https://postimg.cc/image/l684vhith/0598566f/ https://postimg.cc/image/6n0zu4uud/ab210ac4/ https://postimg.cc/image/my13qizn9/f3b2c124/

Ignore the first two (just warm-ups) https://youtu.be/aMDceKbO5k8

Here it is. I don't like my hand positioning. A bit rusty, it seems. https://postimg.cc/image/joj5f08d3/792aba27/

It's Jong Soo Park executing the kick.. Few people are more athletic. Still a weak kick.

I kick quite a bit in classes too, if we're lucky and have one those exception days..especially if the assistant instructor takes over. I am going to train harder now. Mostly to improve my transitioning and body control. I have found that just drilling techniques over and over does wonder to overall balance performing them.. For an example, the only kick I have consistently trained is tee side kick, and it's the only one I can do in slow motion, 20 in succession. The problem with training low kicks is that it doesn't challenge my flexibility. I don't see how that solves the problem with my hips. I was the same way when I started training age 15

A few things could be at work here. He could be doing a side snap kick, which is a totally different kick. The backwards lean of many side kicks is related to the height of the kick and the person's body style. One should not lean back in order to kick high, but when one does try to kick high, the body will end up leaning back. It is ok if your body leans back on its own when high kicking, but it is not ok to lean back in order to try to kick higher. Hopefully, that all makes sense. The kick in that picture is not subpar. From what I can tell, his kicking foot heel, knee, hip, and shoulder are all lined up, which makes for a strong kick with good body structure behind it. Another mistake I often see when people try to kick higher than they can (or just don't understand how to do the kick yet) is that they tend to bend inwards at the waist, not towards the kick, but towards the direction the front of the body is facing. This is not good, as it breaks the structure of the kick, and you end up with very little reinforcement behind it. I agree with bushido_man96's post. The other thing is that TKD has evolved and refined over the years. Today's kickers are more athletic and able. You think that kick is stronger than mine? It's more consistent, perhaps, but consistently weaker....

Do you think martial artists that are at the top of their game, perhaps just before they enter a competition against other serious competitors, say to themselves, my tight hips won't be a problem, I'll just kick fast and hope momentum alone is enough to land it without any possibility of him catching my leg and exploiting my tightness to knock me off balance and do untold damage to my my muscles and connective tissue? If top martial artists think that, then your kick is absolutely fine. No need for any more work on it. All the advice you've received is irrelevant. If they don't think that, then I guess it comes down to, do you want to be a good martial artist or a mediocre one? I want to be a functional martial artist. Do you think you can achieve that and maintain that long term without addressing your known weaknesses? It appears so. I don't train diligently enough to get pain in my limbs. Three times a week for 1 hour, mostly hands. Then 15 minutes kicking training at home once a week.

Do you think martial artists that are at the top of their game, perhaps just before they enter a competition against other serious competitors, say to themselves, my tight hips won't be a problem, I'll just kick fast and hope momentum alone is enough to land it without any possibility of him catching my leg and exploiting my tightness to knock me off balance and do untold damage to my my muscles and connective tissue? If top martial artists think that, then your kick is absolutely fine. No need for any more work on it. All the advice you've received is irrelevant. If they don't think that, then I guess it comes down to, do you want to be a good martial artist or a mediocre one? I want to be a functional martial artist.

Do you think my static stiffness affects my performance? i have no pain in my limbs and can kick fluently as long as it's fast.

I can still use them but it tends to be closed hips when I kick. Strangely enough, my hips are open when I do rising side kicks.. No problem at all.. But when I kick... They close. Why do you think that is? My guess would be a muscle imbalance. We have a tendency to focus on our big muscles. But there are lots of much smaller but vitally important muscles in the area of the lower back down into the legs. They tend to be responsible for finer control and stability. If they are weak, the big muscles just sort of explode in an uncontrolled way and put huge forces on the joints. If I were to be so bold as to offer a tip, it would be this. Take a leaf out of the book of the tai chi guys. Practice your technique in slow motion, while paying absolute attention to detail. Don't throw the kick, but lift slowly and steadily. You might find it surprisingly difficult. Especially at first. But it will highlight exactly where any weakness is or muscle tension etc. If you identify a weak spot or tight spot, then you could do specific exercises to rectify it. Even if you don't add in specific exercises, just performing the technique in slow motion trains the brain to recruit the right muscles in the right sequence without causing pain and injury. The brain and nervous system is a clever thing. If anything at all is wrong with your technique and it puts excess force on anything, your nerves tell your brain, even before it hurts, and your brain takes steps to protect the area, without you even being conscious of it happening. It manifests as a sense of tightness and/or weakness when doing the thing that puts the stress on. Practicing in slow motion not only helps you identify any area that needs works, but also helps convince your brain and nervous system that it's OK, so it doesn't automatically lock up to protect the muscles. I'm not flexible enough to even remotely execute slow roundhouse kicks beyond low kicks. I rely on forward momentum all the time, or else my leg won't go up even to mid section.

I can still use them but it tends to be closed hips when I kick. Strangely enough, my hips are open when I do rising side kicks.. No problem at all.. But when I kick... They close. Why do you think that is?

Interested to hear if my method is home-cooked ( which I suspect) First step is that I lunge forward and swing my leg slightly off the ground to create forward momentum. Most people use primarily their hips open accomplish this, but I am stiff as a board and go about my own ways Here's a snapshot of it https://postimg.cc/image/d8jmoiuij/38ad05d5/ Then I chamber and twist https://postimg.cc/image/7kdbxndbf/885a4665/ And then pivot and flick out the foot. https://postimg.cc/image/wqea4sc4b/05416555/