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Kicking with the toe is a more realistic simulation of shoes-on fighting that kicking with the ball of the foot, or at least I think that it is.

 

Anyway, in Uechi, we kick with out toes, but only to certain areas. We also condition out toes with a funky exercise known as "tiger toes."

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I don't know if its the same for other people who do shotokan, but in my dojo we practise kicking with the toes to certain areas of the body.

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Thank you smr. I tried to look it up on the net but didn't find anything.

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i think savate guys kick with the toes

 

but only to certain targets.

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yeah my old shotokan teacher told us to kick with the toe to the stomach. but only with front kicks.

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i think you would break your toe when your bear feet, and i think the only kick i know you kick with your toe is the front snap kick.
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i think you would break your toe when your bear feet, and i think the only kick i know you kick with your toe is the front snap kick.

 

Breaking your toe is always a possability everytime you kick someone.

 

You can toe kick with either a froint snap kick, or a roundgouse where you invert your foot and hit with the toe instead of the top of your foot.

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I try not to, but I favor the roundhouse for toe kicks. I don't go above CV-14 (bottom of the sternum) for most kicks but especially not toe kicks.

A block is a strike is a lock is a throw.

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