difficult kicks

[DD]

What is the most difficult kick you have had to learn in Tae Kwon Do? Could you describe it to me?

[Budderfly]

I'm not in Tae Kwon Do (but we learn TKD applications), but I find the back kick is the most challanging.

[mcaselogic]

Yes definetly the back kick especially the jumping back kick or spinning back kick

[DLopez]

Difficulty in technique for me would be the jumping spin kick. I can do it, it just still looks kinda ugly yet.

 

Difficulty in just plain doing for me are high roundhouse kicks. I just cannot seem to get flexible enough to kick above my own shoulder height, no matter how much I stretch. The thing is, I can get higher with a side kick, but for some reason, I can't get my roundhouse up there. I swear sometimes it feels the more I stretch, the tighter I get. It's pretty frustrating.

[aefibird]

I swear sometimes it feels the more I stretch, the tighter I get. It's pretty frustrating.

 

Dean, I know how you feel! I'm very very naturally inflexible (about as flexible as a brick ) and I've had a long and uphill battle in my training to become more flexible.

 

Some days I 'have it' and can really stretch out and others... well, on those days it's just better if I try to kick someone in the kneecaps rather than the head! lol, not quite, but I'm sure you know what I mean.

 

However, I'm a lot more flexible than I used to be! So, keep on persevering and I'm sure you'll get there.

 

The hardest kicks for me to learn/perform were the reverse roundhouse kick and spinning back kick.

[ramymensa]

Another stiff broom here

 

My advice .. take it easy. Strained muscles won't help you too much .. Ohhhh the pain

 

Difficult kicks ... anything that requires spinning and jumping

[karatekid1975]

Difficulty in just plain doing for me are high roundhouse kicks. I just cannot seem to get flexible enough to kick above my own shoulder height, no matter how much I stretch. The thing is, I can get higher with a side kick, but for some reason, I can't get my roundhouse up there. I swear sometimes it feels the more I stretch, the tighter I get. It's pretty frustrating.

 

I'm the other way around. I can do high roundhouse, front kicks, can do splits ect. BUT I can not get my side kick higher than my shoulder height My side splits are lousy too.

 

Anyways, the most difficult kick for me to learn (in the beginning) was the back kick. Now it's the jumping back kick ggggrrrr. I don't do well with anything that goes backwards LOL.

[Kicks]

The most difficult for me is the flying (jump) spinning kick, especially when turning counter clockwise and kicking with the left foot.

 

I can't even say that learning any of those kicks that rotate over 360 are difficult for me..because I won't even try them!

 

I personally like the back kick and have often successfully used the jump back kick when being chased out the ring by an opponent. It's put many a good man down with a hit to the chin. Keep training and practice it. It's a good technique and catches them off guard when they are on the attack.

[markusan]

Inverted turning kicks do strange things to my hips and jumping side kick from the standing position. But then, I'm gettin' old.

[manuelito]

the jumping split kick is difficult...half twist kick and half side kick. also the 540 jump round kick is not that easy. but in all reality most of the acrobatic kicks are hard. but the jump slit kick is in one of my patterns. other than that the rest are not that difficult for me.