share your favorite kicking drills.

[tommarker]

I've been using this one for awhile, after someone brought a version of it back from a camp with Juan Moreno. It's not very practical, but meant more for dynamic kicking ability:

 

with the same leg:

 

low round to the left then right

 

mid round to the left then right

 

high kick to the left then right

 

low side kick

 

high side kick

 

axe kick

 

diagonal kick

 

another drill i'll do is start with a few reps of one kick, then build up to an eventual goal.

 

example: triple jump front kick.

 

- single front kick

 

- 2 single front kicks

 

- 1 front kick, 1 jump (non scissor) front kick

 

- 1 jump front kick, 1 front kick

 

- 1 scissor front kick

 

- 1 scissor front kick, 1 front kick

 

- 1 front kick, 1 scissor front kick

 

- triple jump front kick (sam dan ahp cha ki)

 

The final one is just stacking techniques one on top of the other.

 

- front kick

 

- front kick, low round/high round

 

- front kick, low round/high round, stepping side kick

 

- etc.

 

Any others?

[Ottman]

Depends on what my goal for the drill is:

 

For aerobic, power, and leg strengthening for instance I'll do the 50-40-30-20-10 drill which is:

 

50 high round kicks with each leg

 

then 40 with each,

 

then 30 all the way down to ten.

 

Next is the same with hook kick.

 

For balance and control I'll practice five of the same kick in quick succession without letting my foot hit the ground(cycling through front, side, round, hook, inside and outside cresent, and twist kick, and as always, repeating with each leg.)

 

Combos I usually like to improvise, but some good ones for a great workout that I like are:

 

-Jumping front, jumping round, jumping backspin-

 

-round, jumping spinning round, backspin, round-

 

-lowround/highround, tornado, spinning outside cresent, round-

 

-double front, assisted back side, spinning axe-

 

-jumping spinning axe, jumping front, assisted backspin-

 

and one of my favorites:

 

-Flying punch, round, jumping backside-

 

There are many others I like to practice, but these are my favorites.

[karatekid1975]

Depends on what my goal for the drill is:

 

For aerobic, power, and leg strengthening for instance I'll do the 50-40-30-20-10 drill which is:

 

50 high round kicks with each leg

 

then 40 with each,

 

then 30 all the way down to ten.

 

Next is the same with hook kick.

 

For balance and control I'll practice five of the same kick in quick succession without letting my foot hit the ground(cycling through front, side, round, hook, inside and outside cresent, and twist kick, and as always, repeating with each leg.).

 

Wow! You sound like my old TSD instructor ... tough drills, but very good ones Oh, I want to try your combos also