g Posted January 27, 2002 Posted January 27, 2002 just thought i'd save angus the trouble of starting this one. any views on best method of using hips to improve your footwork
Joecooke007 Posted January 27, 2002 Posted January 27, 2002 Right... I really don't use my hips for footwork the main reason that I love my hips is that they can help you put so much power into your strikes by turning them. Boards don't hit back. -Bruce Lee
kicker Posted January 27, 2002 Posted January 27, 2002 well by streching your hips and using then a certain way makes your footwork improve to make better and stronger kicks when you do your best it`s going to show. "If you watch the pros, You will learn something new"
Angus Posted January 27, 2002 Posted January 27, 2002 Breach of copyright!! You'll be hearing from my attourney! :lol: Angus Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
SaiFightsMS Posted January 28, 2002 Posted January 28, 2002 Utilizing the hips to add power to kicks and punches is one of the basic concepts in Shotokan.
g Posted January 28, 2002 Author Posted January 28, 2002 if ur hips are sitting wrong then ur feet wot move as well as they should. ur hips should move on conjunction with ur feet
AnonymousOne Posted January 30, 2002 Posted January 30, 2002 Around your hip joints you have a series of muscles and tendons that need to be developed. Not only for kicking but for practically everything you do. You can strengthen these by attaching a weight to your foot and lifting your knee up in a knee kick position (Hiza Geri for Karate-Ka's). Also attach a weight to your foot and do side way legs swings without bending your knee. Use a weight where you can only to at maximum 12 reps and do 3 sets at least twice a week. Eventually you should be able to get to the point where you can attach the weight to your foot and hold it dead still at head level position either in a side kick and/or front kick. These muscles are critical to almost everything you do in Karate. If you want fast and powerful kicks and punches these muscles must not be neglected. There are many exercises you can do to develop these muscles and tendons, but after 27 years, I feel weights is best. Try weights on this for at least six months and then measure your capabilities. see if this old goat is wrong 7th Dan ChidokaiA true combat warrior has to be hard as nails in mind, body and soul. Warriors are action takers and not action fakers. If you are cruising, make time for losing
Phantasmatic Posted January 30, 2002 Posted January 30, 2002 i agree with Anonymous that weights will strengthen your kicks. I went to the local Target a while back and got me some leg weights. It feels weird after you have worn them a while. To strengthen my sidekicks i just started doing them in slow motion. It seemed to work because my sidekicks are very fast and strong now. i can now break 5 1-in boards with my left sidekick. I'm proud of myself!! "Which one is more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him?" - Obi Wan Kenobi
KickChick Posted January 30, 2002 Posted January 30, 2002 If you want to increase the intensity of your hip/leg workout ... I have a more advanced approach (variable resistance) by using a resistance tube/band together with weights. The two complement one another. The resistance tubing will not provide an overload to the muscle at the beginning of a movement, although it does provide increasing or variable resistance throughout the movement. The weights provide resistance and an overload to the muscle at the beginning of a movement, but not later in the movement because of momentum and the need to slow the weight before coming to the end of the movement. By using the tubing together with the weights, resistance (inertia) of the weight, counters the lack of tension or resistance in the tubing during the initial stages of the movement, and the increasing stretch and resistance of the tubing controls the momentum of the weights and provides the needed additional resistance at the end of the range of motion. Funny, I was watching very, very early morning tv today, and much to my surprise I see Jackie Chan pushing his new device which is basically a cable-ized resistance workout. (I believe no weights involved in this one!) Oh Jackie c'mon! http://www.cableflex.com/ _________________ ITF/TKD Black Belt (1st dan)/Fitness Kickboxing Instructor (KarateForums Sensei) [ This Message was edited by: KickChick on 2002-01-30 10:42 ]
TKD_McGee Posted January 30, 2002 Posted January 30, 2002 Jerking the hips always puts you in an ackward position. Do unto others, as they done to you.
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