KUNTA KINTE Posted May 21, 2005 Posted May 21, 2005 How can i get more power out of my kicks?? with out any weights. The right to keep and bear Arms.
TJS Posted May 21, 2005 Posted May 21, 2005 Techniqe is where most of your power will come from. Then there are body weight leg excersises like jump squats, lunges etc. My best advice would be just practice them alot on a heavy bag
AnonymousOne Posted May 21, 2005 Posted May 21, 2005 Try plyometric exercises to develop explosive power in your legs 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
GrrrArg Posted May 21, 2005 Posted May 21, 2005 You most likely dont need to build any muscle or weight to kick harder.TJS was spot on when he said its all about technique.Im not a big guy (about 6ft, 12 to 12 1/2 stone) but if I can but all that behind a kick its gonna hurt.My technique isnt brilliant, but I get probably just over half my weight behind it. 8 stone crashing into you, focused on a point the size of the end of my foot...well that will hurt just about anyone.
Kaminari Posted May 21, 2005 Posted May 21, 2005 Im not a big guy (about 6ft, 12 to 12 1/2 stone)...My technique isnt brilliant, but I get probably just over half my weight behind it. 8 stone crashing into you...What is this "stone" a measure of? How do you determine this number?
isshinryu5toforever Posted May 21, 2005 Posted May 21, 2005 a stone is a measure of weight. By saying he ways abour 12 stone, he's saying he weighs about 170 lbs i think. If I'm not mistaken one stone is about 14 lbs. He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.- Tao Te Ching"Move as swift as a wind, stay as silent as forest, attack as fierce as fire, undefeatable defense like a mountain."- Sun Tzu, the Art of War
Ben Martin Posted May 21, 2005 Posted May 21, 2005 yeah thats right us brits use pounds n stone;) 14 pounds = 1 stone Strive to Become The Type Of Person That Others Do Not Normally Encounter In This WorldI would love it if everyone i spoke to or met throughout my life would benefit from being with or speaking to me. - Life goalI See The Sunshine But Their's A Storm Holding Me Back.
AnonymousOne Posted May 21, 2005 Posted May 21, 2005 Its long been proved that proper weight training combined with plyometric training (complex training) will boost the power output of punchs and kicks.To get slightly scientific about this, one needs to develop the fast twitch muscle fibres used in a specific technique.One needs functional strength to move a muscle at speed and power. I am talking about functional strength and not the type of strength in slowly lifting a heavy weight.To master a kick takes many things. Assuming you are correctly performing the technique there are several things you can do.First you need to develop explosive power in all of the muscles involved in the kick.Doing exercises like squats, burpess, star jumps and squat jumps will help build the muscles in an explosive way to train those fast twitch muscle fibres.You can perform a sequence like this:10 squats with weights20 body weight squats followed by the kick20 star jumps20 squat jumpsAs one set, then repeat for as many sets as you are physically able to do. Rest 1-2 minutes between sets. You can adjust the reps to suit your physical condition.In addition to this practise half the kick.. the first half... the knee lift. Also known as Hiza Geri.. knee kick. When doing this, do it in intervals. Go for one minute as fast as you possibly can, lifting the knee as high as you can. Then rest 1 minute then repeat. Then emphasis here is on speed not endurance. Do as many sets as you can per leg. Getting the knee up as fast as possible is critical to an effective kick. Then perform the same formula doing the second half of the kick from the knee lift to full extention. In other words what you are doing here is breaking the kick down into components and building each component separately. Again work in intervals as fast as you can and then rest. Quality of speed and power here is more important than quantity.Many people do hundreds of kicks at a slow (slower) pace and thats fine for endurance, but you need to teach your muscles, namely the fast twitch muscle fibres, to do what you want then to do.Bag work. Bag work is very important to building power. Perform the same exercises decribed above but this time hitting the bag. Remember with kicks that the power comes from thrusting the hips forward whilst the kick is reaching its pinnacle. Often a lack of power in kicks comes from not using the hips properly. When you kick the bag make sure you are thrusting your hips into the kick correctly.Boots. Get some heavy boots and practise your kicks in the methods described above. If you need some scientific data to understand why you need to work your muscles this way buy the book:"Science of Sports Training"http://www.stadion.com/science.html 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
GrrrArg Posted May 21, 2005 Posted May 21, 2005 Nice post anon.I totally agree that more muscle = more powerful kicks. But if you got a good technique then you dont neccasarily need the extra muscle. Its like shooting a guy with a cannon Stone = 14 lbs so me vary between 170-180 pounds..pssshh colonial off shoots J/K
AnonymousOne Posted May 21, 2005 Posted May 21, 2005 Its not about bigger muscles, its about stronger muscles 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
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