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If you want more height on the kick then you need to open up both hips. So turning the supporting foot out may be useful to begin with. I generally don't have a problem with getting the height or distance I need to connect but I still keep the foot side on turning just 90 degrees instead of 180. It all comes down to hip flexibility and how stable you want to be when you deliver the kick as well as if are using keagi or kekomi kicks.

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If you pivot the standing foot 180 degrees, try rolling your kicking hip all the way over-almost like a back kick. This will give you more power and flexibility. This may not work with your instructor. But hey-when you open your own Dojo you can tech whatever you want! :brow:

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I have found that pulling it straight up, then pushing it straight out in no particular anglular whatever is the best, just whatever is natural because it is faster. But then, I only use side kicks low to screw someones knee up, and it's really half side-kick half stomp, so....

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If you pivot the standing foot 180 degrees, try rolling your kicking hip all the way over-almost like a back kick. This will give you more power and flexibility. This may not work with your instructor. But hey-when you open your own Dojo you can tech whatever you want! :brow:

Yeh, this is what is happening- I swear my instructor is just calling his back kicks side kicks because he starts in a side-facing position.

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