Withers M.A.A. Posted May 18, 2002 Share Posted May 18, 2002 If you use your body when you are throwing the ax kick properly when the kick is near complete your body weight should be moving forward so a backfist is PERFECT... Keep in mind the backfist will be coming in a downward position. i've used this tech. a million times and I also teach it to the people I train. They in turn use it to so I know for a fact that it works great. Pete 2nd Degree black belt in Kenpo Karate and Tae Kwon Do. 1997 NASKA competitor-2nd place Nationally in Blackbelt American Forms. Firearms activist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckdstudent Posted May 18, 2002 Share Posted May 18, 2002 Surely backfist requires your bodyweight to be moving around sideways since its a horizontal technique rather than a vertical? ---------Pil SungJimmy B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Withers M.A.A. Posted May 19, 2002 Share Posted May 19, 2002 I'm referring to a backfist that is coming in a downward motion.......... It is coming from the same direction as the ax kick. THe strike is coming from the ceiling towards the ground. 2nd Degree black belt in Kenpo Karate and Tae Kwon Do. 1997 NASKA competitor-2nd place Nationally in Blackbelt American Forms. Firearms activist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckdstudent Posted May 19, 2002 Share Posted May 19, 2002 Ah, in that case I see what you mean. ---------Pil SungJimmy B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Withers M.A.A. Posted May 21, 2002 Share Posted May 21, 2002 Sorry I should have been more specific. Throwing a backfast in a horizontal motion after an ax kick would be down right stupid... hehe Throwing the technique in a downward motion following the ax kick works well esp. when followed up with a reverse punch. Sorry for the confusion. Pete 2nd Degree black belt in Kenpo Karate and Tae Kwon Do. 1997 NASKA competitor-2nd place Nationally in Blackbelt American Forms. Firearms activist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazydee Posted June 1, 2002 Share Posted June 1, 2002 best way to use an ax kick is to aim at the face. use it to build foward momentum and follow with a quick one two, backfist middlepunch. Also, a good thing to do is don't do an ax kick that goes straight up and down. A more effective one is one that is angled slightly, very hard to describe i guess in writing but i'm sure you'll see people in tournaments do it. I'll try to explain here. instead of throwing your leg straight above the target and straight down, angle it a lil and bring it down in an angle. Ex. , if you were leftside fwd and you do an ax kick with ur back leg and you aim for your opponents head. throw your leg up a lil to the left of their head (your left) and whip it down and an angle going towards your right. A very good techniqe to use which is harder to block than a normal ax kick. not saying don't use the normal one ever, just giving you some more tools to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarateMom Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 The axe kick is one that I have to know for my next belt. I really need some suggestions on how to do this technique better. I can bring my knee up to my chest but when I try to extend my leg out everything goes kaput! ~*KarateMom*~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John G Posted October 30, 2002 Share Posted October 30, 2002 Join the gang... It's a matter of flexibility, something I have to work towards all the time . Respectfully, John G Jarrett III Dan, ITF Taekwon-Do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aes Posted October 30, 2002 Share Posted October 30, 2002 I was told Axe Kicks were illegal in Shorin-rhu sparring due to it being hard to control and so deadly. This isn't the case in other forms of Karate sparring? Al 43 Years oldBlue Belt (7th Kyu) Shorin-ryuRoberts Karate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karatekid1975 Posted October 30, 2002 Share Posted October 30, 2002 Aes, It depends. In TKD, we are allowed to use it. But it being such a powerful technique, I choose not to use it, so I don't hurt fellow students. I heard of people in my dojang alone getting hurt from it, so I don't use it in class. Laurie F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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