Kuma Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 No knee strikes? And I'm assuming by "Thai kick" he means the low kick to the thigh?My personal five would be mae geri (front kick), mawashi geri (round kick), hiza geri (knee strike), yoko geri (side kick), and sune geri (scoop kick). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JusticeZero Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Mine are going to be weird, i'm sure...Heel stomp kick.. this contains a knee strike as the chamber, so..Spinning roundhouse kick from the ground (posting on hands and lead foot)Foot sweepHeel kick from cartwheel - weapon recovery and breakfall applications360 spin kick - because it hits an area that's usually in a bit of a shadow of stance "Anything worth doing is worth doing badly." - Baleia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish_headz Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 I am quite amaze that there are no side kick to the knee. I also think that a front leg side kick is also quite effective, though one needs to have a mastery of it. That can produce a enourmous amount of power just standing and can be thown and return quite fast. If you have space and put slight step behind in it, it becomes almost deadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ps1 Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 The March 2011 issue of Black Belt magazine has an article by C. Lee Long, "Need to Know: The 5 Kicks Every Martial Artist Must Master," pp. 74-75.I've read in a different article that the front kick and the roundhouse are all that are needed, but Long identifies five:1. Front Kick2. Side Thrust Kick3. Thai Kick4. Wheel Kick (roundhouse)5. Heel-Thrust KickThe photos and explanations given are very good in terms of self-defense, not sparring. Training/practice for self-defense, not in sparring, which has rules, would apply here. In my opinion, this is really only three kicks:Roundhouse w/variations (ball of foot and shin)Front Kick w/ variations (ball of foot and heel of foot)Side kickSo, given my way of thinking, I add a knee strike.Those four strikes, studied in all their variations and uses, will be enough for anyone; sport, self defense, or otherwise. "It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenius." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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