how do you feel about round kicks?

[sensei8]

How I feel about roundhouse kicks? I love them...just as long as they're waist down...my styles Okinawan based.

[Zaine]

How I feel about roundhouse kicks? I love them...just as long as they're waist down...my styles Okinawan based.

Same here, if I'm kicking it's usually to your legs.

[sensei8]

How I feel about roundhouse kicks? I love them...just as long as they're waist down...my styles Okinawan based.

Same here, if I'm kicking it's usually to your legs.

Same here as well.

Because of my limited TKD experience, I've still got a wickedly fast change-up roundhouse. Not many expect that from me because of my Okinawan background. I can be sneaky at times!

[judobrah]

am i the only one that trows a side kick faster then a round kick or front kick?i always feel that round kicks take to much time to trow, but my side kicks are always kick and powerful to bad they are more difficult to land

[Zaine]

The thing about side kicks is that they are easily telegraphed because there is a little more set up in them than there is in a round house kicks. Front kicks are effective and they are fast as well, but sometimes are harder to do any significant damage on them. No one said that roundhouse kicks were their fastest kick, just that it is a fast kick to pull off in a pinch.

[JusticeZero]

The setup for a rount kick (martelo) for me is just walking, so fast or not it isn't that big a deal. It's useful for some things.

I don't do a sidekick, so I can't comment on it.

I don't train to fight. I train to break things that are stopping me from leaving. Big difference. The world isn't Tekken.

[sensei8]

Bill "Superfoot" Wallace, during his PKA days, executed some of the most difficult kicks, especially the roundhouse and hook kick, with ease as well as them being extremely fast, 60 mph, to the head level.

[Zaine]

Bill "Superfoot" Wallace, during his PKA days, executed some of the most difficult kicks, especially the roundhouse and hook kick, with ease as well as them being extremely fast, 60 mph, to the head level.

I had the privilege of attending one of his seminars in Texas. It was amazing.

[Dobie1979]

I like my roundhouse kicks to be directed towards the legs and inner thighs. Now in sparing I don't try for the inner thighs, do to the risk of accidently catching my partner in the pills. Round house can be a very powerful kick even when in close.

[MaxMarks]

The round kick is a staple kick. Because it does take a little time it usually has to be dressed up in a sparring match to land but in a self defense situation you would probably get a long way with just the round kick.

I got hit in the head Tuesday night with one by someone who wasn't trying to knock me out and it was no fun (the stars were pretty though.) So, yeah, fire away: legs, ribs, head. What ever you can do. What ever is open.