Do you guys use Vine? Vine of my son...

[AdamKralic]

Zach practiced the side into a back spin hook and we decided to make a vine of it.

[Wastelander]

That's definitely a much better spinning hook kick than I can throw! Very cool!

[bushido_man96]

Looks good. Two things I would focus on:

1. follow through. Don't get into the habit of pulling that kick like that all the time. Its supposed to drive through. That touch kick will work for your point sparring, but that's a shawdow of what the kick is supposed to be. Keep that in mind, and practice both. He shouldn't "fall off" after that kick, because his balance will be off, and if he didn't score, he'll be in a bad spot. Have him follow through with the re-chamber, and then land forward or spin all the way through to recover.

2. If he puts more of a chamber at the beginning, he have a faster hook kick. Right now, he's got more of what we would refer to as a spinning heel kick, where the leg stays straight throughout the delivery, and follows through upon contact. He's swinging up all that momentum with his leg, then stopping it at the head, and then ends up in a poor defensive position.

Here's a video that might give you some ideas of what I'm talking about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGNBMJQVG98

I tend to chamber mine a little more than he does, but I'm not looking to knock out my classmates, either. I hope this helps you out.

[Harkon72]

The kick in this video look great but has two very obvious faults;

The cross step not only telegraphs the kick, it invites the sweep that would land the kicker on his butt faster than he could throw it.

The contact should be made with the heel - always, unless you are playing tag for points.

This is the kick I need in combination for my next grading; my sensei tied my leg straight with a brace until I got it right, the key is to pivot on the front foot - not to move it at all.

The combination is Ushiro Mwashi Geri, Sirikomi Mwashi Geri for my 3rd Kyu.

[bushido_man96]

The combination is Ushiro Mwashi Geri, Sirikomi Mwashi Geri for my 3rd Kyu.

What does that translate as?

[Harkon72]

"Reverse Roundhouse Kick, step up Roundhouse Kick."

You're in left guard, front stance - you throw the reverse or spinning round kick with your right foot back into the same stance, then you step up with your right leg and perform a left round kick before landing in a left front guard stance.

[sensei8]

Looks good. Two things I would focus on:

1. follow through. Don't get into the habit of pulling that kick like that all the time. Its supposed to drive through. That touch kick will work for your point sparring, but that's a shawdow of what the kick is supposed to be. Keep that in mind, and practice both. He shouldn't "fall off" after that kick, because his balance will be off, and if he didn't score, he'll be in a bad spot. Have him follow through with the re-chamber, and then land forward or spin all the way through to recover.

2. If he puts more of a chamber at the beginning, he have a faster hook kick. Right now, he's got more of what we would refer to as a spinning heel kick, where the leg stays straight throughout the delivery, and follows through upon contact. He's swinging up all that momentum with his leg, then stopping it at the head, and then ends up in a poor defensive position.

Here's a video that might give you some ideas of what I'm talking about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGNBMJQVG98

I tend to chamber mine a little more than he does, but I'm not looking to knock out my classmates, either. I hope this helps you out.

Solid post!!

[Patrick]

Thank you for sharing this, AdamKralic. I'm not sure if you meant for people to critique the technique, heh. I like the personality.

Patrick

[AdamKralic]

Any comment is a good comment. It's all good.

He cannot kick through a CEntury Bob head. Bob does not react as a human would. You can knock a human over by their head, you can get the head itself to move on it's own or with a lot of help from your foot. Similarly the body too will aid in that object moving. Bob is more resistant by a factor of a gazillion. (that may or may not be a guesstimate) EDIT: I did look at that spin kick tutorial and THAT man could move Bob's head...my son is not strong enough to do the same at this point.

In some ways that hinders really going all out on a technique. Truth be told I'd imagine following through is easier than going at that velocity and knowing that you will encounter a object that will not allow your leg to pass through. We have this issue with axe kicks and Bob as well. Zach does not like landing a hard, proper axe kick on Bob's shoulders. Bob doesn't give as much when struck as a human child will.

Yesterday's class was cancelled...but tonight is his regular class. I am going to tell Zach to push his opponent with side kick to chest spam and when he has him cornered...pop with the back spin hook/heel/whatever.

Zach at first had no "celebrations" after the kick...but the whole kick combo from me saying "go" to him landing after spin only took about 2 seconds. (Vines are mandatory 6 seconds...not a second more or less) We had to eat 4 more seconds! So I told him to "primp" for the camera afterwards...left it to him to decide what that meant.

Edited November 19, 2013 by AdamKralic

[Nidan Melbourne]

better kicks than i can do