Safroot Posted February 8, 2014 Author Posted February 8, 2014 This is good advice. Also, you can look into some general leg strengthening excercises, like squats and lunges. Sets of those, along with the bag work (do them after the bag work) will be beneficial to your leg strength. After you've built up some leg strength, you could look into adding some plyometric exercises to help build your explosiveness.Thanks for this advice for sure I will try it .... I am happy to try anything that might work for strengthening my left leg kicks "The Martial Arts begin with a point and end in a circle." Sosai Mas Oyama founder of Kyokushin Karate.
Hawkmoon Posted February 13, 2014 Posted February 13, 2014 This is good advice. Also, you can look into some general leg strengthening excercises, like squats and lunges. Sets of those, along with the bag work (do them after the bag work) will be beneficial to your leg strength. After you've built up some leg strength, you could look into adding some plyometric exercises to help build your explosiveness.Do do this work, work the leg get more familiar with it, and more than that get your mind stronger to use it 'better/correctly'.Thinking about this thread I came across a video that ...well..maybe will inspire you, and others but more offer you evidence and other training practices to get the leg and so the legs stronger to build more power into your attacks for when you go to work on the mat!Enjoy! Thanks to our Canadian cousin!Nice work rate, good power, nice simple effective combinations! “A human life gains luster and strength only when it is polished and tempered.”Sosai Masutatsu Oyama (1923 - 1994) Founder of Kyokushin Karate.
Safroot Posted February 13, 2014 Author Posted February 13, 2014 Thinking about this thread I came across a video that ...well..maybe will inspire you, and others but more offer you evidence and other training practices to get the leg and so the legs stronger to build more power into your attacks for when you go to work on the mat!Enjoy! Thanks to our Canadian cousin!Nice work rate, good power, nice simple effective combinations!Thanks Hawkmoon .. so inspiring video. Btw, I have been referred by my GP for a left ankle CT scan tomorrow in addition to some stretching and strengthening exercises. Hopefully the pain decreases so I can train my left leg more. "The Martial Arts begin with a point and end in a circle." Sosai Mas Oyama founder of Kyokushin Karate.
Hawkmoon Posted February 13, 2014 Posted February 13, 2014 if you are in pain, then training is either to stop or to be reduced!Look after yourself, don't push to hard to soon, there is absolutely no point in making an injury worse when a little time to heal was all that was needed.Better to get there tomorrow then to never get there at all!Its not a race, never was!Take time to understand what is happening and mange that first. “A human life gains luster and strength only when it is polished and tempered.”Sosai Masutatsu Oyama (1923 - 1994) Founder of Kyokushin Karate.
Safroot Posted February 13, 2014 Author Posted February 13, 2014 if you are in pain, then training is either to stop or to be reduced!Look after yourself, don't push to hard to soon, there is absolutely no point in making an injury worse when a little time to heal was all that was needed.Better to get there tomorrow then to never get there at all!Its not a race, never was!Take time to understand what is happening and mange that first.Yes Hawkmoon, totally agree with you and I have asked my GP abot training and he encouraged me to continue training after putting on an ankle support which I had done last class & it worked. "The Martial Arts begin with a point and end in a circle." Sosai Mas Oyama founder of Kyokushin Karate.
Safroot Posted February 14, 2014 Author Posted February 14, 2014 if you are in pain, then training is either to stop or to be reduced!Look after yourself, don't push to hard to soon, there is absolutely no point in making an injury worse when a little time to heal was all that was needed.Better to get there tomorrow then to never get there at all!Its not a race, never was!Take time to understand what is happening and mange that first.done CT scan on my left ankle today .... I found an old fracture of small piece of bone that didn't heal and completely torn ligament. the good news is that the GP told me that I can continue training in Karate as long as I use an ankle support and recommended to start physiotherapy if the pain gets worse "The Martial Arts begin with a point and end in a circle." Sosai Mas Oyama founder of Kyokushin Karate.
Hawkmoon Posted February 25, 2014 Posted February 25, 2014 (edited) Thats good news!Take it easy like I said before no point making a bad situation worse!Its not a race, never was!Heres something for all!Last night we worked on what was 'in ye good old days' simply called 'a knockdown mawashi geri', today its simply a knee role as you kick!In short you kick a mawashi be this gedan, chudan or jodan. As you start to reach the desired height roll you hip as much as you role the knee and ...well..put simply drag your leg back to earth.(Think; Axe kick but its the top part of the foot facing the floor, not the heel)You keep the arc tight like an axe kick so keeping any 'tell' you offer minimal.As gedan the target area is the thigh, and as we discovered when done 'correctly, good angle etc etc it is really powerful!The same is true for chudan.BUT....but ..but with the chudan kick the leg angle of the leg the body shape TELLs your opponent you are going for the head, so they set a guard (protect the head) as you would expect due to the initial attack angle of the leg...sadly the target is the ribs...and totally devastating!The chudan kick is its own setup!Now when you do the same thing jodan, you may find you need a setup, but the downward attack of the kick will smash the guard, and at the least it will stun the other guy so its worth putting a setup in to hide your true intention to seek the knockout! Have a look at this vid a perfect example:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIEp6DoNFu4&feature=youtube_gdata_player Watch how the body and leg move, and as is human nature the target MUST react to that attack they think is coming, its the wrong attack, but the target only gets that after is way to late! Edited February 25, 2014 by Hawkmoon “A human life gains luster and strength only when it is polished and tempered.”Sosai Masutatsu Oyama (1923 - 1994) Founder of Kyokushin Karate.
sensei8 Posted February 25, 2014 Posted February 25, 2014 You want your kicks to be stronger?Find a heavy bag and kick the tar out of it until the bag breaks, then when it does, get another bag and kick the tar out of it, and so on and so forth.Find a swimming pool and kick over and over and over and over and so on and so forth. Swimming pools hold a lot of water, hard to move all of that water without any resistance, but resistance is a good thing here.As always, proper execution must be paramount!!Good luck in your training! **Proof is on the floor!!!
Safroot Posted February 25, 2014 Author Posted February 25, 2014 Thats good news!Take it easy like I said before no point making a bad situation worse!Its not a race, never was!Heres something for all!Last night we worked on what was 'in ye good old days' simply called 'a knockdown mawashi geri', today its simply a knee role as you kick!In short you kick a mawashi be this gedan, chudan or jodan. As you start to reach the desired height roll you hip as much as you role the knee and ...well..put simply drag your leg back to earth.(Think; Axe kick but its the top part of the foot facing the floor, not the heel)You keep the arc tight like an axe kick so keeping any 'tell' you offer minimal.As gedan the target area is the thigh, and as we discovered when done 'correctly, good angle etc etc it is really powerful!The same is true for chudan.BUT....but ..but with the chudan kick the leg angle of the leg the body shape TELLs your opponent you are going for the head, so they set a guard (protect the head) as you would expect due to the initial attack angle of the leg...sadly the target is the ribs...and totally devastating!The chudan kick is its own setup!Now when you do the same thing jodan, you may find you need a setup, but the downward attack of the kick will smash the guard, and at the least it will stun the other guy so its worth putting a setup in to hide your true intention to seek the knockout! Have a look at this vid a perfect example:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIEp6DoNFu4&feature=youtube_gdata_player Watch how the body and leg move, and as is human nature the target MUST react to that attack they think is coming, its the wrong attack, but the target only gets that after is way to late! That's an amazing technique thanks for sharing "The Martial Arts begin with a point and end in a circle." Sosai Mas Oyama founder of Kyokushin Karate.
Safroot Posted February 25, 2014 Author Posted February 25, 2014 You want your kicks to be stronger?Find a heavy bag and kick the tar out of it until the bag breaks, then when it does, get another bag and kick the tar out of it, and so on and so forth.Find a swimming pool and kick over and over and over and over and so on and so forth. Swimming pools hold a lot of water, hard to move all of that water without any resistance, but resistance is a good thing here.As always, proper execution must be paramount!!Good luck in your training! The bag work is my main focus now to improve my kicks but what I am worried about is to have strong right leg and weak left one !! I am currently training my left leg for techniques only (no impact) due to my left ankle problem. I guess the swimming pool is good solution for this as there is resistance but no hard object to hit "The Martial Arts begin with a point and end in a circle." Sosai Mas Oyama founder of Kyokushin Karate.
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