Side kick

[BladeLee]

Ok, this is kinda of hard to xplain but just curious how you guys throw your side kicks. Say your in a right fighting stance, on guard stance..whatever, and your throwing the side kick from the front leg. Do you chamber your leg near your hip and throw it out, or do you bring it back further like towards the back of your ribs then execute the technique? or do you do it a different way then both of them if you dont understand this then i really dont blame ya lol, im having trouble xplainign what i want to say thanks

[LeaF]

We would generally kick from the hip in this situation, it feels rather uncomfortable to have to bring your leg all the way back to your ribs before kicking it out. I suppose you would get more power this way but it would also make the kick much more obvious

[BladeLee]

I feel exactly the same way leaf that is how i throw them, im just seeing if thats how the majority of you guys throw em as well. thanks!

[koreantiger81]

Throwing the side-kick from the hip without having your knee go past your hip is the quickest way to throw a side-kick. I don't recommend having your knee go back beyond your hip because this will effect weight transfer. Bringing the knee back beyond your hip might throw you off balance. In addition, your knee has to travel a greater distance therefore it takes a longer time to get your kick out...It's true that there's more power if you have your knee go past your hip, but a kick from the waist will still do a lot of damage!...I don't ban having your knee go past your hip for all situations. The only time I might throw a side kick this way is if I don't have sufficient room to throw the side kick from the hip..By pulling your knee past your hip, it gives you extra room throw side kicks in close range.