Have youse got any drills/tips for doing a roundhouse and keeping balance Also elbows and knee tips/drills

 

[ This Message was edited by: Liam_Sullivan on 2001-10-09 05:57 ]

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Edited September 29, 200223 yr by Bon

Are you having trouble keeping balance on lead leg roundhouse kicks or rear legged? You drop one of your hands when executing a roundhouse kick. The reason is for both leverage and added power. For the lead side roundhouse kick drop the lead hand, the same is true for the rear legged roundhouse kick.

 

Roundhouse kicks from the lead leg are naturally weaker because they do not benefit anywhere near as much from the body's rotation during the kick. When the lead hand "drops" it does not actually just drop, but is swung.The swing is to generate additional power while pivoting and help the you maintain your balance. The swing arm can be used to interfere with your opponent. You are sticking it in his face and blocking his punches or guarding against a kick. The arm drops, but the shoulder does not! Leaning away from the kicking leg adds more of the body's weight to the force of the kick and gets the your head OUT OF THE WAY of a

 

counterstrike.

 

To elbow train just do horizontal or vertical elbow strikes on focus mitts as fast as you can (alternate sides each strike). If you do it fast enough, it starts to sound like like a train chugging along...

 

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[ This Message was edited by: KickChick on 2001-10-10 09:53 ]

run somewhere for about 6 minutes then do some streches!!!hitting a bag or not with knee then switch to roundhouse then elbows!!!

Thanks for your replies everbody I am having trouble keeping balance and returning too normal stance.What kind of bag should I get if those long heavy bags are too expensixve too buy just yet

heavy bags are better!!

i do not agree with dropping your lead hand when roundhousing with your lead leg because somebody who is a very skilled fighter will see that, time it and make you pay for it!

When you roundhouse you should have timed it so that you're leaning your upper body back out of range of your opponants attacks, one arm should be enough to stop anything that gets through.High kicks are supposed to be powerful if somewhat slower attacks than punches: the distance the kick has to travel is further than the punch. The advantage you have in the kick is you're not as exposed to a counter: hopefully you are out of range. Along the same lines, use frount kicks to increase the distance between you and your opponant, push him away if he is raining too many punches down on you.

 

But Liam, havnt you got someone to teach you these things?

Yeh I do I am also just asking youse too

oh incase we tell you something better??