Wobbly mawashi geri

[Jussi Häkkinen]

Some people pivot/place their foot out before kicking, or at the same time as they lift the foot...which is wrong according to my instructor...

 

Yes, it is. You could as well rise a flag with a text "KICK COMING" if you pivot your foot before kicking - this applies to all kicks where you pivot the foot, also to a back kick.

 

You also weaken the power of your kick by pre-pivoting. Turn the foot when you snap the hip for kick - that's the way to do it.

[Killer Miller]

Realistically, you wouldn't use Mawashi Geri and return back to the exact position unless you were doing "5-way" kicking during training warm-up. Mae Geri would be much more practical for that scenario. With Mawashi Geri you would typically carry your momentum forward and end up with Zenkutsu Dachi with the kicking foot as the front supporting leg. Or, you would end up in a 45 to 90 degree angle, from your opponent after kicking if returning back to the same Zenkutsu Dachi stance - due to the pivoting of the supporting foot.

 

And in response to the other poster, the foot pivots the instant the hip rotates when driving your knee forward - it's a very rapid shift-pivot that ends with a solid plant to the floor prior to reaching your focal point of your kick.

 

- Killer Miller -

 

 

Ah, so you pivot the foot while kicking, not before kicking. Hmm, do some people actually pivot the foot before kicking...never ran into such style, really.

 

Great thing that you clarified it, Killer Miller. I actually had interesting knee surgery scenarios running in my mind.