Some tkd schools call this a back kick. Kuk Sool Won calls it a back side kick.
EVERY instructor, member and, especially, the club owner are required to make their club a safe place. If they do not do so at any time,...
Makiwara and heavy bags are good for a short period of time. If done for extended periods of time, your wrists, and probably elbows, will regret...
Snap kicks would be, and are, basics in many arts. Traditional martial arts are flawed in many ways us as, for a sample: straight punching...
You are turning sideways and then throwing your kick. When sideways, the two ways to know the kick coming is where the heel of the kicking foot...
I am still trying to figure out how these martial arts video producers figure their 1-hour videos are worth selling for $50-$60. It is ridiculous...
As far as I am concerned, you are ranked as a black belt then you compete as one, especially at open tournaments. If it is a Kukkiwon tournament...
I was was going by the history I recall from years ago in the the original story was that kenpo is as I informed while kempo was Chinese. The...
I assume you are a referring to Kenpo, the Japanese/Okinawan arts that American Kenpo grew from, not the Chinese Kempo. I do not follow MMA but I...
Watch Okinawans throw front and side snap kicks. You would be floored (pun intended). Yes, thrusting kicks have more mass (NOT weight ) behind...
Depends on the art. Kuk Sool Won calls it a back side kick while tkd calls it a back kick. His back is turned to the opponent with his foot...
Typically, a snap kick is done no higher than waist level but if a person has the dynamic flexibility to go head height with the body in a Y...
That is a back kick by definition
Lee has the perfect "Y" posture for side kick. The more your body is parallel to the floor, the more likely you are to bounce off the target....
Reportedly bad, yes. But there is no evidence that the snap kick is harder on the knees than the thrust just as there is not evidence that a jab...
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