u just said it. your opponent has moved back giving you time to recover and your not really that off balance its a really easy kick to do with practise
@Fingyfin SO have i and this is one , i trained in ITF taekwondo for many years and i know for a fact that the striking tool with the turning kick is the ball of the foot and NOT the instep like this guy is using, hes also focusing more on height than power
I don't even remember watching this video. But he dose have great control. The instep would be the only thing wrong with this kick. This would be good for tournament sparring, but not patterns.
Awesome kicking, can you tell me which muscles are used to perform good turning kicks, and which exercises will help to strengthen them? I can perform turning kicks but it's more of a "shove" than a muscular effort if you know what I mean.
Obviously proper turning kicks will help to strengthen them, but I can't do proper turning kicks yet without the leg strength.
pjc5150 I had the same problem for many years and I found out if I stretched and warmed up my hip sockets before training it made a big difference. Also make sure to pivot your base leg and don't throw powerful kicks ( or punches )without using a heavy bag or focus shield I know this first hand I have a knee that bothers me from kicking just in the air without a target for 18 years hope this helped .
@lhofbauer Yes, you are right. I also started to question if we should deliver so much force during patterns. Offc u have to be a bit convincing, but not at the cost of your body. Imo, when doing a turning kick in a pattern one should thrust the hip into it. Cz when u do, it becomes a power kick. We don't want that offc. But in the heavy bag, u indeed want the hip thrusted along with the leg. U are free to correct if I'm wrong, it's just my opinion.
@pjc5150 Hmm, I think that happened to me when I first started training. Now it doesn't. Apperantly im now a natural at them, and my grading examiner thinks im the best in the class (except for the black belts!!) And im only yellow belt
I agree with everything except bending the base leg. If you push off your base leg you can add a substantial amount of power to your kick. Your base leg should be straight. I don't know anyone who would say different.
But your opponents capacity to absorb damage at head level is a fraction of his (or her) capacity to absorb damage at abs or chest level. Even for women, with less mass at mid level; at least there's some protection. A kick in the head or face = fight over.
Just one more thing, if you don't believe the 'highest is weakest' theory, if science isn't enough (your leg is stronger at the right angle and then loses power) get someone to hold one of these hand mats (sorry don't know what they're called) always at the same level on his body but ask him/her to step on a chair and then kneel. Do the 3 heights of the turning kick and ask them which was more powerful.
Well, check out real fights like ultimate fighting and tell me how many people use a kick that high when you can break someone's leg with the same kick to the knee...(the higher you go with a kick, the less strength there is, that's a physical fact)
Like i said, it does the job, I really don't care about whether those muscle heads in the UFC use those kicks or not. I use it, i've been training for 9 years and it work when you hit right. as for the knee, what the hell are you talking about, sometimes you kick head sometimes you kick knee whatever the situation call for, why do I have to choose to kick knee instead of your head? makes no sense bud
What makes no sense is that you're taking my comment as an attack when I was just talking about the kick itself out of all other kicks. That's all. I've been training for 13 years and when people have comments or suggestions, I always listen before I jump to conlusions and offer to kick someone in the head. I've had enough, why don't you go annoy the other people on this board... ha ha
you insult a martial art when you say this technique that technique is useless when you don't post your own technique
and 13 years of training have done nothing to reduce your excessive ego, I suggest looking at your own training and post video up to show credits before saying "this technique is bad", it's not convincing and is offensive to most martial artist, other than that i'm cool with you
I didn't say it was "bad", I said it was weak. On youtube all you see are these impressive kicks to look at but weaker and not practical. The guy in the video has a very good turning kick, that's not the point I'm making. There are ways to make turning kicks more powerful.
just use the dam kick whenever the situation calls for, the more you know the better, everything is used when it is needed. If this kick has less force then it is used as a filler strike in between more forceful attacks to maximize surprise
Old style round or turning kick.
CASteel1 1 year ago
EXPLAIN: what if opponent moves back and you miss. you're gravely offbalance.
fuckliao 2 years ago
Then that means you need more training.
wally2296 2 years ago
u just said it. your opponent has moved back giving you time to recover and your not really that off balance its a really easy kick to do with practise
minitari 2 years ago
I've seen allot of crap turning kick vids on youtube.
THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM
WELL DONE!
Fingyfin 2 years ago
@Fingyfin SO have i and this is one , i trained in ITF taekwondo for many years and i know for a fact that the striking tool with the turning kick is the ball of the foot and NOT the instep like this guy is using, hes also focusing more on height than power
ShaneIE1 1 year ago
@ShaneIE1
I don't even remember watching this video. But he dose have great control. The instep would be the only thing wrong with this kick. This would be good for tournament sparring, but not patterns.
Fingyfin 1 year ago
Awesome kicking, can you tell me which muscles are used to perform good turning kicks, and which exercises will help to strengthen them? I can perform turning kicks but it's more of a "shove" than a muscular effort if you know what I mean.
Obviously proper turning kicks will help to strengthen them, but I can't do proper turning kicks yet without the leg strength.
Thanks.
reckIess 2 years ago
thigh muscles and side (under your arm)
nubegonfia 2 years ago
Why does my hip hurt on the opposite side to my kicking leg when i execute the turning kick? Its almost unbareable!
pjc5150 3 years ago
pjc5150 I had the same problem for many years and I found out if I stretched and warmed up my hip sockets before training it made a big difference. Also make sure to pivot your base leg and don't throw powerful kicks ( or punches )without using a heavy bag or focus shield I know this first hand I have a knee that bothers me from kicking just in the air without a target for 18 years hope this helped .
Good Luck In Your Training
lhofbauer 3 years ago
@lhofbauer Yes, you are right. I also started to question if we should deliver so much force during patterns. Offc u have to be a bit convincing, but not at the cost of your body. Imo, when doing a turning kick in a pattern one should thrust the hip into it. Cz when u do, it becomes a power kick. We don't want that offc. But in the heavy bag, u indeed want the hip thrusted along with the leg. U are free to correct if I'm wrong, it's just my opinion.
dangkoen 1 year ago
@pjc5150 Hmm, I think that happened to me when I first started training. Now it doesn't. Apperantly im now a natural at them, and my grading examiner thinks im the best in the class (except for the black belts!!) And im only yellow belt
Dustybolt 1 year ago
descubre los genitales, no sirve esa patada.
Leonardoalviarez 3 years ago
But wouldn't raising your knee from the side give your opponent the chance to check your attack and block it off using his legs?
Tidusyj 3 years ago
Wow,it's really useful. Thank you .
xkelvinlohx 3 years ago
Excellent demonstration, thank you for the video Mr.Hofbauer.
trcyskenpo 3 years ago
I agree with everything except bending the base leg. If you push off your base leg you can add a substantial amount of power to your kick. Your base leg should be straight. I don't know anyone who would say different.
boxsterwelby 3 years ago
boxsterwelby
I think what he is trying to say is by bending the base leg you will have better balance compared to your base leg being straight
badbadbatman69 3 years ago
well yeah highest is weakest.
But your opponents capacity to absorb damage at head level is a fraction of his (or her) capacity to absorb damage at abs or chest level. Even for women, with less mass at mid level; at least there's some protection. A kick in the head or face = fight over.
SpinningKick 3 years ago
highest isn't weakest.
its just hard to add alot of power on that level without being very telegraphy
guiltybystander77 3 years ago
Very well spoken...and right^^
Kiezkollege 3 years ago
You are a good teacher. Keep on the great work(;.
qachaqi 3 years ago 2
my son thinks your instruction is great,he's getting better and better,he wants more of your demos,check him out (simpsoncrew)
simpsoncrew 4 years ago
Just one more thing, if you don't believe the 'highest is weakest' theory, if science isn't enough (your leg is stronger at the right angle and then loses power) get someone to hold one of these hand mats (sorry don't know what they're called) always at the same level on his body but ask him/her to step on a chair and then kneel. Do the 3 heights of the turning kick and ask them which was more powerful.
lounakin 4 years ago
Turning kicks to the head are the weakest kicks of all though...
lounakin 4 years ago
right, I offer to kick you in the head with that
getaneducationnow1 4 years ago
Why the violence? I'm saying it's the weakest, I'm not attacking you!I'm just talking physics here.
lounakin 4 years ago
lol, that's why I offer to kick
what's weakest and strongest, and why does physic has to say anything. It does the job and thats good enuff
getaneducationnow1 4 years ago
Well, check out real fights like ultimate fighting and tell me how many people use a kick that high when you can break someone's leg with the same kick to the knee...(the higher you go with a kick, the less strength there is, that's a physical fact)
lounakin 4 years ago
Like i said, it does the job, I really don't care about whether those muscle heads in the UFC use those kicks or not. I use it, i've been training for 9 years and it work when you hit right. as for the knee, what the hell are you talking about, sometimes you kick head sometimes you kick knee whatever the situation call for, why do I have to choose to kick knee instead of your head? makes no sense bud
getaneducationnow1 4 years ago
What makes no sense is that you're taking my comment as an attack when I was just talking about the kick itself out of all other kicks. That's all. I've been training for 13 years and when people have comments or suggestions, I always listen before I jump to conlusions and offer to kick someone in the head. I've had enough, why don't you go annoy the other people on this board... ha ha
lounakin 4 years ago
wow good come back,
you insult a martial art when you say this technique that technique is useless when you don't post your own technique
and 13 years of training have done nothing to reduce your excessive ego, I suggest looking at your own training and post video up to show credits before saying "this technique is bad", it's not convincing and is offensive to most martial artist, other than that i'm cool with you
getaneducationnow1 4 years ago
I didn't say it was "bad", I said it was weak. On youtube all you see are these impressive kicks to look at but weaker and not practical. The guy in the video has a very good turning kick, that's not the point I'm making. There are ways to make turning kicks more powerful.
lounakin 4 years ago
just use the dam kick whenever the situation calls for, the more you know the better, everything is used when it is needed. If this kick has less force then it is used as a filler strike in between more forceful attacks to maximize surprise
getaneducationnow1 4 years ago
sure.
lounakin 4 years ago