- Step off at 45 degree angle (though sometimes it is necessary to throw a kick without stepping). Don’t exaggerate your step, keep supporting foot low to the mat as your step, keeping heel off mat to reduce friction.
- Push off with your kicking leg for added momentum, transfer that momentum into the kicking leg by keeping your kicking side hip moving into target. Lead with hip, keep kicking leg relaxed for maximum transfer of energy. Don’t bend, flick, or snap your kicking leg. Just extend it outwards leading with the hip (as opposed to the knee or foot).
- Keep upper body and back straight and moving into target, not back. (For low kicks, lean forward and rotate your body towards your supporting leg side slightly). Your kicking side shoulder and supporting leg should be on the same axis.
- If it’s a low kick, keep supporting leg slightly bent. If it’s a kick above the hips, extend supporting leg as straight as possible.
- At full extension of kicking leg, rotate shoulders and pivot on the ball of your foot, supporting heel aiming toward opponent at impact. This should be done in unison so that all parts of the body are working together.
- Keep supporting side hand guarding head. Other arm drops and shoulder rotates forward with kicking hip. Immediately return kicking arm to defensive position after kick is complete.
- Throughout the kick, your vertical axis should remain aligned for maximum retention of balance.
DallasVanWinkle
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