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Barring the use of real and actual weapons, the kick is your longest range weapon. Being the longest range weapon, it is the first zone of defense you have should you meet an attacker. And, should there be actual weapons involved in the fray, having a good and advanced kicking ability may be the advantage you need to survive the encounter.
There are many types of kicks. Unfortunately, many kicks are for show. This article will stay away from kicks where one turns his back, or otherwise reveals weakness during the technique.
To work, a kick must be fast, so you should practice hundreds and even thousands of kicks every single work out. This means that you must practice using your kicks until they are polished, smooth, and totally second nature. The old saying is quite true--the legs must be as agile as the arms, the arms must be as powerful as the legs.
Most people do not get their knees high enough when they kick, so you should practice kicking over an object like a chair. The knee must raise up high enough so that the foot can be projected on a straight line towards the target. You don't want your foot scraping on the skin of the body, you want it penetrating straight in, like a nail driven by a hammer.
Most people do not have enough hip power in their kicks, so you should hold a broom across your hips and make sure the broom tips show that you are turning the hips enough (or not overturning then). The hips are the big and mighty sledgehammer, they are the force that drives the kick and makes it work. Thus, you must tilt your hips slightly, or turn them, to drive that foot forward with weight and authority.
It is very important to add weight to your kick, so practice shoving heavy objects. Find something that weighs as much as a human body, and practice kicking it and actually making it slide across the floor. The further it slides, the more weight is in your kick.
Most important of all, work with other people. It is okay to analyze your kick by how it moves a bag, but but there are limits to inanimate objects. You need to have a work out partner and practice 'planting and pushing' and gauging the real effects of actually kicking a human body.
In closing, kicks are important, but only if you have the desire and will to forge them. You must pass beyond fatigue in your efforts to have perfect kicks. Most important, you must implement what I have told you here, and have total faith yourself.
There are many types of kicks. Unfortunately, many kicks are for show. This article will stay away from kicks where one turns his back, or otherwise reveals weakness during the technique.
To work, a kick must be fast, so you should practice hundreds and even thousands of kicks every single work out. This means that you must practice using your kicks until they are polished, smooth, and totally second nature. The old saying is quite true--the legs must be as agile as the arms, the arms must be as powerful as the legs.
Most people do not get their knees high enough when they kick, so you should practice kicking over an object like a chair. The knee must raise up high enough so that the foot can be projected on a straight line towards the target. You don't want your foot scraping on the skin of the body, you want it penetrating straight in, like a nail driven by a hammer.
Most people do not have enough hip power in their kicks, so you should hold a broom across your hips and make sure the broom tips show that you are turning the hips enough (or not overturning then). The hips are the big and mighty sledgehammer, they are the force that drives the kick and makes it work. Thus, you must tilt your hips slightly, or turn them, to drive that foot forward with weight and authority.
It is very important to add weight to your kick, so practice shoving heavy objects. Find something that weighs as much as a human body, and practice kicking it and actually making it slide across the floor. The further it slides, the more weight is in your kick.
Most important of all, work with other people. It is okay to analyze your kick by how it moves a bag, but but there are limits to inanimate objects. You need to have a work out partner and practice 'planting and pushing' and gauging the real effects of actually kicking a human body.
In closing, kicks are important, but only if you have the desire and will to forge them. You must pass beyond fatigue in your efforts to have perfect kicks. Most important, you must implement what I have told you here, and have total faith yourself.
About the Author:
Al Case, forty years researching martial arts, is alive and kicking at Monster Martial Arts. You should go to his Monster site and get his free ebook.
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