🧵 Mastering your kicks
Anonymous at Thu, 9 Feb 2023 19:37:16 UTC No. 135336
Itt we talk about kicks and defence against kicks.
Do you think sidekick with ball of your foot is a good idea? I've been told to use my heel but if push kick with the ball of foot works, then sidekick with ball of the foot should work as well.
Anonymous at Fri, 10 Feb 2023 02:48:01 UTC No. 135427
>>135336
>Do you think sidekick with ball of your foot is a good idea?
The mechanics are different. I'd just go try it on a bag, it really doesn't seem to work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiv
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkL
If you really want to master your kicks, there's really no better way than training at a good TKD school.
Anonymous at Fri, 10 Feb 2023 03:35:39 UTC No. 135433
>>135336
I've never seen a side kick with the ball of the foot, but I have seen a variation of the push kick where the foot is more "45 degrees" rather than straight on.
Anonymous at Fri, 10 Feb 2023 05:31:13 UTC No. 135446
>>135336
Different uses for everything, the ball of the foot will add a bit of distance but the heel will add strength by virtue of not flexing.
Anonymous at Wed, 15 Feb 2023 00:21:19 UTC No. 135933
>>135710
yeah it's super fucked up to kick people's knees while sparring, don't do that
Anonymous at Thu, 16 Feb 2023 05:40:07 UTC No. 136107
>>135710
tks
That looks like mae geri front kick than mawashi. The ball of foot is ideal for front kick to body yes.
Just place your leg above their knee near the hip, that stops their momemtum just fine
Anonymous at Thu, 16 Feb 2023 05:54:32 UTC No. 136109
well if you're anything like the woman in the pic, your kicks won't do shit unless they're TO the balls.yy4mm
Anonymous at Thu, 16 Feb 2023 17:22:08 UTC No. 136170
>>135427
This, also training something like muay thai or karate (kyokushin or goju ryu are the only options), will also teach you how to generate power behind those kicks.
also kicks work as long as you can make them work, i d suggest you just reaserch if sme other style uses that kick
Anonymous at Thu, 16 Feb 2023 17:54:39 UTC No. 136173
>>135336
The only place you'd really use the ball of your foot in that posture, is laying on your side on the ground. And mechanically, would be more similar to a teep or push than a true kick. It would bare only scant resemblance to a side kick.
Anonymous at Fri, 24 Feb 2023 21:27:34 UTC No. 136981
In muay thai they do this thing called a side teep that is pretty much what you describe.
Anonymous at Sat, 25 Feb 2023 18:08:10 UTC No. 137084
do yall bother checking leg kicks? my instinct is just to fade backwards out of range or just plant my weight on the leg and kind of turn into the kick. Idk checking just doesnt make sense to me except in the context of muay thai rules where you get scored based on stuff like that
Anonymous at Sat, 25 Feb 2023 18:10:48 UTC No. 137086
I also saw a roundhouse kick to the liver using the ball of the foot instead of the shin
I saw it in a fighting manga lol but i tried it on a heavy bag and it can definitely work if you pull your toes back
Anonymous at Sat, 25 Feb 2023 19:50:57 UTC No. 137090
>>137084
Checking will decrease the damage done to you as well make the other guy hurt especially if you use the knee and not your shin
>>137086
I was told that you don't have to always use your shin when throwing kicks. To the legs yes, but sometimes it's better to use the ball, instep, or heel to the body or head to minimize the risk of damage to you
Anonymous at Wed, 29 Mar 2023 13:20:00 UTC No. 140595
>>135336
What if I did the opposite and started to do push kicks with my heel? I've kicked a wall with my heel and it seemed stronger or at leat louder than with ball of my foot and didn't hurt my foot at all.
Anonymous at Wed, 29 Mar 2023 21:07:41 UTC No. 140652
>>137086
you surely mean a hook kick? How the fuck are going to kick with a roundhouse with the ball of your foot?
Anonymous at Thu, 30 Mar 2023 01:01:28 UTC No. 140666
>>140657
I'm pretty sure that's a karate-exclusive thing
Anonymous at Thu, 30 Mar 2023 07:17:56 UTC No. 140700
>>140652
The heel of the foot and the "ball" right behind your big toe isn't the same thing
>>137086
I was never good enough to estimate distance mid kick, but I've seen some fights where someone gets past a check by using the ball of his foot rather than the shin.
Anonymous at Thu, 30 Mar 2023 09:30:41 UTC No. 140712
>>140666
I used to do taekwondo and we drilled it all the time