Questions tagged [spinning-kicks]
Kicks with >180 degrees of rotation
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Do spinning kicks present a risk of getting your back taken?
Seeing that I am a newbie when it comes to kicks, and I have a BJJ mindset, this question should be relatively easy to answer.
I see people doing these spinning roundhouse kicks, and me, thinking ...
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What do you call this type of spin?
Is there a special name for a type of spin in the air where the person's body is almost horizontal? I have seen it in several action scenes, such as this fight scene from a movie (at 1:41). Ninja ...
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What kind of kick is this?
I saw this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR2S0radfzk
And I wondered, what kind of kick is this? so I did some research and I think its a "Tornado Roundhouse Kick", but it doesnt look quite ...
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Exercises to prepare for "long airtime" kicks
I'm trying to figure the 540 round kick as a personal challenge approaching my taekwondo black stripe exam.
I've been practicing for a while so I got a good grip over standard kicks, my flexibility ...
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When training spinning kicks, is it more important to prioritize control or height?
I am tremendously out of shape and out of practice, but I would like to get back to practicing Capoeira. Unfortunately, my schedule does not allow me to attend local classes, so I will have to train ...
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Proper Foot Orientation on Spinning Back Kick
We've been working on spinning back kicks quite a bit lately and noticed some discrepancy in how these are executed. Some are spinning to face backwards and kicking with toes pointed down, hips ...
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JKD spin kick vs. Taekwondo spin kick
In Bruce Lee's Fighting Method I read that spin kick in JKD is hit directly to the opponent. However, I noticed a Taekwondo friend hitting his kick in a cyclic manner. Which one are most effective and ...
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Proper form for tae kwon do spinning side kicks
I have just reached green-yellow belt in tae kwon do, and my instructors say that I need to work on my spinning side kicks. Unfortunately I have trouble getting the form right, so I usually end up off-...
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How does one train for a spinning reverse kick?
I saw a very well executed spinning reverse kick in this video of the Athens Olympics. I can do a reverse kick and a jumping turning kick. How can move on to acquire the necessary skills to perform ...
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Backspinning Heel Kick, Hapkido Origins
A lot of techniques in Hapkido have clear derivations from other arts. A lot of our kicks come from either TKD or from a parent art of TKD, while a lot of the hand-techniques seem to be derived from ...
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Value in Practicing Spinning Kicks
In hapkido we have a large number of kicking techniques, ranging from sweeps and kicks from the ground up to and including spinning kicks, skip kicks, jump techniques, etc.
My question here is in ...
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