Lightning Fast Roundhouse Kicks

By Scott Polderman


The roundhouse kick is regarded as one of the most powerful kicks you can execute if done properly. This kick is common in Taekwondo, Karate, Combat training, MMA, and several other styles. If you wish to build power and speed there are some things you must know.

Step one should be to educate yourself on the basics of this kick. Not having the basics, adding power is only going to result in your injury instead of the other person. You must first raise your kicking leg, rotate with your standing leg, rotate your hips, and extend your kicking leg. To carry out this kick you need to view it on video, I recommend that you visit BlackBeltSite on the web for a more effective description or goto one of the links at the conclusion of this article.

Once you get the basics down, it's time for you to focus on striking a target. I propose that you start by striking a kicking bag softly and increase power as your entire body and foot get used to it. Make sure that you're rotating your hips and your foot on the base leg while you kick the bag. If you don't pivot the base foot you are able to hurt your knee!

I recommend that you throw 10 roundhouse with each leg into the heavy bag, rest for one minute, then repeat. For the very best results, start with three sets and build up after that. After your feet toughen up and get used to kicking the bag, 5-10 sets, 3 x per week will create devastating power in your roundhouse kick.

Our next goal is to work on the speed of the roundhouse kick given that we've got a power training curriculum in position. Timing drills work the best for creating explosive speed, and there are numerous different ways to work your timing. If you've got a partner, I would recommend one of you hold a typical hand target as the other is doing kicks. Have the holder in fighting position ready to extend his hand out with the target, so the kicker can strike. This exercise will really help you create lightning quick roundhouse kicks in a hurry. By doing what's called "broken rhythm" or kicking drills where the kicker doesn't know when the target shall be held out, you'll develop explosive speed.

Don't hurry, start slow, and rehearse these drills regularly and you're going to be shocked at the difference in your roundhouse kick. The number 1 manner in which students get injured is by overtraining and pushing their body to early and too quickly. Take your time, martial arts training is a marathon, not merely a sprint.




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