Sunday, November 21, 2010

Get Extreme Power and Speed With Your Roundhouse Kick

By Scott Polderman


The roundhouse kick is among the most powerful kicks you can throw if done correctly. This kick is common in Taekwondo, Karate, Combat training, MMA, and quite a few other styles. If you wish to create power and speed there are a few factors you must know.

Step one shall be to study the basics of this kick. Without having the basic principles, adding power will only result in your injury and not the other fighter. You must first raise your kicking leg, pivot on your standing leg, rotate your hips, and extend your kicking leg. To perform this kick you have to see it on video, I would recommend that you simply visit BlackBeltSite on the web to get a better description or hit one of the links at the conclusion of this article.

After you get the principles down, it's the perfect time to work on kicking a target. I recommend that you begin by striking a kicking bag gently and increase power as your entire body and foot become accustomed to it. Make sure you are rotating your hips and your foot on the base leg when you kick the bag. If you don't pivot the base foot you can hurt your knee!

I suggest that you simply throw 10 roundhouse with each leg into the heavy bag, rest for one minute, and then repeat. For the most effective results, start with 3 sets and build up after that. After the feet toughen up and get used to striking the bag, 5-10 sets, 3 x each week will create devastating power in the roundhouse kick.

Our next objective is to focus on the speed in the roundhouse kick now that we now have a power training regimen in position. Timing drills work the best for creating mind blowing speed, and there are lots of various methods to practice your timing. If you do have a partner, I would suggest one of you hold a regular hand target while the other is throwing kicks. Have your partner in fighting position ready to extend his hand out with the target, hence the kicker can strike. This specific drill will really help you develop lightning quick roundhouse kicks in a hurry. By doing what is known as "broken rhythm" or kicking drills in which the kicker is not aware of when the target will likely 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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