I’m working on my footwork drills looking for research material to help me train smarter in my style, I figure look at all of the systems around yours to see if you have any weaknesses…
No such animal as internal kicking or internal hitting!
If you perform 200 repetitions or do muay thai, then you are on your way to developing an excellent kicking regimen along with your favourite reportoire of kicks. If you follow atemi basics, you stay away from hitting bony areas, or hit with palm to central areas of the body to defeat an opponent, and of course a throw or immobilization to disorient said opponent.
[QUOTE=mawali;934190]No such animal as internal kicking or internal hitting!
If you perform 200 repetitions or do muay thai, then you are on your way to developing an excellent kicking regimen along with your favourite reportoire of kicks. If you follow atemi basics, you stay away from hitting bony areas, or hit with palm to central areas of the body to defeat an opponent, and of course a throw or immobilization to disorient said opponent.[/QUOTE]
stance in horse stance except now on one foot do it for 3years
dig a hole put a wood post inside and kick it for 3 years
hang a little cotton ball and kick it
hand a sandbag then kick it
then u get internal kicking power
[QUOTE=Three Harmonies;935069] Train. What else?[/QUOTE]
Harness da tree roots and bring the horse some water…duh
Martial Arts Techniques: Traditional kung fu training tips to improve your horse stance
In kung fu, like most other martial arts styles, the horse stance is the foundation of all your movements. Therefore, the development of a good horse stance is critical in the study of the martial arts.
A good way to visualise the theory of horse stance training is to imagine the construction of a house or building. Buildings require strong foundations so that they can stand their own weight and the tension of varying force.
[QUOTE=Violent Designs;935448]Stomp kick, thai roundhouse, and side kick are the most powerful I think.
Inside crescent is not bad too you see a lot of Kyokushin fighters get the knockout from those.
Also you have spinning axe/heel kicks and the nasty risky stuff like that. :D[/QUOTE]
Those are simply names of kicks, which is not figuring out “how to kick”. A name of a kick means nothing, naming it does not give it power. Without structure and root, kicking can be even weaker than punching. I know many side kicks that have felt like slaps. A punch is simpler, very powerful and far less vulnerable, better stick to punching unless we figure out number 1.