I couldn't think of a better way to give you a visual guide to both the front kick and side kick, so I went to the source. In order to see the motion in the pictures, you must click on the play button, and of course to repeat it you do it again and again.
Please understand that the "intermediate" position in both kicks is very important, it is suggested that the "height of your kicking knee from the intermediate position will drop as you extend your leg to perform the kick" for the ahp cha nut gi (front kick). For the front kick, lift the knee of your kicking leg up high, so the thigh should be higher than parallel with the ground.
The ball of your foot (bahl ahp koom chi) should be facing toward your target.
After you kick, remember to retract the leg or hip back into the intermediate position. A slight lean back is suggested in order for the hip to snap forward naturally in completion of the kick.
In the Yup Podo Cha Gi (below), it is very similar to the front kick, except that you lift the knee of your kicking leg up high with your kicking foot directly under the kicking knee, simultaneously pivot on the supporting leg 90 degrees, keeping your body in an upright position.
Extend your kicking foot sideways by pushing your kicking knee from the hip toward your target, the ball of the supporting foot should pivot 90 degrees so the heel is pointing toward the target.
I actually have a video of the Kwan Jang Nim doing ahp cha nut gi at an instructor's class, I'll try to find it and post here for you.
Keep working hard now, so it will be easy later.
Soo Bahk!
Mr. B.
Photo Credits:Frank Bonsignore, Sa bom Nim
Excerpts from Tang Soo Do/Soo Bahk Do Moo Duk Kwan White Belt Instructional Guide by Hwang Kee and H.C. Hwang, copyright 1993 All Rights Reserved, used with permission.
Please understand that the "intermediate" position in both kicks is very important, it is suggested that the "height of your kicking knee from the intermediate position will drop as you extend your leg to perform the kick" for the ahp cha nut gi (front kick). For the front kick, lift the knee of your kicking leg up high, so the thigh should be higher than parallel with the ground.
The ball of your foot (bahl ahp koom chi) should be facing toward your target.
After you kick, remember to retract the leg or hip back into the intermediate position. A slight lean back is suggested in order for the hip to snap forward naturally in completion of the kick.
In the Yup Podo Cha Gi (below), it is very similar to the front kick, except that you lift the knee of your kicking leg up high with your kicking foot directly under the kicking knee, simultaneously pivot on the supporting leg 90 degrees, keeping your body in an upright position.
Extend your kicking foot sideways by pushing your kicking knee from the hip toward your target, the ball of the supporting foot should pivot 90 degrees so the heel is pointing toward the target.
I actually have a video of the Kwan Jang Nim doing ahp cha nut gi at an instructor's class, I'll try to find it and post here for you.
Keep working hard now, so it will be easy later.
Soo Bahk!
Mr. B.
Photo Credits:Frank Bonsignore, Sa bom Nim
Excerpts from Tang Soo Do/Soo Bahk Do Moo Duk Kwan White Belt Instructional Guide by Hwang Kee and H.C. Hwang, copyright 1993 All Rights Reserved, used with permission.
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