(Recently posted on Facebook by Mr. Bob White)
We use a very simple check list for kicking.
1. Protection
2. Balance
3. Weapon
4. Depth
Protection is keeping your hands up when kicking. Many don't and they fall into that category of thinking so much about offense that your defense suffers. It's simple, don't drop your hands when you kick.
Balance is posture,keeping your base leg bent, and landing because you want to not because you have to.
Weapon is hitting the the correct part of your foot. Front kick is normally the ball of the foot, Roundhouse could be the ball of the foot or the top of your foot depending on the target. Side Kick is the knife edge of the heel and the back kick is the bottom of the heel.
Depth is determined by the rotation of the base foot or thrusting hips forward in a front kick.
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