very impressive for the amount of kicking training youve done. have you tried switching stances? when i did karate in order to get alot more power into my right leg roundhouse kicks (left for you) id switch just before so it be throwing it from my back foot. This takes a bit more time than if u didnt switch but give it a go next time your sparing and see how it feels.
Ingar, who's so pale that he would make Casper the Friendly Ghost sit at the back of the bus, playing gangsta rap music in the background... atsch
Real men fight with the least amount of restrictions and rules as possible. Real men are free men!.. Or something like that, didn't you see "300"? I like it that way, a kick feels so much more powerful. You do whatever you feel like.
Do I come off as a wigger to you, somehow? :huh I just like the music, get over it. Thanks. I tried it, yeah. But I figured it is much more worthwhile to spend my time practising on my left roundhouse first.
Good movement and power looks good, try to stop dropping your right hand on those round house kicks...in fact tucck your elbows in and hands on chin and deliver the front kick...much more effective in the ring then the high roundhouse kicks.
Nice. The kicks look pretty good and quick, especially since you're more or less a newcomer to them. All the advice the others have given is on the mark--don't get discouraged, just keep working at the details. Just a suggestion, which you are more than welcome to drop promptly into the kitty box. My background is in Shito Ryu Karate and Yi Chuan (fifteen years now). Neither is very kick oriented (about as far from Tae Kwon Do as the spectrum allows). When I decided to start working on my kicks, here's what I did. Kept the emphasis on form. It's always tempting to kick the living $#!* out of the heavy bag but you'll get more return on your investment if you aim for slower, less powerful, fluid movements at first. Believe me, the power will come. Focus on relaxing your hips a LOT. Let the kicks come from your hip and body movement so that they're more the product of a whip-like motion (this is true of front kicks, roundhouse kicks, spin kicks, knees, etc., all of which you were using in the vid). Just like you don't want to punch with just your arms, you don't want to kick with just your legs. (Rest assured, you're not, but as you improve your form and get your hips more involved, you'll find an increase in both speed and power.) This isn't a one week or one month fix. I've been both the teacher and the taught with respect to this one and in both cases it often takes between six months and a year to become noticeably more fluid. You can still kick the crap out of the bag from time to time and practice combos, keeping your hands up, etc., but the classic zen adage does apply here--to faster and more powerful you want to become, the slower and more "gentle" you must practice. Only then can you leave the temple. Again, nice stuff to start with. Keep workin' and keep the faith! :thumbsup
