Shift Away Classic Side Kick

I start in a Leading Horse Stance. Shifting all my weight onto my back leg, I raise my lead knee up and shoot the side edge of my heel into my attacker. This is an excellent follow-up technique to a solid counter punch; usually against an overly aggressive student or an attacker who keeps coming (despite the initial counter attack).

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Shift Forward Classic Side Kick

I perform this with the rear leg. I shift forward and torque to a Side Kick Crane Stance before thrusting the kick out and back.

In this kick, power is not the issue. Proper targeting, balance, form and ease of movement are.

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Slide in Classic Side Kick

I step forward, tilt my hips, point my knee at an angle towards my attacker and drive the outside edge of my heel into him.

This is called a ‘Classic Side Kick’ in Kisae because this was how I learned to perform this kick with the actual kicking leg.

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Shift Forward Roundhouse Kick with The Ball of the Foot

When performing this kick with the rear leg, I torque completely to the side as I strike with the leg. This is just like I showed a couple of days ago with the top of the foot.

As I show on the bag, this kick is powerful but a solid recovery back to the ground in preparation to follow-up is an absolute ‘must’.

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Shift Forward Offset Kick with the Ball of the Foot

This is another light easy looking kick that uses the ball of the foot to strike with. There is only a slight turn of the hip and leg allowing this kick to go into a target at an upward and slightly offset angle.

As shown, this is a deceptively powerful kick but I do not reply on any single punch or kick to defend myself with. I also analyzed and train natural follow-up strikes that would be used against a still pressing opponent (should my initial counter not be a successful deterrent).

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Shift Forward Front Thrust Kick with the Ball of the Foot

This is a forward driving kick. As I show on the bag at the end of the vid, the kick sends the bag away (and not up).

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Shift Forward Roundhouse Kick with the Top of the Foot

As seen in the video, the Roundhouse Kick travels horizontally to the ground. In order to use the rear leg, I must shift and turn completely to the side before kicking.

By contrast, the Offset travels on a diagonal upward angle away from the ground and when the rear leg is used, there is minimal hip torque involved.

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