Shift Forward Kicks to Bag

I use the same four Basic Kicks today.

But I use the back leg by shifting forward.

I show the Front Thrust, the Offset, the Roundhouse and the Side Snap Kicks.

Again, I hold back when I kick because I would knock the bag all over the place.

This is about kicking to the point of contact.

For the first three kicks this ‘point of contact’ is made with the ball of the foot.

For the last kick I make contact with the side edge of the heel.
https://youtu.be/Gvl7po7EWiE
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Slide in Kicks to Bag

There are four Basic Slide in Kicks demonstrated here today.

I show the Front Thrust, the Offset, the Roundhouse and the Side Snap Kicks.

I also hold back when I kick because I would knock the bag all over the place.

This is about kicking to the point of contact.
https://youtu.be/bKE_B68S22M
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Basic Block and Counter

This is a review of a ‘Block with one hand-Pause-Counter with the other hand’.

The pause is deliberately left in so that another block can be inserted if necessary.
https://youtu.be/VOD2kto6MgU
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Shift Forward Offset Kick

Similar to yesterday’s drill in that I am kicking with the back leg.

It is different than yesterday in that I am kicking at an angle.

I also keep my foot is pulled up throughout the kick.

This is a very fast kick.

I am making contact with the ball of the foot.

Therefore I make contact with the bag at an angle (as shown).
https://youtu.be/KOJe0CTR0Ic
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Shift Forward Front Thrust Kick

Done from a Forward Bow stance

I turn my support foot forty five degrees.

I lift my kicking leg and pull the foot up tight (as though I am standing on my heel)

I snap my hip forward and drive the leg out.

I extend the foot as though standing on the ball of the foot.

It is actually the ball of the foot that makes contact.

After the kick I recoil the leg and set down.
https://youtu.be/SxMSVoSqOE4
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Slide in Roundhouse Kick

Like the Offset Kick I did yesterday, this is a snap kick.

And I also make contact with the top of the foot (in this instance).

My main differences are that I step in a Leading Horse Stance…

And that I have my kicking leg closer to parallel than the offset is.
https://youtu.be/qYv8hMYJiSc
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Slide in Offset Kick

From a Forward Bow, I step forward raise my lead leg up at an angle and kick.

Done in the air it looks like nothing.

Done on the bag it looks like something else.

It is not as powerful as the Front Thrust kick but it is very fast.
https://youtu.be/5szBo5ZdaY8
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