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Post by MMX on Mar 13, 2014 15:47:49 GMT -5
Ushiro Geri.
A kick I have been working on lately. No Ushiro Mawashi Geri(not a roundhouse)
The Straight back kick. Much like the nasty ones Benny "The Jet" would score on opponents. Getting better with the bag on this technique but have not used it live. Live I usually use the Ushiro Mawashi Geri.
Anyone else use Ushiro Geri? Got any tips?
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Post by senshido on Mar 14, 2014 4:56:25 GMT -5
It is one of my favourite kicks... A lot of people use this as a long kick, personally I use it at short range (punching distance), this works best when you pick the knee up in front of you while turning into the kick position. I see a lot of people picking the leg up behind them, so it is still rising when it hits the target, not so effective if your opponent is upright.
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Post by meguro on Mar 14, 2014 5:13:00 GMT -5
This is also one of my favorites, especially with a jump. It is ideal for knockdown's A frame style of fighting. Just as your opponent leans forward, a short kick to the midsection or ribs. For long distance, when a brawler is pushing forward, backpedal, spin and kick high. I usually throw the kick no-look style, which is pretty near no-miss.
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curlbroscience
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Testing the waters. Thanks for the forum MMX!
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Post by curlbroscience on Mar 14, 2014 10:48:33 GMT -5
I've heard about you and your ushiro geri Meguro. I am very basic in my approach. No ushiro geri here. Just lots of 1s and 2s with hiza and mawashi. I am susceptible to mae geri, yoko and the like as mentioned above, but I like to get people to over commit on those type of kicks so I can close the distance on a weak side. Lately I've been experimenting mixing up chudan mawashi across the arms across the chest area and then coming up underneath the guard to chudan the midsection from the outside. Trying to staple their arms to the upper torso. More reward than risk compared to gedan geri from outside. Interesting video and always suprised to see 'comedian'Joe Rogan use his TKD. Looks like a hybrid Yoko/Ushiro as it uses more glute muscle. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4QPprcgtlw
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Post by alan on Mar 14, 2014 11:41:13 GMT -5
It is one of my favourite kicks... A lot of people use this as a long kick, personally I use it at short range (punching distance), this works best when you pick the knee up in front of you while turning into the kick position. I see a lot of people picking the leg up behind them, so it is still rising when it hits the target, not so effective if your opponent is upright. As you would expect from senshido this is a great tip and it is in my experience not always taught this way.(should be) Many moons ago this was one of my favourites and what i did to start was to get in my fighting stance and for a right foot kick slowly push my left leg across in front of my right, turn slowly, look over right shoulder, lift knee(against what senshido says but this is just to start)and slowly push out, sort of like lifting the knee for a mai geri and push out in slow motion using the hands as balance aids. i did this over and over until i felt confident of my balance....Then when you are really confident,(all in a very fast move,) a slight move across as per with the left foot on the balls of the foot, spinning on the balls and lifting knee as senshido suggests and thrusting the leg all in one very fast movement, i used to try and hit with the heel but i think people are a bit fussy about this because if the kick lands with any part of the foot 9/10 the other guy goes down, in my humble opinion speed and balance are the name of the game with power coming eventually. I got shown this kick in an idiot proof way, step 1 etc and from that day it took me about six months of practicing on my own before i got to the stage where i could use it, i strongly suggest once you are comfortable with the method of the kick, practicing it again over and over in private (it takes ages ) and gradually speed up as your balance gets better, i never used a target to focus the kick, the other thing to bear in mind and this is at the end of the kick is to practice ending up in a fighting stance with your hands up and in balance ready to go again. Please don`t think i am disrespecting your experience by describing it in this manner but this is the best way i can portray my experience of this kick.
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Post by MMX on Mar 14, 2014 11:50:59 GMT -5
Thanks Alan! Sounds like a great way to improve the kick and pretty similar to what I have been doing. I will test that out soon and report.
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