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Jump Spin Kick; Crescent kick (an chagi / bakkat chagi): There are two variations of this kick: the outer crescent and the inner crescent. In the outer, the practitioner raises the extended leg as high as possible, and slightly up across the body, (a bit across the centerline of the body), then sweeping outward to the side, in a circular movement.
Mae-ren geri: Double front kick (= double mae geri) Tobi mae geri: Front flying/jump kick; Tobi yoko geri: Jumping side kick; Tobi mawashi geri: Jumping roundhouse kick; Tobi mikazuki geri: Jumping crescent kick; Tobi gyaku mikazuki geri: Jumping reverse crescent; Tobi ushiro geri: Jumping spinning back kick; Tobi ushiro mawashi geri: Jumping ...
A side kick is delivered sideways in relation to the body of the person kicking. [7] A standard side kick is performed by first "chambering" by raising the kicking leg diagonally across the body, then extending the leg in a linear fashion toward the target, while flexing the abdominals.
Traditionally, Choi Yong-sool's yu kwon sool (Korean: 유권술; Hanja: 柔拳術; RR: yugwonsul) kicking techniques were only to the lower body, but most derived varieties of hapkido, probably as a direct influence from other Korean arts, also include high kicks and jumping kicks. At the more advanced levels of Hapkido the practitioner learns ...
Tae Bo videos and DVDs continue to rank among the top sellers in the fitness genre [citation needed] and derivative classes are still offered at many gyms. [2] Tae Bo classes are taught worldwide. [citation needed] The routines include many of the same punches and kicks as karate, but is not developed for any combat or self-defense activities.
Bas-relief of a jump kick and spear attack. Located at Angkor Wat (1100's A.D.) in the Kingdom of Cambodia.. High kicks in general, as well as jump kicks, were foreign to Southern styles, and their presence in Wing Chun as well as Japanese and Korean martial arts is probably due to the influence of the Northern style of chinese martial arts.
Semi-circular kick or forty five degree roundhouse kick; There are a large number of special or variant kicking techniques, including spinning kicks, jumping kicks, and other variants such as Hook kick (heel kick) – Extending the leg out to the side of the body, and hooking the leg back to strike the head with either the heel or sole ...
Vital points used in attack [2]; Japanese English Hichu This pressure point is located in the center of the lowest part of the neck, in the hollow. Shofu In the lateral aspect of the neck, in the posterior border of the Sternocleidomastoideus posterosuperior on both sides of the center of the neck.