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Throwdown0850
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 Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:41 am Post subject: Re: Chuck Liddell's spinning back kick |
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not that I could do much better, but it looked sloppy to me??
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bushido_man96
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| Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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I didn't really think that it was, and I practice a kicking style. It is really a compact kick, and if you want to get that motion going into your opponent, like he was talking about, that little hop can give you quite a bit of extra umph into the kick. It also lets you abandon that little step prior to the setup.
I have seen Cung Le use the same step over with the front leg to set his up as well.
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Throwdown0850
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| Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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| bushido_man96 wrote: |
I didn't really think that it was, and I practice a kicking style. It is really a compact kick, and if you want to get that motion going into your opponent, like he was talking about, that little hop can give you quite a bit of extra umph into the kick. It also lets you abandon that little step prior to the setup.
I have seen Cung Le use the same step over with the front leg to set his up as well. |
maybe it was just me? but at the end he almost missed the pad while doing it??
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bushido_man96
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The way he throws it makes it a pretty blind kick. I think he is basically getting his back to his opponent, and then throwing out the back kick.
It can get pretty easy to shoot that kick off to the side of the bag, and it can take a lot of practice to get it lined up right. From what I have seen him do, he is technically correct. It just isn't high. I am not sure if he is very flexible or not, but some stretching would help to not make him look so stiff when he throws it.
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baronbvp
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My back kick is one of my good kicks, and my hips aren't very flexible. I know what you mean about Chuck's kick - it isn't what I'd call pretty, but it is effective. He doesn't waste motion or stretch so far as to open himself up for a counter attack. Typical MMA in my opinion: Use what works, don't worry about the pretty.
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on the post.
