Ok I am 280 6 1" 2nd degree black belt.
I started training again 7 months ago.
I have always been a good point fighter due to extremly fast hands.
I went to a tourney yesterday and I beat all in my division and the light wieght executive division.
When it came time for grand champion a long legged 25 year old handed me my butt.
I have 30 inch legs very short for a tall guy. I also have poor flexibility as far as high kicks go. I can kick to the head but not at 50 mph.
How do I fight a long kicker that has bill wallace like speed and kicks.
Full Version: Point sparring help
If he's Superfoot Mark II, I'd work on getting in and out of his range as fast as I could, and then hope he's having a bad day!
Seriously though, if he favours one or two kicks more than others, work on moving around those kicks and countering.
Some people have had some success in speeding up their high kicks by training with long stances and ankle weights.
Good luck!
Seriously though, if he favours one or two kicks more than others, work on moving around those kicks and countering.
Some people have had some success in speeding up their high kicks by training with long stances and ankle weights.
Good luck!
HI guys
We have a series of drills and exercises that we use to speed up our kicks and to improve our accuracy, control and strength. As far as I know these drills were developed by Bill Wallace.
I will try to explain them, but it will be difficult in writing.
The first one is called wingers and flappers, you stand side on to a wall or handrail,holding on for balance, the foot that is closest to the wall is turned right around so that your toes are pointing to the wall, this will help you get more hieght with your kicks. You then lift your other leg up into what we call the chambered position, this is knee up along with your foot up at the same hieght like you would when performing a side kick, do these as fast as you can and as high as you can, we usually do 20 to 40 of these. Then we do leg raises to the side with the same leg, raising the leg up into sidekick position as high as you can for about 20 or 40 reps. then you do a combination of both exercises one after the other for about 20 to 40 reps. Then change around and do the other leg. If you do this a couple of times a week you will see a noticable improvement in your kicks after a very short period of time, this builds up the muscles that we use to lift the leg for kicking.
The next one is what we call the dog, this one will be very hard to put into writing so bear with me.
You get down onto your hands and knees, the first exercise you do is thrusting one of your legs right back like a back kick for about 20 reps. Then you lift the same leg up to the side, you thrust it back like a side kick, your knee should be just about hitting your shoulder on the return, do this for about 20 reps. Then you lift your knee up sideways like a dog taking a leak on a tree for about 20 reps. Then the next one is to hold your leg out straight behind you, bend your knee like you are doing hamstring curls for about 20 reps, make sure you do these pretty fast. Then you put your knee back out to the side like the dog again and do roundhouse kicks from that position for about 20 reps then to finish off do about 5 reps as slow as you can. By now you should be feeling the pain. Then do the same on the other leg.
The next one is a kicking drill with a partner, there are several ways to do this one but I will attempt to explain the most basic way.
You face a partner, you grab hold of each others right hand and turn side on so that you are in shoulder width stance, both with the right foot in.
You shuffle up and do a roundhouse kick to the other guys inner thigh with control of coarse with your right foot, then he does the same to you. Then you shuffle up and do a roundhouse kick to the other guys midsection, then he does it to you. then you shuffle up and do a roundhouse kick to the other guys head end he does it back to you, then you do a controlled side kick up under your partners arm pitt and he returns the favour. Then you shuffle up and do a reverse roundhouse kick to the back of his head and then he does it to you.
You can change the order of the kicks or you can change the kicks that you use. You can do these at speed or you can do it slowly to help build strength control and muscle memory, or one guy can do all the kicks in a row then the other guy does all the kicks in a row. One of my favourites is to shuffle up do a lower roundhouse a chudan roundhouse and a jodan roundhouse then a reverse roundhouse without putting your foot on the ground between kicks.
You can also do this with your right foot back in fighting stance with your right hand out, this will allow you to do mae geri as well and make up a few different combinations.
Oh yeah dont forget to do the other leg.
I hope I have explained these drills clearly, its bloody hard to put them into writing, we also have a heap more of these drills but I am hopeless at typing so I will give them to you another day.Practice these drills and do the exercises weekly and you will kicking like superfoot in no time.
Rocket
We have a series of drills and exercises that we use to speed up our kicks and to improve our accuracy, control and strength. As far as I know these drills were developed by Bill Wallace.
I will try to explain them, but it will be difficult in writing.
The first one is called wingers and flappers, you stand side on to a wall or handrail,holding on for balance, the foot that is closest to the wall is turned right around so that your toes are pointing to the wall, this will help you get more hieght with your kicks. You then lift your other leg up into what we call the chambered position, this is knee up along with your foot up at the same hieght like you would when performing a side kick, do these as fast as you can and as high as you can, we usually do 20 to 40 of these. Then we do leg raises to the side with the same leg, raising the leg up into sidekick position as high as you can for about 20 or 40 reps. then you do a combination of both exercises one after the other for about 20 to 40 reps. Then change around and do the other leg. If you do this a couple of times a week you will see a noticable improvement in your kicks after a very short period of time, this builds up the muscles that we use to lift the leg for kicking.
The next one is what we call the dog, this one will be very hard to put into writing so bear with me.
You get down onto your hands and knees, the first exercise you do is thrusting one of your legs right back like a back kick for about 20 reps. Then you lift the same leg up to the side, you thrust it back like a side kick, your knee should be just about hitting your shoulder on the return, do this for about 20 reps. Then you lift your knee up sideways like a dog taking a leak on a tree for about 20 reps. Then the next one is to hold your leg out straight behind you, bend your knee like you are doing hamstring curls for about 20 reps, make sure you do these pretty fast. Then you put your knee back out to the side like the dog again and do roundhouse kicks from that position for about 20 reps then to finish off do about 5 reps as slow as you can. By now you should be feeling the pain. Then do the same on the other leg.
The next one is a kicking drill with a partner, there are several ways to do this one but I will attempt to explain the most basic way.
You face a partner, you grab hold of each others right hand and turn side on so that you are in shoulder width stance, both with the right foot in.
You shuffle up and do a roundhouse kick to the other guys inner thigh with control of coarse with your right foot, then he does the same to you. Then you shuffle up and do a roundhouse kick to the other guys midsection, then he does it to you. then you shuffle up and do a roundhouse kick to the other guys head end he does it back to you, then you do a controlled side kick up under your partners arm pitt and he returns the favour. Then you shuffle up and do a reverse roundhouse kick to the back of his head and then he does it to you.
You can change the order of the kicks or you can change the kicks that you use. You can do these at speed or you can do it slowly to help build strength control and muscle memory, or one guy can do all the kicks in a row then the other guy does all the kicks in a row. One of my favourites is to shuffle up do a lower roundhouse a chudan roundhouse and a jodan roundhouse then a reverse roundhouse without putting your foot on the ground between kicks.
You can also do this with your right foot back in fighting stance with your right hand out, this will allow you to do mae geri as well and make up a few different combinations.
Oh yeah dont forget to do the other leg.
I hope I have explained these drills clearly, its bloody hard to put them into writing, we also have a heap more of these drills but I am hopeless at typing so I will give them to you another day.Practice these drills and do the exercises weekly and you will kicking like superfoot in no time.
Rocket
Thanks for the info I feel better today my instructor sd that he has had that happen to him and I have never beatin him I will train when i heal I hurt my wrist and pulled both hamstrings
any suggestions on fast fix on the hammys they hurt
any suggestions on fast fix on the hammys they hurt
Great information Rocket73. I'll start tonight (my kicks need all the help they can get).
Get plenty of dencorub...
Did those drills repeatedly doing tkd, they are effective - but....
Did those drills repeatedly doing tkd, they are effective - but....
Was that the Launceston Tournament fze??
QUOTE (Havok @ Sep 29 2005, 01:22 AM)
Was that the Launceston Tournament fze??
I live in oklahoma it was the tournament of champions put on by free style martial arts local scools from oklahoma, kansas, MO, and ARkansas
Ok rocket on the first part of that I chamber high and fast from a side stance 20 to 40 times
then i straight leg side ways 20 -40 times then i chamber drop straight leg drop 20-40 or is it chamber kick then rechamber drop?
then i straight leg side ways 20 -40 times then i chamber drop straight leg drop 20-40 or is it chamber kick then rechamber drop?
Hi fze
yeah after you have done 20 wingers then 20 flappers you then combine the two. Do a winger then a flapper then a winger then a flapper and so on for another 20 reps.
You can if you like hold your leg in the chamber position and execute kicks from there, that will give you a good workout, or sometimes we hold our leg out into the side kick position and bounce it about 6 inches up and down for about 20 reps, this will cane you well and truly.
rocket
yeah after you have done 20 wingers then 20 flappers you then combine the two. Do a winger then a flapper then a winger then a flapper and so on for another 20 reps.
You can if you like hold your leg in the chamber position and execute kicks from there, that will give you a good workout, or sometimes we hold our leg out into the side kick position and bounce it about 6 inches up and down for about 20 reps, this will cane you well and truly.
rocket
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