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#199065 - 10/30/05 05:49 PM Side Kick
WaTah Newbie Registered: 10/30/05 Posts: 8	Hi, Im a 14 year old who just started Tae Kwon Do a week ago. Im having problems doing side kick correctly. I go from free sparing stance, and take my back foot and step forward with it, putting it behind my front foot, heel facing twords target. then i just lift my knee up and thrust. This reall hurts my groin and inside leg tendons whenever I try and kick higher than my waist. Am I doing it wrong, and if so, how do I correct it. I also have the same problem with spin Kick.
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#199066 - 10/30/05 05:59 PM Re: Side Kick [Re: WaTah]
JoelM Professional Poster Registered: 07/26/04 Posts: 6355 Loc: Georgia, USA	Whether or not you are using correct form is for your instructor to decide, we cannot see your technique. As for the height of your kicks, do not kick higher than you are able to comfortably. After more stretching and training you will be able to kick higher. If you try to kick higher than you are able now you will only hurt yourself and set yourself back even more while you are healing. When I first started at the age of 21, I could side-kick no higher than my knee. At my best I was able to side-kick to about solar plexus height. I am currently working on getting back to that level and better. Do you know how I am doing that? By stretching and kicking more. Focus on correcting your technique at a level at which you are physically comfortable training at, the basics(correct form) are the most important thing for you to do right and spend the most time on. Congrats on your new interest. Don't force anything, you have the rest of your life to get better. Rome wasn't built in a day. _________________________ We should all take ourselves seriously...and then crumple that image up and toss it out the window.
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#199067 - 10/31/05 12:32 AM Re: Side Kick [Re: WaTah]
Joe7987 Member Registered: 10/26/05 Posts: 317 Loc: Orlando, FL	I'm a white belt myself.. I began a little less than a month ago..... so I'll tell you what I've found out so far. 1. Do NOT try to kick hard at first. 2. If the inside of your leg (the bendy part) begins hurting, you're probably kicking too hard. 3. You can not kick very high at first... the more you practice and stretch, the higher you'll be able to kick. 4. Go through the motion VERY slowly over and over again... Slowly bring your leg up, slowly chamber, slowly extend, slowly rechamber, slowly bring your leg down. This helps with balance and technique. Good luck. I'm still working with it too =o)
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#199068 - 10/31/05 09:23 AM Re: Side Kick [Re: WaTah]
MAGon Veteran Registered: 07/22/03 Posts: 1729 Loc: Miami, Fl.	Quote: Hi, Im a 14 year old who just started Tae Kwon Do a week ago. Im having problems doing side kick correctly. I go from free sparing stance, and take my back foot and step forward with it, putting it behind my front foot, heel facing twords target. then i just lift my knee up and thrust. This reall hurts my groin and inside leg tendons whenever I try and kick higher than my waist. Am I doing it wrong, and if so, how do I correct it. I also have the same problem with spin Kick. Hi, Wa! I'm not a TKD stylist, but from your description and what I've seen of the art it doesn't seem like you're doing something grossly wrong. Odds are if you were, your instructor would've said something to you by now. To me, it sounds like you're having the normal beginners' problems with that pesky kick. The other guys have given you very good feedback. I can't think of anything further to add as practical advice. What I can add is that the side kick was the kick that gave me the most trouble to learn. It took me about 10 yrs. before it felt comfortable. Not that I couldn't do it, just that it was awkward and uncomfortable. Nowadays I do it without a thought. I will add that I see very little reason to go high with this kick. The targets on which the side kick is effective are to be found at the highest point at sternum- brachial plexus level, and from there on down. So worry about stretching and achieving good form and never mind about going high. _________________________ Just when you think something is foolproof, they come out with a new and improved type of fool.
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#199069 - 10/31/05 04:30 PM Re: Side Kick [Re: WaTah]
schanne breaks things Registered: 02/18/04 Posts: 4370 Loc: Woodbury NJ	One time I too asked the same question about a technique to my Sensei and his answer was, "did you practice the kick five hundred times yet"? If you did I'm sure you will work out all the bugs. _________________________ The way of the warrior does not include other ways... Miyamoto Musashi Schanne
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#199070 - 10/31/05 11:52 PM Re: Side Kick [Re: WaTah]
tkdkid5282 Member Registered: 09/26/05 Posts: 167 Loc: Georgia	i worked 8 montes on this baby 2 times a week an hour ir mor for comp team practice,maser kim barely accepted perfect. first make sure to bring your leg up to your chest and turn you;r entire body sideways nbti just your elg. next shoot the leg out with a thrust of power...from hte hips not from the leg muscles and when you pull it back in..bring it back to the position you started in..do bnto brong you;re heel back to you're butt. Side kick is one of thoise things it just takes time to work on..just have fun woith it and do you;re best. good luck. _________________________ There is enough for everyones need, but not enough for everyones greed. -Ghandi
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#199071 - 10/31/05 11:53 PM Re: Side Kick [Re: tkdkid5282]
tkdkid5282 Member Registered: 09/26/05 Posts: 167 Loc: Georgia	i can realte to you too..although i am a black belt...i am still younger them most people on the forum. girl..age 16 _________________________ There is enough for everyones need, but not enough for everyones greed. -Ghandi
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#199072 - 11/01/05 12:12 AM Re: Side Kick [Re: tkdkid5282]
JoelM Professional Poster Registered: 07/26/04 Posts: 6355 Loc: Georgia, USA	Quote: i worked 8 montes on this baby 2 times a week an hour ir mor for comp team practice,maser kim barely accepted perfect. first make sure to bring your leg up to your chest and turn you;r entire body sideways nbti just your elg. next shoot the leg out with a thrust of power...from hte hips not from the leg muscles and when you pull it back in..bring it back to the position you started in..do bnto brong you;re heel back to you're butt. Side kick is one of thoise things it just takes time to work on..just have fun woith it and do you;re best. good luck. Dude!!! Spell check, PLEASE!!
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#199073 - 11/01/05 01:05 AM Re: Side Kick [Re: JoelM]
MikeMartial Enthusiast Registered: 12/18/03 Posts: 767 Loc: Alberta, Canada	I've always said those auto-spellchecks are the bane of todays youth.....English teachers must be committing suicide at an incredible rate. _________________________ "You do not truly know someone until you fight them." - Seraph, The Matrix Reloaded
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#199074 - 11/01/05 01:15 AM Re: Side Kick [Re: MikeMartial]
JoelM Professional Poster Registered: 07/26/04 Posts: 6355 Loc: Georgia, USA	I'd rather them use spell check than slop out this drivel, I can barely understand it.
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