reading a book by loren christionsen and he talks about a "funny kick" sort of a low scooping type of front kick. anybody heard of this? anybody have a link to a clip, or a good explaination of how to do it?

thanks

Like a sweeping type of kick?

Scoop kick? There are scoop kicks in American kenpo:

http://www.fightingarts.com/ubbthreads/s...page=6&vc=1

weird kick...

At first I thought it was similar to some savate kicks but it's not. Assuming the flipping motion described is done without the leg coming across the body and back towards the target [in which case it's a fairly standard kick].

From the description it doesn't sound very functional, though. I can think of other kicks that hit at the same target and also involve little telegraphing that seem, at first sight anyway, to be a lot more useful.

I learned this kick, but not to be executed while facing off with an opponent in form. This was taught to us as a kind of, you're walking past someone to the left(so they're on your right side) then twisting on the lead (left) foot and brining the right foot up, toes down hitting with heel and blade, and strike to the groin. If done properly, you keep walking and noone ever even saw the technique. You just walked by and he fell.

That must be one awesome kick. You can get even with anyone with that kick and they won't even notice it's you.