Nice video. Pivoting is the key to effective and devastating kicks. I agree its better to learn full rotation first. Once you have the proper technique down, you can take short cuts here and there when the situation dictates. But if you practice taking short cuts from the beginning you will never be able to do a proper kick when needed and you will always be stuck with sloppy kicks.
I love your information and explanation. I have pointed this out on some you tube fight videos but people take it as a criticism instead of learning something , again thank you
Its gotta be a blast to be a TKD student of you lol. I always watch your videos all the way thru cause you always always get around to everything. I was training under a Dan3 when I was 16 and he said if I want good kicks I have to pivot to open the hips up to move and max the power
This is excellent. I practice wing chun but also like to work on round kicks and power transfer. I also think it helps to do boxing footwork drills to build mobility and lightness on your feet which also helps those kicks
How r you sensei? U r awesome,I'm a black belt in shito ryu karate, your tutorials helping me to develop my skills in many ways .I'm very thankful to you for these amazing lessons.all the best sensei.expect your valuable tutorials more.like u .from Kerala,India
I am deeply honored that you have found benefit in my tutorials. Thanks so much for sharing your progress. It feels good to her that they are being used to good effect. Greetings from Massachusetts America. Stay safe and keep training sir!
You push up a little and rotate when there is slightly Less pressure on the foot. So it glides along the floor I stead of digging into it. Between that and building up ball Of the foot calluses is how no would recommend overcoming the issue.
@@SimonScher Awesome. Thank you! So almost like jumping, but staying on the ground? I'll give it a try next time. My knee kind of hurts now from all the momentum applied to it when I was trying to pivot unsuccessfully.
And That's what separates us from the so-called MMA meat heads from the gyms. We focus on our techniques and balance. I know because I come from a shotokan background. What's the point of throwing a kick if u have no damn balance behind it.
3:22 literally how I sprained my ankle sparring, after my sprain healed I noticed my arch had fallen and now my balance is crap on that leg, is there any way to help with that? @SimonScher
I practiced with the line trick and it helped a lot. I have been trying to get past not wanting to pivot my left foot completely, because even when i let my body turn with it, it is very painful (I got kicked in the knee a few years ago and injured it). Do you have any additional tips?
What about the simple issue of friction? My dojang uses a shock-absorbing mat to train on, and I find my feet don't pivot easily on that surface. I actually worry about messing up my knee.
Are you sure that you aren't trying to pivot on your whole foot? If your heel is touching the floor, you can indeed mess up your knee, because it's very hard to pivot with your whole foot touching the floor, no matter what it is (except maybe ice) . You only want to lift it up a fraction of an inch though, so that your whole foot can come down for the strike.
Sabunim Scher do you also train Karate? (I ask because you are wearing a Karate-Gi here.) nice video as usual. you have very nice technique and analyze things really well.
One issue I have as someone with very low lateral movement in my hips (I can only lift my leg up to about 30º) is overrotating to get height. Do you have any tips for me to improve?
A good question. When learning the kick I am happy when my students chamber and pivot fully at any point. For beginners I have them Pivot before they even start so that they can train their bodies to expect that alignment. Then after that is understood the pivot should happen at the same time as the kick. As should the chamber. All one motion.
@@SimonScher Thank you for that answer! I just realized I have got into the bad habit of throwing kicks in a stepwise fashion. Pivot ( brief pause), then chamber ( brief pause), then extend kick and retract. My kicks do not have a terrific amount of power. I will attempt to do everything in one motion from now on. Thanks again!
I started a taekwondo class the other day and they got us doing running jump kicks, two steps jump and kick… anyways I’ve always know to pivet when kicking and I was doing ok a bit off target but on my final attempt I must of landed wrong and I torn my calf over to my shin, it’s getting better now but great video a lot of knowledge I will be coming back to for sure as I progress thru my experience and learning. Do u tho have a video on how to land correctly after a jump kick tho 😅 shit hurts
That is a great topic for a tutorial! In my jumping tutorial I do talk about how to land correctly. But I will put together a stand alone one on the topic
no, it probably means that you are pushing too hard or too far too fast. Or also likely is that that angle or approach is not right and your are trying to use flexibility in the joint instead of rotating the whole hip unit.
I trained in karate for over 6 years and training to get my black belt. However, my biggest weakness is balance. How do I keep good balance? I have strong legs since I have done resistance training for over a year and a half. Could it have to do with autism? I heard that when it comes to motor skills, autistic people have a harder time with obtaining these skills than normal people and balance is one of them. Could this condition I was born with be holding me back and if so, what do I do to overcome it?
Because in relativity the traditional momentum-velocity relationship only holds at low speeds. As you approach the speed of light, a particle's apparent mass increases. For a massless particle moving at the speed of light, its momentum (and therefore its 'relativistic mass', although that is not a term used much today) is proportional to its energy.
@@SgtCustard Thanks so much! So by virtue of moving so fast the photon assumes an effectuated mass and therefore an effectuated momentum. Now if only I could punch so fast LOL.
The only thing I have to interject into the conversation is that those of us that are pushing 50 are going to have knee and hip pain regardless of form. The secret is a little ibuprofen and being stubborn enough not to quit.
You are genius senior Scher.
This is so amazing: professional, free, entertaining, non-BS but straight to the point. Thank you!!
A pleasure. I am really glad that you like my stuff.
@@SimonScher very very clear explanation to all video i see thumbs upp
His motions are so fluid and perfect it's great to watch and super helpful
Thank you very much. I am honored you like my techniques.
An often overlooked aspect of kicking. Nice vid!
thank you so much. I agree. I find myself reminding students to pivot almost as often as I remind them to keep their hands up.
Nice video. Pivoting is the key to effective and devastating kicks. I agree its better to learn full rotation first. Once you have the proper technique down, you can take short cuts here and there when the situation dictates. But if you practice taking short cuts from the beginning you will never be able to do a proper kick when needed and you will always be stuck with sloppy kicks.
I agree whole heartedly. Well said.
Once again you have proven yourself the master that you are. Thank you Simon! from Grandfather Sensei and his grasshoppers!
I love your information and explanation. I have pointed this out on some you tube fight videos but people take it as a criticism instead of learning something , again thank you
Great video - thanks for this! I didn't even consider pivoting my foot that far before watching this.
Thanks again, Simon. Best. Instructor. Ever!
Amazing explanation.
Its gotta be a blast to be a TKD student of you lol. I always watch your videos all the way thru cause you always always get around to everything. I was training under a Dan3 when I was 16 and he said if I want good kicks I have to pivot to open the hips up to move and max the power
Very, I mean VERY well made video, great and true information, keep up the good work!
Finally, very helpful instructions! Thank you.
5:12 is extremely helpful.
I am really glad it has helped
This is excellent. I practice wing chun but also like to work on round kicks and power transfer. I also think it helps to do boxing footwork drills to build mobility and lightness on your feet which also helps those kicks
Great tutorial & information thank you!
How r you sensei? U r awesome,I'm a black belt in shito ryu karate, your tutorials helping me to develop my skills in many ways .I'm very thankful to you for these amazing lessons.all the best sensei.expect your valuable tutorials more.like u .from Kerala,India
I am deeply honored that you have found benefit in my tutorials. Thanks so much for sharing your progress. It feels good to her that they are being used to good effect. Greetings from Massachusetts America. Stay safe and keep training sir!
Very smart tutorial, thank u so much
A pleasure
Really love your vids! Its bc you always tell why and how you have to do something and not only how :)
Excellent tutorial video !
worth watching ...thank you
We are really full on about this in my dojang. I loved your video and I'm definitely stealing some of those exercises!
Thank you so much for the explanation and importance of pivot.
thank you! great attention to detail! more videos!
Very helpful tips, thanks lot!
My pleasure! I am psyched you found it helpful
Excellent!
I am really grateful of this video! Thank you very much for sharing this knowledge!
Thanks for the tutorial!
Thank you for this great video. Very clear and excellent exercises to improve technique. I’ll make sure to watch all of you videos.
I am psyched you enjoyed it. I appreciate your comment! Thanks
Great tutorial - just identified this problem myself, so great drills to help deal with it.
thanks! sweet. good luck in your training.
Quality stuff 👌🔥🔥 given out for free. Respect sir🥋 oss
Your videos are very well made and i learned alot from them. Thank you so much.
Very informative sir
A true Master.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
always the best in the web, thank You for this video!
I love it ! Great video
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thanks so much!
Thanks a lot, Simon!
best teacher
Good job!!
great instruction
thank you so much! I try :)
Great tips!
Question: how do you pivot when there's a lot of traction? My gym has rubber mats, and I practice with sneakers.
You push up a little and rotate when there is slightly
Less pressure on the foot. So it glides along the floor I stead of digging into it. Between that and building up ball
Of the foot calluses is how no would recommend overcoming the issue.
@@SimonScher
Awesome. Thank you!
So almost like jumping, but staying on the ground? I'll give it a try next time. My knee kind of hurts now from all the momentum applied to it when I was trying to pivot unsuccessfully.
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great video.
thank you sir!
you're a knowledgeable person, I would like to see you in kickboxing or some kind of stand up
Now that's something i found AWESOME .. keep up the work.. thanks alot.
Will do . thanks for watching.
Excelente video !!! Por favor subtitulos en español!!
Thank you! This is great
A pleasure. I am psyched you found it helpful! Not pivoting is one of my major pet peeves
This is very good as my balance has a lot of work to be done.
appreciated. it is a lot of work, but worth it
And That's what separates us from the so-called MMA meat heads from the gyms. We focus on our techniques and balance. I know because I come from a shotokan background. What's the point of throwing a kick if u have no damn balance behind it.
Great teacher :):):)
I love physics language , keeep doin more Sir
Great explanations and tutorial. The guy's odd accent makes it strangely compelling viewing too!!
Min. 05:49; what this piece is called??
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3:22 literally how I sprained my ankle sparring, after my sprain healed I noticed my arch had fallen and now my balance is crap on that leg, is there any way to help with that? @SimonScher
I didnt flail my arms but I kicked without pivoting and he pushed into my kicking leg making me sprain my standing leg
I practiced with the line trick and it helped a lot. I have been trying to get past not wanting to pivot my left foot completely, because even when i let my body turn with it, it is very painful (I got kicked in the knee a few years ago and injured it). Do you have any additional tips?
Richtig gut erklärt. Osu. Enoch. Germany.
What about the simple issue of friction? My dojang uses a shock-absorbing mat to train on, and I find my feet don't pivot easily on that surface. I actually worry about messing up my knee.
Are you sure that you aren't trying to pivot on your whole foot? If your heel is touching the floor, you can indeed mess up your knee, because it's very hard to pivot with your whole foot touching the floor, no matter what it is (except maybe ice) . You only want to lift it up a fraction of an inch though, so that your whole foot can come down for the strike.
Sabunim Scher do you also train Karate? (I ask because you are wearing a Karate-Gi here.)
nice video as usual. you have very nice technique and analyze things really well.
I have seen and adopted a few things from karate, but I don't take exclusively karate classes.
One issue I have as someone with very low lateral movement in my hips (I can only lift my leg up to about 30º) is overrotating to get height. Do you have any tips for me to improve?
How important is to pivot the other way when doing a back spinning hook kick? seems harder.
Sabum SImon, genuine question please. Do you pivot before the kick or with the kick? Thank you very much.
A good question. When learning the kick I am happy when my students chamber and pivot fully at any point. For beginners I have them
Pivot before they even start so that they can train their bodies to expect that alignment. Then after that is understood the pivot should happen at the same time as the kick. As should the chamber. All one motion.
@@SimonScher Thank you for that answer! I just realized I have got into the bad habit of throwing kicks in a stepwise fashion. Pivot ( brief pause), then chamber ( brief pause), then extend kick and retract. My kicks do not have a terrific amount of power. I will attempt to do everything in one motion from now on. Thanks again!
Awsome. Thanks
thank you :)
I liked it. Subscribed :)
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I started a taekwondo class the other day and they got us doing running jump kicks, two steps jump and kick… anyways I’ve always know to pivet when kicking and I was doing ok a bit off target but on my final attempt I must of landed wrong and I torn my calf over to my shin, it’s getting better now but great video a lot of knowledge I will be coming back to for sure as I progress thru my experience and learning. Do u tho have a video on how to land correctly after a jump kick tho 😅 shit hurts
That is a great topic for a tutorial! In my jumping tutorial I do talk about how to land correctly. But I will put together a stand alone one on the topic
I feel pain in hip then i do that 5:20 .This is normal ?
no, it probably means that you are pushing too hard or too far too fast. Or also likely is that that angle or approach is not right and your are trying to use flexibility in the joint instead of rotating the whole hip unit.
Yes !
keep your guards up!
but nice video
I trained in karate for over 6 years and training to get my black belt. However, my biggest weakness is balance. How do I keep good balance? I have strong legs since I have done resistance training for over a year and a half. Could it have to do with autism? I heard that when it comes to motor skills, autistic people have a harder time with obtaining these skills than normal people and balance is one of them. Could this condition I was born with be holding me back and if so, what do I do to overcome it?
Some good questions. I put all my balance ideas and tricks in my balance tutorial
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Can anyone explain how a photon can have momentum and velocity without having any mass?
Because in relativity the traditional momentum-velocity relationship only holds at low speeds. As you approach the speed of light, a particle's apparent mass increases. For a massless particle moving at the speed of light, its momentum (and therefore its 'relativistic mass', although that is not a term used much today) is proportional to its energy.
@@SgtCustard Thanks so much! So by virtue of moving so fast the photon assumes an effectuated mass and therefore an effectuated momentum.
Now if only I could punch so fast LOL.
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nice thx
You're like a young Howard Hamlin from Better Call Saul
wow thank you! I'll take it!
this man's eyebrows lol. good video doe
The only thing I have to interject into the conversation is that those of us that are pushing 50 are going to have knee and hip pain regardless of form. The secret is a little ibuprofen and being stubborn enough not to quit.
Happened to me once
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Ты хороший тхэквондист.
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Dont throw your guar a side kick will stop you in your tracks
nice now im gonna go kick some fools
I'd hate to be kicked by this guy.