How to Front Kick with Speed and Power
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.พ. 2018
- The front kick is usually the first kick you learn how to throw in the martial arts. Here's an exercise to help you throw it faster and stronger!
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I call this the Free Fall Front Kick Drill. The challenge is to kick with your front front without shifting your weight to the back foot.
WARNING: If you have issues with your knees or your ankles, keep your feet close together. This is an explosive move!
Throw the front kick at whatever height you feel comfortable. But remember--no leaning, standing or pulling back!
The goal is to create a "free fall" feeling, like you're at the top of a roller coaster. You can’t do this in slow motion. It's all in!
The back foot can either drag behind or drive forward to add the power of your body weight. If you want to practice standing in place, that's fine, too.
If you can handle it, the next challenge is to widen into a front stance or bow and arrow stance and try the same thing. When your back leg is locked, you can’t cheat.
One visualization that might help is pretending you're stuck in mud. Imagine you're tugging your foot straight up and kick it forward as fast as you can. That’s the feeling you want.
Ready for a real challenge? Throw your front kick standing on one leg! Even kicking at ankle height is a killer.
For a real burn out, try 4 sets of 10 kicks on each leg. 10 and 10 with your feet close, 10 and 10 in your fighting stance, 10 and 10 in a front stance, and 10 and 10 on one foot. WHEW!
Because it’s not easy to front kick with the front foot without shifting back, you’ll see a lot of kickers, like in Muay Thai or Taekwondo, using a tall, narrow stance. You'll also see martial artists jumping around and constantly switching their feet. All great tactics! Those moves help to hide their weight shifting and make lifting the foot much easier.
But don't limit yourself! Training for self-defense means I want to be able to kick with either leg from any position, high or low. And even if I never need to throw a front kick from a low, wide stance, training to do it is still a great workout and builds great habits.
Give it a try! :)
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On that last one, I kicked above my head... then I woke up. I shouldn't watch right before bedtime.
HAHA! If you try again, please record it! :)
Hahaha😁😁😁😁😁hehehe
Thanks sir now I can defend myself against my grandma!
Just in case! :-)
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Hide her falseteeths👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿
I too can now defend against your grandma
I like his philosophy. Learn techniques that you can practice when you get older.
I really have no choice now! :)
Love the way of being realistic, and adding some humor is a good teaching skills... Thanks sensei! Goodbless... 😃
Bless you too, my friend! :-)
Ah, I just noticed your belt. How cool is that. Love this video as I focus on shin kicking. Thanks.
I call it my yin yang belt. It means I’ve learned something, but I still have a long way to go! Thanks for noticing! Keep kicking!
Incredible tips! Started taking Thai boxing classes so this will definetly help! Ive been watching for a year or two now, you have never let me down! Have a good day.
Comments like yours will keep me going for a long time! Thank you so much! Happy training!
Jezus ****ing yes this helped me alot, unlike the other 15 kicking video's i watched, instantly subscribed. Thanks alot😊
Awesome! Happy training!👍🏼
Thanks Ando when I'm sparring I tend to do a lot of front snap kicks so will give this ago
Excellent! Let me know if this helps!
Thank you very much Sensei Ando. I will add this to my training and see how it goes.
Awesome. Hope it helps, Jesse!
Excellent instructions thank you sensei
This is great! I always learn something from your channel.
I’m very happy to hear that! Thank you!
just stumble with your videos and I find them really informative and practical. thanks!
Happy to hear that! Nice to meet you!
Best martial arts channel I’ve seen so far 🥋🤝🔥
I appreciate that. Thank you! 🙏🏻
Another great video you always have good info. Thanks again
My pleasure, sir! Thanks for the comment!
Thank you. Your videos always make me laugh and you give some really good tips
I appreciate that. Thank you! 🙏🏻
@@AndoMierzwa your welcome sensei
*thanks this is what i need*
*you are the best*
You're the best for saying that! Thanks!
awesome technique explanation!
Thank you for the comment, sir!
Perfection in every lesson.
Working on it! Thank you very much!
That's great stuff. I'm going to try it
Hope you find it challenging!
That is great advice! Don't add distance to delivery time...No shifting; It's too slow and telegraphs...Get up and out of the mud!
Piecing this all together with your other kicking videos is starting to reveal the picture (How to kick faster, How to kick with more power and accuracy in MA, Kicking drill for MA and fighting etc.) In adding your tips, advice etc into my training I'm noticing a lot of continuity in your lessons and real gains in my training. Thank you kindly Sensei, you are an excellent guide! 🙏
I love every word of that feedback. Thank you, my friend! 👍🏼
Really effective - and clear, and also funny!
Thank you for the kind words! 🙏🏻
Straight and forward. I like it. Good teqnique
Thanks very much, sir!
Thanks i always wanna learn things like this for self defence.
Me, too! Keep fighting, Mark!
Thank you ando
You’re very welcome!
Thank you!
Thank you for watching!
Way of teaching itself intresting to try and easy to learn.
Thank you for the kind words! 🙏🏻
Awesome TIP Ando! ^^
Igor! Thank you very much!
Thanks... I’m going to try that.
Awesome! I hope it helps!
I'm 68 I'm learning Kenpo Karate👊 watching this is improving my kicking! Plus I also have a left leg injury!
Very cool. Keep up the smart training! 👍🏼
Love this channel!
Thank you very much!
Your techniques are something that I will practice with my students. Thank you for your explanation .you are a great teacher. Thank you.
That is high praise, sir. Happy training to you all!
Thank you so much! Lately, my instructor has been focusing on different kicks, and I’ve noticed my front kicks are decreasing in skill. This helped me a ton, thank you!
Awesome. Happy kicking! :)
Thanks for the tutorial, sir. Got my bucket; time to go fall! YAAAAAAAAA!!! >I truly learn the most from mistakes / falling. Thanks for helping us have a positive light in our martial arts journey.
Pain and mistakes are always the best teachers! Everything else is just hearsay. 😄 Keep falling, Veronica! 👍🏼
Good gouge, thanks!
Thanks for watching!
I love how you donot tell us not to fight but intead prepare us for the situation
Thank you for the comment! 🙏🏻
Tx ando for the tips your great and have helped me along my martial arts journey I do boxing and karaite 😀😀😀👌👊
Hi again, Dillon! I'm honored if I helped in any way! Happy training, sir!
Great video, sold on this channel 2 minutes in
I appreciate that. Thank you! 🙏🏻
When im not training in the gym I watch your videos! Keep it up sensei!
I’m honored! Thanks for saying hello!
Wow! Nice presentation but I've to wait to try this due to some knee problem till than thanx a lot..
Yes! Wait. Better to stay safe!
Smooth, so smoothly moved, u reminded me of Bruce!
Thank you! But you might need glasses.😄
you are great comedian
I practice a similar kick to your drill that we call a hopscotch kick. Without changing your stance at all from a regular position, you just push forwards with you back leg and use your from leg for a roundhouse. One of my favorite combinations is to do a high hopscotch kick before sinking low and using all that energy for a straight punch to the body, and if I'm able to, I'll add in a couple of hooks and uppercuts. Thanks for this drill, I'll give it a shot.
Love the kick and love the name you gave it! Thank you for sharing, Seth!
In my JKD class this is how we train all forward pressure. The stance is 60/40 weight on the front leg and when we do forward punches or forward kicks/side kicks going forward, the idea is to do the technique and footwork with that falling pressure. We're taught never to give ground unless it's to deliberately draw someone in and to maintain that forward momentum using gravity.
Good video Ando
Appreciate the commentary, sir. Happy training to you! 👍🏼
So glad I've stumbled upon your videos. I use the heavy bag at the gym for a good workout. I don't compete or anything. I always had a hard time finding motivation to exercise. I have to say that learning to use a punching bag is the most fun I've ever had working out. As I lose weight and become more flexible I would love to trying more kicks. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Fantastic! Yes, throw in some kicks. It doesn’t have to be fancy, just low front kicks and knees to get started. You’ll definitely get a great workout. Happy hitting!
Love you guru ji❤️
Love back to you!
Thanks, Ando. I will try those exercises to improve my speed.
Cool. Let me know how it goes!
thanks for the nice videos :)
Thanks for the kindness, Irene! :)
Very simple and effective kick, specially fron the hip down on a street fight you dont want anything high and fancy and leave yourself open and balancing on one leg. My Goyu Ryu sensei used to tell us that if on a street fight, keep low.
Good advice!
In Tang Soo Do we, emphasize the extension of hip to the extent that we chamber by default. Unfortunately, it can slow down kicks. That makes this a heck of the workout to try and keep kicking fast with the use of hip. Thank-you for the new drill.
Awesome! Always a new way to approach the same thing. Happy kicking, sir!
I like the way Charles “Do Bronx” uses this kick
Just, beautiful. God bless
Bless you, too!🙏🏻
You know what's really cool? The fact that not only are you teaching and giving tips, but you're always in the comments replying to almost everyone for feedback and other things. So technically we aren't your students, but you treat us like we are. Thank you!
If you take the time to say something, I feel it’s only proper to say something back! Thanks for being here, Benjamin!
The easiest kick ever and super usefful!! Thanks for more trainings tips !
I agree! Thank you for watching!
Thank you.
Thank you for watching!
You are most welcome.
Thanks sir
Very welcome!
I learned alot i will keep trying and kicking and kicking you are so funny thank you. 👏👍😁
Thank you very much for the good vibes!
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Thanks for telling me
My pleasure!
the sitting tip! the best😂 ... jk
thank you for all your videos. excellent information and the teachings are amazing on your videos.
I really appreciate the support and kind words! Thank you!
Love it
Thanks for the comment!
Wow something new.
Excellent! :D
I see a strong similarity to the jab/snap punch with this kick. I teach my students that you always start with a jab since it has the shortest distance to travel and therefore leaving the opponent the least reaction time, where a cross/reverse puch gives just enough time to react in a meaningful way. This front snap kick achieves the same thing but with a kick. This short be indefensible except against someone with lightning reflexes, and as with the snap punch this would be a great way to start of a combination. Thanks for the video, i really underestimated this kick.
That all sounds about right to me! Happy kicking! 👍🏼
@@AndoMierzwa Thanks!
Thanks
Thank you for watching!
I've been practicing speed front kicks/teep to complement my muay Thai power kick and I must say it's awesome. I'm 55 now and my power kick is getting slower and slower. For speed kick, I'm focusing on genital and knee cap. I didn't know there's specific exercise to improve speed kicks. Thank you for sharing sensei. Have you ever speed kick/teep while laying flat on your back? Also speed side-up-kick/teep while on your side? Teach your student that and they'll love you to death. But beware it has enough power take person head off. You can simulate multiple attackers as well while on your back.
Thank you for the comment! I do have a video on practicing kicks on your back. Keep it up!
Amazing kick😃
Very kind of you, Aileen! :)
@@AndoMierzwa 👍🙂🙂🙂 thanks for response ☺
You bet! :)
4:35....for a moment I was thinking about a certain "Crane Kick" of a lovely movie from the 80es...:) well, memories from childhood came just for the split of second on my mind...:)
But, sorry, Ando, your exercices are really challenging and good.
Thanks, Salvatore. 😄
i like this guy
Thank you very much!
"I hate this"
I like you man
I like you, too! :)
Tq sir..
Welcome!
Nice
Thank you!
I do mma and I’m 11 so thank you you are very helpful
That's awesome, Bayley! Keep it going!
I love me some Ando
Then I love you, too!
Good
Thank you! 🙏🏻
I actually know how to do a snap, I think this video will help me with basic self defense.
Happy training!👍🏼
You know, this is the exact same principle behind one of Jack Dempsey's favorite techniques, except he'd use this so called "fall step" to throw a punch instead of a kick.
Steve Berry thanks for the insight
Absolutely true! Good call!
That's how Bruce Lee taught to punch. more weight in your fist if your front foot is not on the ground.
Jef C it's not about your foot being on the ground per se, it's about accelerating your weight by falling. You can do this with your foot on the ground, but it's dynamic and smooth if you take a step.
Matthew Van Helden yes, I agree. Lifting the foot also makes the weight shift easiest to learn. 👍
Thank you so much sir for the video.
Can a short person fight the taller one ?
You may have to, so yes!😁
Nope! Some bone/s, somewhere, are going to punish me (badly and for a long time), if I try this one, but...it was worth watching, and thanks for that, Ando!
Bones can be brutal. Sounds like you’re making the right choice. 😁 Thank you, sir!
Thanks to you the babies in the day care did not stand a chance against my front kicks
HA! 😄
Holy shit your fucking Hilarious 🤣 seriously kicking while sitting got me rewinding you back just to watch it over again
That makes me very happy. Thanks for letting me know!😁
How do I get information about your seminars, in person. Thanks, Sensei
Hi Jose! If you’re on my email list, that’s where I usually share info. Thanks for asking! www.senseiando.com/updates/
I used to dislike this kick when I did a bit of BJJ, since I felt that it has to little momentum and power. But it turns out that I had misunderstood, thanks Ando.
Happy to hear that! Keep fighting! 👊🏼
A front kick is one of the most practical kick of all. It can go low, go mid and go high pretty easy without much pivot needed while still generate moderate amount of force. While there are stronger kicks out there, the most practical ways to kick is just a straight forward front kick . Just a bit of stretches and you can kick the enemy's chin. ( Which btw is very deadly if you have the flex require. I KOed one mma guy who is like very aggressive throwing jabs and snap kick and when he try to grab me that's where he made a mistake , it allow me to grab him instead and force him to get in the position that is best for me to deliver the front kick right to his chin. )
Thanks for sharing your experiences! Keep kicking!
Thank you very much Sir!
I'm gonna add it in my routine.
Cool! Hope it helps!
Nice vid Ando! In the beginning, you talked about snapping and thrusting front kicks. What do you think about a hybrid version of them?
Whatever you need to do! Hit on every angle.
Thrusting and snapping is easy.
nice
Thanks, Melissa! :)
your welcome!
Only kick i can throw effectively with my bad knee, I prefer the muay thai version (teep) good alternative for self defense you can create distance and throw your attacker off balance.
Whatever works for you, of course! Keep kicking, sir!
Keep your knees aligned with your toes, always. Become aware of when your knees aren't in alignment and when they are in a correct position to use force without further damage. Build up Vastus medialis, the part of your quadriceps above and on the inside of your knee caps. Keep knees over toes and never put into an acute angle; a deep knee bend where your thighs aren't level, your butt is low enough to make that angle between your calf and hamstrings an acute angle. The knee is the wimpiest of all our joints. Very poorly designed. Very important not to stretch ligaments of the knee in anyway. Once you've had an injury, you've got an increased potential for re-injury forever. A weakened joint you need to get your proprioceptors to be protecting. For that; stand on one foot, then close eyes...balance. Change foot, close eyes, balance. Don't get frustrated. This speeds up your 'realignment' so your Proprioceptors in your brain and spine can take care of newly re engineered parts making sure they learn their jobs before you make a move that gets you in trouble. Proprioception is like a second brain that keeps you in balance, keeps your body parts working with the weight and timing of your other body parts with gravity. So you don't have to be thinking one step at a time. The side of your knee is very weak. No stretches with the lower leg twisted away from your body, ie) hurdler stretch? Very bad idea. Do not use knee supports except for occasional high risk occasions. Practice proper knee/toe alignment. Should probably include the hip as well, open your hips as if you were riding a horse, not a 2X6 rail. Running shoes only for running. Cross training shoes or court shoes for any lateral workouts.
Stormy thanks for the tip I'm already working on my quads, front kicks feel good, round house kicks are kinda tricky for me because of the violent pivot involved in the technique, my knee bothers me.
Wow! Thanks for the lesson, Stormy! :)
Bummer having to adapt to change...? Do not do the roundhouse kicks, sweetie...that involves the side of your knee to be strong. Think of your arm or leg as a tool with hinges. Don't turn the tool on its side where it is weakest. The strongest kick involves joints that are aligned straight on, never sideways. If you do not take care of your weakened joints, you will get hurt where you are bed ridden...or close. Not fun. Don't stop working out but now is not the time to push anything.
Hi Ando, really enjoy your teaching. Perfect combination of aggression and assertion. Where could I send a letter to you. Have some questions would like to ask. Here’s one, even though I have my black belt my kids are thinking About sending my grandkids to a local school for martial arts instruction. Annoys me, but not sure how to teach a 4 year old!
Hi Joseph! Just because you don't like the idea of teaching 4-year-olds, that doesn't mean they can't have a great experience under a good teacher! My email is ando@senseiando.com if you'd like to say hello!
great video, if u don't mind me asking, what does the black and white belt signify? just curious
Balance. Yin Yang. Teacher and student. Thanks for asking! :)
Very good technique to avoid telegraphing . Thanks .
Absolutely! Happy kicking!
Great video Sensei Ando! Front kick can be really useful. These exercises are excellent👌💪🥋
Very pleased you got something out of it! Happy kicking!
Great and helpful video sensei Ando! Question, why is your belt
like half white/half black? Just curious
It's my Balance Belt... Yin and Yang. It reminds me that I'm good at some things and need a LOT of work on others! Thanks for asking, sir!
love the black and white belt. does it mean somethin special?
Yes! It's my Balance Belt. Yin Yang. Proud and humble. Thanks for asking!
This guy is really funny my Sensei , LOL
Thank you very much! 😁
One day I went to my Muay Thai class and I was the only student. My instructor noticed how my front kicks were weak and then he made me kick the bag for the next 40 minutes. No need my front kicks got 200% better hahahaha
By the way Sensei, will you ever make a video (or a podcast) where you address martial arts that use weapons? I used to train HEMA (and I want to get back to it) and I am curious to know if you had any tips or insights about training with weapons, since it deepens a lot of techniques and concepts we usually do more naturally (like footwork and guards). Thanks!
Matheus Violante weapons yes !
Melee weapons are just combinations of sharp, long, and heavy. After a while, they are all the same. For that kind of knowledge, I would go to the channel Schola Gladiatoria, longtime HEMA instructor, for philosophy, or channel Dreynschlag for actual instruction
Benjamin Chen thanks
Thanks for the suggestion, sir! I wasn't sure how responsible it would be to talk about using weapons on TH-cam. That kind of thing I talk about privately when I know who I'm dealing with. Plus, there are some really good teachers already out there!
Ando Mierzwa I understand your concern but I believe what would be more valuable is your martial arts knowledge and philosophy apllied to weapon techniques, more than anything else, really. In any case, thanks for the response!
And I find really dumb how training with weapons is a taboo but criminals and murderers don't hesitate to grab whatever they can and then wield it against us. In these cases I'd rather be holding a stick and using it as a sword than holding no stick at all. This is what I say when someone looks down on me for practicing HEMA.
That burns this old man's legs..laugh..how I feel lately. I do not believe in fighting, and I doubt I would ever attack anyone. However, I do believe in self defence, and learning to protect. Essential to learn. How do you block a kick? or do you dodge it?
You should be prepared for anything! Sometimes you get hit, sometimes you can slip it, sometimes you can catch it. Hopefully, you’ll never need any of it!😁
I usually front kick by dashing forward, like walking but legs are high and power is there, Colossus steps
Do what works for you!
@@AndoMierzwa Love you Sensei!
@@DNAHCKR-eo9nd Love back atcha!
Nice tips sensei ando i am wondering if this could be a great suggestion for a front kick or all kicks in general
When doing a kick i notice its common for the kicker is to focus too much on folding the knee up before finally snapping which robs alot of velocity to generate alot more destructive power so the suggestion was if the kicker instead was to take power from springing motion the kicking leg gets from the ground and have the knee loose letting the power they get from the ground fold the leg for them and the kick is to be rapidly executed in a similar motion as a whip forming a rapid all in one motion snap kick of incredible speed and power as opposed to the more common slower restrained snap kick?thank you if you could share your thoughts on it sensei ando ^^
Yes! Anything you can do to stop winding up or moving backwards should be applied to every kick. Like anything, chambers have a time and place. We should be able to perform kicks more than one way. Thanks for the question!
I see thank you too sensei ando i agree that the methods of chambering depend on your current situation a ground powered auto chambered all in one motion snap whip kick is great for quickly dealing damage and the slower 2 motion chamber kick is more for tactical reasons like to make your opponents guess the type of kick your throwing right?^^
That's all good thinking. Yes and yes!
I personally, wouldn't try that last exercise without being on a very fluffy mat first! :-)
You know what? I think it's easier on solid ground! The mat absorbs too much of the takeoff. :)
I used to do something similar with roundhouse kicks. I feel like you could turn that into a drill with a roll, letting yourself fall into it.
Worth a try! Thanks!
@@AndoMierzwa that was one of the things I found myself doing reflexively, which I was surprised that others I trained with did not. If I tripped, I would naturally roll out of it, to the point that apparently it looked intentional on my part. I found there is actually a relatively long window during a fall, once only starting to initiated it when my shoulder hit the ground. It's useful, though if I fall from a height, I ragdoll or push myself into a vertical surface to cut the force in half instead.
The other one I learned from martial arts that is useful is how to instantly end hiccups through breath control.
@@Bansheexero That hiccups trick will probably come in handy more than any other technique! :)
@@AndoMierzwa I know, I tell people that all the time. Interestingly, my body seems to autoreprogram myself. Like it figured out how to auto-cancel trips, and my pattern recognition has me pre-empt stuff falling off of shelves. It doesn't seem to work fully with slipping, but I did once slide downhill backwards 10 ft with groceries in my hand and did not fall. I even said I had no idea how I was doing it as it was happening.
@@Bansheexero Well done, Obi Wan.
It's interesting that the Jack Dempsey falling step punch requires u to keep most of ur weight on the lead leg and do some sort of failing motion to use gravity and body weight to develop a powerful straight punch,what r ur thoughts?
Yes! I’m a big fan of dropping weight into a strike before landing the step. I hope you’re already playing with that!
So boss after watching till 3 : 20 do we kick with front leg or back leg ?
This challenge was the front leg, but kicking quickly without telegraphing is always a challenge!
My 1st kickboxing match the dude I was fighting threw a front kick so hard it knocked all the wind out of me and I couldn’t breathe
Thankfully he didn’t press me cuz he easily could’ve stopped me after that
So now I’m here to learn how to throw one lol
A painful, but valuable lesson! Upward!