Training methods for side kicks

Part One

The best equipment for practicing side kicks is a 30kg bag. The bag must withstand any heavy blow, and its weight must also make the practitioner feel that he is attacking a person. opponent. When touching the bag, you should judge from the sound it makes whether the kick is a "kick" or a "push."

It is also a good idea sometimes to practice side kicks with a heavy sandbag swinging back and forth. Kick out first, and before the bag swings back, time your jump to prepare for the second kick. But be careful not to miss the opportunity to fire, and to kick just right, otherwise you will injure your knees during the firing.

Another training method is to have the assistant stand one step away from the back of the bag. Have an assistant hold the bag as you kick sideways. This will give you a second kick in a row. When doing the first kick, you must land immediately after the first kick, and then kick again. When performing high and mid-position side kicks, stand in a guard position, slide your front foot forward 7 to 8 cm, and then quickly advance or suddenly attack forward, but this depends on the distance from the opponent. When the back foot is firmly planted, the front foot should kick, as shown in the picture below. The explosive force in a kick is generated by the sudden twisting of the hips before the kick. After kicking, quickly bring your foot back.

Other devices commonly used by Bruce Lee were air bags and heavy shields. Air bags make good stationary targets, while heavy shields can be used as either stationary or moving targets. Although a heavy shield cannot completely offset the blow to the shield holder like an air bag, the shield holder can retreat and take away some of the attack power. Because the heavy shield has great mobility for the shield holder, even if the kicker sends out the maximum attack power, the opponent will not be injured. This training method can enhance the sense of distance and time selection between two people. The air bag is not suitable as a movable target because it is limited by the kicking space.

To practice high kicking, have someone hold a long pole and lift it to your waist height. You stand about 1.50 meters away from the pole, raise your right leg as high as possible, and bend and tilt the leg. This action can be completed by simply raising your knees as high as possible. Lean your body to the right and your head will tilt to the right. Then jump your left leg toward the bar until your right foot passes over the bar. The purpose of this drill is not to practice kicking, but to practice lifting the leg as high as possible. Keep raising the height of the bar until your feet can no longer pass. Then do the same exercise without the pole, kicking into the air. In order to kick higher, such as over your head, you have to find ways to train your agility.

In daily training, include "rapid fire" (side kick practice): stand with your feet parallel, shift your body's center of gravity to your left foot, lean your body to the left, and perform side kicks to the right. Then quickly switch positions, retract your right foot and kick to the side with your left foot. But before your right foot touches the ground, your left foot should make a kicking motion to the left. Retract your left foot and kick out your right foot. Practice this repeatedly, the faster the movements, the better. You may feel awkward at first and have trouble keeping your body's balance, but you should stick to it for a few minutes every day until you can do it smoothly and maintain your body's balance.

Part 2

To have strong explosive force when kicking sideways, you must first have the support and balance of the body. Without the support of the balanced body, the kicking leg will have no power. Yes, with the strength to balance and support the body, the speed of the leg will be faster at this time. With speed, there will naturally be the power of impact.

1. To develop the power and speed of side kicks, beginners should hold the tree pole or wall with their hands for support after mastering side kicks, and practice continuous kicking with their left and right feet. , every time you kick one leg, use low, medium and high three-dimensional kicks without landing, usually by counting. After kicking each foot 100-200 times, switch to the other leg to practice.

2. Do independent support exercises. Place your hands in front of your chest like a ball, stand with your right leg extended and your knees extended. Use your instep to hook your left foot against the back of your right calf. Stand still and count your breaths until your right foot When you can't support it, switch to your left foot for support. Repeat the exercise with both feet alternately, and do it independently for at least 30 minutes each time every day.

Part Three

With the strength honed through leg control exercises and daily walking, the attack power used in actual combat is far from enough and must be scientifically improved. It takes effective training.

1. Tree kicking method: During practice, stand against a big tree in a practical posture, and kick the tree trunk repeatedly with quick movements of your legs. The position is repeated in different levels of medium, high and low. The feet should be alternated, the kicking position should be accurate, and the force should be exerted from light to heavy, step by step. After you are proficient, you can practice it with the footwork. The left and right legs should be done alternately, and the hands and feet should be coordinated. When you are first practicing, practice the above movements in the air, and then hit the tree trunk hard after you are proficient. Make preparations before practicing, and do not blindly kick the tree pole with all your strength.

2. Sandbag method: After practicing kicking the tree pole effectively, you can practice sandbag kicking. Sandbags are no better than tree poles. Tree poles are stationary, but sandbags will produce reverberating force after being stressed, which can improve the power of side kicks and the accuracy of kicks.

★Bruce Lee's side kick

1. What is the essential difference between Bruce Lee's side kick technique of Jeet Kune Do and that of modern fighting techniques such as Sanda? How can the side kicking skills of today's martial arts practitioners in our country become as powerful as that of Master Bruce Lee? ”

2. Friends who practice Tai Chi talked about Bruce Lee’s side kicks in Jeet Kune Do on the Internet. They believed that the master used the elastic theory of Tai Chi in traditional Chinese martial arts when kicking, using the waist and hips as the axis to exert force. Quick and ferocious, it truly reaches the point where the hands and eyes are integrated and can be retracted and released freely. The side kicking skills of Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do are essentially different from the side kicking skills of other fighting techniques today, and this difference is mainly reflected in the way of exerting force and the impact on the body. The control of the center of gravity.

3. To a certain extent, the way of exerting force determines the size of the attack force when using fighting techniques. In boxing, the punch is also used as the axis. The attack power of a swing punch is completely different from that of a waist-centered swing punch. The latter is much more powerful. Therefore, the quality of the force exertion method actually determines the power of a move. Index. The ability to control the body's center of gravity determines the difficulty of a boxer's use of fighting skills. The smaller the amount and amplitude of a boxer's center of gravity change when using moves, the less physical damage he will lose and his agility will increase. The higher the ability and anti-fall ability, the easier it is to move freely and switch between attack and defense in battle to resolve the opponent's blows and throws. Therefore, whether you can better control the center of gravity when using moves is actually a way to judge whether a move is good or not. In short, even if the same fighting technique is used, if a boxer can exert force and control the center of gravity better than other opponents, then the attack power and ease of the fighting technique will be better. The degree of use will be greatly improved.

4. Many other side kicking techniques nowadays are essentially lifting the leg sideways and then kicking out sideways. In terms of strength, they only use it. The power of side kicking of the waist and legs is only strong. However, due to the physiological limitations of the human body and exercise habits, the power of lateral leg lifting and lateral kicking is not as great as that of forward kicking with knee lift. Moreover, due to the hip joint when lifting the leg sideways. The range of movement is not as good as the forward leg lift. In order to reach the height of kicking, the person's upper body must lean down and back to maintain balance. The center of gravity moves downward and backward, so that the whole body weight is concentrated on the supporting leg and makes it straight. It is stiff and vulnerable to attack, and the important lower part of the human body is also directly exposed to the front, causing hidden dangers. In terms of body control, the amount and range of the human body's center of gravity changes greatly when performing this attack, and the body is in a high position during the attack. The unstable state of going high and low, and being inflexible in making and receiving moves, makes the disadvantages mentioned above in movements more obvious. The ability to resist falling and agility are also very low in martial arts such as Taekwondo and Karate. When this kind of high side kick occurs, the performer always has to stay in place for a few seconds after performing the side kick. In fact, it is not for the sake of being cool. It is simply because the center of gravity changes so much that they It is impossible to retract the moves quickly, let alone achieve the state of rapid, powerful and free movement of kicks mentioned in Chinese martial arts theory.

5. Looking at Master Bruce Lee's side kick, on the surface. It looks similar to Taekwondo and Karate. In fact, if you look closely, you will find another mystery. From the perspective of the control of the body's center of gravity, when other martial arts side kick, the center of gravity is backward, while Bruce Lee's center of gravity is forward when he kicks side. This can be seen from the state of their upper body and hind legs when they kick sideways. For example, when a Taekwondo player kicks sideways, his hind legs are straight as a supporting leg from beginning to end, and the entire sole of his foot is in contact with the ground to bear the whole body. weight, and the upper body will sink when attacking, and then return to its original shape after the attack. When Bruce Lee kicks sideways, his hind legs are loose most of the time. Only at the moment when he attacks the opponent with force, he will quickly straighten with the forefoot as the fulcrum. After completing the attack, he will quickly return to the relaxed state. The changes in his upper body are even richer. When kicking the opponent's head from the side, he will lean back slightly. When the force is not strong, he will not move much at all. At this time, his way of exerting force mainly uses the elasticity of his waist and legs. When side kicking the opponent's chest, the upper body sometimes even leans forward, pressing part of the body weight forward to increase the attack power. At this time, the body moves slightly upward and uses the whole body to exert force. It feels more like stepping on the opponent. The intensity at this time is terrifying! The most terrifying thing is that when he uses the sliding side kick, his upper body first makes a slight flying movement, and then quickly dives sideways when exerting force (not sinking backward), and at the same time, he kicks the opponent's chest and abdomen with his front legs. In addition to the elasticity of the waist and legs and the gravity of part of the body, the force that hits the opponent also includes the inertial force caused by sliding sideways in the air. Its power is enough to kill someone. There was a record of a sparring partner being kicked more than ten meters away by Bruce Lee while wearing protective gear. This power is shocking but it is true. Compared with side kicks from other styles, Bruce Lee's center of gravity movement is much smaller from the control of the center of gravity of the body. Moreover, he even integrated the control of the center of gravity with the way of exerting force, using the control of the center of gravity to improve the force exerted. The way the force is exerted not only doubles the attack power of the side kick, but also effectively relieves the burden on the back leg as a supporting leg, allowing it to move more freely and freely during combat. Compared with martial arts such as taekwondo and karate, his side kicking technique has truly reached the realm of "fastness cannot break" that is as fast as lightning and as fierce as thunder.