6 Kicking Techniques | Shaolin Kung Fu

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To begin with, we're going to start with the side kick. This is a very basic kick. Ready? He's going to bring his hands up. We're going to do it nice and slow first. Bring your hands up, and he's going to step in with the rear foot. As he brings the rear foot in, he's going to lift the front foot and strike with the bottom or the heel of his foot. Okay? Let's try it full speed.

Okay? Let's go to the next kick now. The roundhouse kick. Many styles use this kick. It's very important that as you do it in this scenario that you snap the kick back. Let's take a look at that in full speed, the roundhouse kick.

Hi. I'm Carl Romaine. Welcome to our demonstration of Shaolin Kicking Techniques.

We'll start from the very basic kicks all the way to a little bit more advanced.

To begin with, we'll start with the side kick. From this ready position, he's going to step in with the rear foot, lift the front knee, and extend his leg out, striking with the bottom of his foot. A little faster. This is a very effective kick for self defense. This kick can be placed at the knee, as well as the hip, or even the head.

The next kick we're going to demonstrate is the roundhouse kick. It's a very common kick. You see it in a lot of different styles. As he steps in, he's going to lift his knee, point his toe this time, and extend the leg towards the head. One more time, slowly. Step in, lift the knee and point the toe, extend and strike the head, making sure that he recoils after the kick. Now full speed.

Our next kick will be the hook kick. In this kick, he's going to extend his leg out, just like he did in the side kick, and then hook or loop the kick towards his back. And slowly kick. And again. And now full speed.

Our next kick will be the variation of that. It will be this spinning hook kick. It's a little bit more advanced. And in this scenario he's going to actually take a step as he goes into his spin and then execute a hook kick right from there. It's a very powerful kick. And one more time.

The next kick he'll demonstrate is a crescent kick. This kick will come up towards the center and then out. Now striking with the bottom outside portion of his foot. Notice that the leg is straight. One more time.

And the last kick we'll demonstrate is a very effective kick. It can be used either to strike the leg and break the knee, or even used to stop a kick. It's called in Cantonese. So he's going to do a cross-over knee kick, striking with the heel. One more time. Good. And full speed.

This concludes our demonstration of Shaolin Kicking Techniques.