Opinions on following all the way through/360 on your dtae

[silapathai]

I have been trained in one camp to spin all the way through doing a 360 and in another camp was "untrained" to do this. That camp's philosophy being that you don't want to expose your back, the back of your head, etc. I notice that a lot of "muay thai" stylists in America especially still spin all the way through when roundhousing. Two of the three instructors that told me not to spin all the way through are former Lumpini Champions from Jockygym. It took me a long time to train myself not to spin all the way through but once I got it down my way of throwing the dtae seems more effective/effecient than it did before.

[MuayThaiNevrDie]

I agree with not spinning through because when I spin through I spin a 540 leaving my to an opponent

[Damian Mavis]

Ya different camps have differing ideas and strategic philosophies. I try not to 360 on a miss but regardless of that I did it in my first fight and it brought me back into guard position safely and quickly.

Damian Mavis
Honour TKD

[alexjxaver]

The same thing happened to me One place i was tought to spin, but another told me not to. The only time you need to worry about spinning and not spinning is when you totaly miss a kick, you should be able to tell when the kick is going to miss and hold the kick back. But if you are totaly comitted you sometimes it is more dangerous to try not to spin, than just to turn around. It time it depends, but ushally i would try not to spin.

[Tom Yum]

If you miss

you can change it up into a side kick once your leg crosses your center line. Also if you spin all the way through, I was told you can bring your front leg up to shield to get back into position.

[Damian Mavis]

Ya ya, when I fought I used the sidekick after hitting with the roundkick to the head by instinct. I just wanted him to stay off me! Worked like a charm. But when I completely missed I followed through and spun around bringing my lead leg up to shield once around.

Damian Mavis
Honour TKD

[alexjxaver]

shileding when you spin can save you,l but you have to be careful not to over do it, or you can get easily timed and hit.

[darrianation]

I usually swing it like I mean it but I usually don't go complete 360'. I have been taught both ways but I think you should add to your standard practice routine to recover quickly if you miss with a round kick. I practice following up with a back kick, spinning back fist/elbow or spinning back kick. I also will cover up as I do these things incase my opponent closes to fast for the other techniques. Just don't leave the back of your head exposed.

[Khun Kao]

My approach is a combination of both. I teach my students to start off allowing their kick to spin them around because they have to learn the proper body mechanics of their kick, but then as they start to get the hang of it, I teach them varying methods to prevent themselves from spinning around and exposing their backs.