The round(house) kick

[GranFire]

I'm a TKD gal, my roundkicks are (in essence) pick up leg cocked, point knee at target and pull the trigger. It's OK, I can stand on one leg for a long time...

However, someone here mentioned the *Muai Tai Style* and I got to wondering...how exactly is that? not so much lower leg work and more from the hip?

[Hardball]

I'm not 100% sure but I think thai boxers just swing the whole leg from the hip and make contact with the shin. It's so powerful that if they miss their target they end up doing a 360 spin.

[bigboywasim]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3404547572879309209&q=thai+roundhouse+kick&hl=en

In my experience the Thai roundhouse is more powerful than the TKD roundhouse because the shin hurts more.

[GranFire]

Thanks! That was pretty much the mental image I had!

[aseepish]

Check out the videos on this thread for some more detail/different angles.

http://www.defend.net/deluxeforums/showthread.php?t=23161

[cowpaste]

It's "Muay Thai" guys. "Thai" not "tai." :P

In the Google video, why does the pad holder jump back??

[osopardo]

During my TKD white belt and yellow belt phase, my kick was structured just as described by Granfire. It was the way it was taught and I wanted to follow the program.

After a while though, it just slowly evolved into a Thai style without any premeditation on my part, but just because I wanted to connect sooner.

I found that the small amount of time it takes to chamber the kick telegraphs your intentions and the opponent moves out of range or pre-empts your kick.

[Hardball]

See Tim Mousel's instructor test also!!! It's a "Sticky thread"

[Hardball]

Thanks for the vid, I especially like the instruction "Kick with your instep where it connects with your ankle." <>> I also like the foot jab vid especiall the quote " It is almost exclusively defensive"

[>:)]

At class today, the guy holding the pads kept saying he could see it coming a mile away whenever i roundhoused. Then he showed me to make it quick, you lift up the leg vertically like a tkd front kick and at the same time twist at the hips, then quickly screw the leg into horizontal position at impact. I've just been swinging mine like a baseball bat , and his way makes sense but not the way i was taught. Thoughts? It's a hell of lot quicker, didn't notice a huge loss in power.