Tae Kwon Do Front Snap Kick

Video Transcript

"Hi this is Aaron Fruitstone from Chi Martial Arts in Miami Shores, Florida. You can reach us on the web at www.chimartialarts.com. The first kick that you’ll be learning today is a front snap kick, and it’s probably one of your most effective kicks against an opponent directly in front of you. It takes very little effort to learn and is one of the kicks that if you ever have to use a kick either in self-defensive or in your Tae Kwon Do, this will be the one that comes up most likely. You’re in your walking ready stance, with your hands loosely clenched, your feet shoulder wide and a medium step, you’re going to slowly lift the right leg up so that your knee is in the same line as your hip, pulling your toes back, extend your leg out, bring it back in and slowly return. From the side in slow motion. Slowly up, out, toes pulled back and down. At normal speed. And from the side. And we’ll be back. "