How to Do a Hook Kick in Martial Arts

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"CALEB LABARDA: Hi. Now one of the other kicks you're going to be doing is going to be a hook kick. All right, this is another kick you're going to be using for when you do, instead of a crescent kick, you're going to be doing a hook kick or spinning wheel kick, all right? And its going to look like so. So you're going to set up. Guards up from here, okay, pick up your foot, okay, and you're going to throw a hook all the way around, and that's going to be a hook kick. So one more time from here. Guard up, all the way around, okay? Now once you got that, it's also important to practice. Just like we did with the crescent kick, practice a reverse hook kick. So guards up, pre-pivot the foot, look over the shoulder, and kick, okay? Hear that snap in my pants? One more time, pre-pivot, look over your shoulder and hook, okay? And that's going to be your spinning hook kick or spinning wheel kick. So from standing, one more time. From here, you put up your guards, pivot your bottom foot, and hook all the way around, and you're going to do that kick, okay? You must have a strong, powerful kick 'cause any kind of actual kicking you do, those jumping in the air and doing spin kicks and stuff, that's--it all has to have power and you have to have accuracy to be able to hit a target, all right? So one more time, hook. And another time, reverse. Spin, hook, okay? And that's going to be your spinning hook kick or spinning wheel kick."