How to Do a 720 Kick in Martial Arts

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"CALEB LABARDA: Okay, now that we have all our basics down, it's time to do the 720. Okay, so you must have your tornado kick down and both your other kicks--your crescent kick and your hook kicks down--and be able to jump and do both kicks in a 360 rotation. Now, we're going to bring it in the air and do one more rotation all the way back around, okay? So, the easy way to do it, you gotta know your tornado kick. Do a reverse hook kick. So spinning hook kick, okay? And then from here, you're going to jump, bring up the knee, spin, spin, spin. Now instead of throwing your tornado kick that's going to come around, you're going to spin one more halfway around and throw a hook kick. And that's going to be your 720 and you're going to do that all in the air, okay? So from here, let's just do it from standing. From your spinning, jump. This is going to be your tornado kick, skip it. That's where you're going to crescent right there. Spin all the way around, hook kick. And that's going to be 720. So it's going to look like this. So, remember, when you're doing your 720, practice doing that from standing. That's going to be better for you. Okay, from here, wind up, pre-pivot, spin, jump, spin, spin, spin, and hook kick all the way around, okay? And that's going to be a really good 720 for you. If you can do it from standing, that's going to be better. That's going to make you more powerful and more accurate and a better martial artist altogether to help you really define your kicks."