How to Front Kick in Cardio Kickboxing

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Part of the video series: Cardio Kickboxing Exercises & Tips

Summary: How to front kick in cardio kickboxing in this free martial arts video from our Martial Arts expert Chemin Alldredge.

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By Chemin Alldredge
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Chemin Alldredge is 24, and she has just recently earned her 3rd degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do. She is a certified instructor, and she owns her own Martial Arts Studio. She has been...read more

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joesteph said

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on 8/2/2008 Chemin's art is Taekwondo, and I remember when I took it years ago that my instructor deemphasized the front leg snap kick to concentrate on the rear leg front kick. I was encouraged to use both when I did Isshinryu. I'm taking Soo Bahk Do now, after a number of years away from the martial arts, and both front and back legs are emphasized when sparring. My instructor encourages a push with the front leg to add some power, and agrees with Chemin in throwing the hip movement into the rear leg front kick. For a real fight, and in sparring that isn't for competition, the shots to the midsection that Chemin is emphasizing are also emphasized by my instructor. It looks like modern martial arts move with the times, open to borrowing ideas from one another.

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"My name is Chemin Alldredge. I am a 2nd degree Black Belt in Tae Kwan Do. I'm here with Expert Village and today we'll be going over beginner cardio kickboxing. Alright, now we are going to go ahead and move into our front kicks and our back leg front kicks. Kicks are wonderful because for women this is one of your strongest parts of your body, is your legs. What we're going to do is I'm going to use Bob here as my example. We are going to want to kick right into his stomach or into the ab part right here. When you kick, you want to bring your up and you want to kick. Notice I am kicking with the ball of my foot. The ball of my foot is hitting his leg. I'm going to bring my kick back in and this is a 3 count kick. You want to always make sure your guards are up. You're going to do 1,2, bring it in, 3 and down. 1,2,3. 1,2,3. And then we are going to go ahead and use our back leg and when you use your back leg you're going to turn your front foot and then bring it all the way back. This is going to work out your torso area by twisting. Make sure to use your hips. Put your hips into it. You're going to do 1. 2. 3. And then you can use your front leg. 1. 2. 3. Alright, and that is your front kick."