Doing a Long Range Roundhouse Kick

Video Transcript

"Hello I'm Geoff Sterling of Hollywood Soo Bahk Do so right now I a going to show you a roundhouse kick but this one is going to be a long range roundhouse kick. It is going to cover more distance and instead of hitting with the ball of your foot, you are going to put your foot out in a straight line and hit with this part of your foot right here, the instep. You are going to start in the same way, very comfortable position, again remember the roundhouse kick comes around this way, pivoting your heel so this time I am kind of more closed to start out, my hip is a little more aimed and I am going to expand and reach with the roundhouse kick. This is more of a long range kick and it is going to look like this, then retract and come back. So the roundhouse kick pivots, spins out and then comes back. So one more time it comes around, pivots, reaches, retracts, and comes back again. So because you are expanding your foot out like that there is going to be more surface area and maybe it is not as piercing as a roundhouse kick with the ball of your foot but you are going to cover more distance and more reach and also it is a lot easier to pick up right away because you do not have to condition your toes or curl your toes back and that is going to be difficult to curl your toes back. So this one with the instep I am going to demonstrate on the back again so I am facing this way and I will go to the back leg, first again I will show you in slow motion, it comes around like that. It comes around this way and like that. Again with the closed and to open. I will demonstrate again so it is faster so at full speed it is like this. And that right there is a long range roundhouse kick. Thank you. "