Knee Strike in Kickboxing

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Katie with Expert Village and we are doing Kick Boxing moves. We are going to focus on legs now. I am going to bring my knee into my chest. Starting with a prepped stance, we call this a strike position, so I am bring my knee up and as I am bringing that knee up think that what I am doing actually with my hands is pulling the ground down. So if you had something that you were holding on to, like a bar or something as a visual, I am pulling that bar down and I am almost going to like break it across my knee. So as if this were your imaginary opponent you are bringing their head into your knees. Reach and pull down. Now showing this to you sideways; is that I do not want this to be a lift just for the leg but this is actually going to be an ab work out. This is core stabilization where this comes in. See the difference, my hips just shifted this forward. So instead of here, it is here. And we will do these multiple times. So reach and pull, reach and pull. These are your knee strikes. Lift and pull, going to feel that in your abs, going to feel that in your glutes, you are going to feel that in your arms and you are getting your cardio. And that is it. Ok so what I am doing is a knee strike. I am putting my hands up to the ceiling lifting that knee and pulling it back down. Now bring up the other knee and pull it back down. Now the difference between just doing a knee lift where it is just basically the legs doing a little bit of work is that I am using my abs. So watch from the side and see my hips shift forward and immediately it becomes a core stabilization exercise because you are contracting and tightening the abdominals and bringing the knees to the ceiling. Now I am not arching my back I am shifting the hips forward so I still have my weight back here on the back leg when you balance. And make sure as you breath, exhale out so you are getting your cardio and tightening your abs. And that is it."