Women's Kickboxing: Hopping Front Kick

Video Transcript

"So we're going to move onto a little bit more advanced kick; the front kick again, now we're going to add a hop to it so we're calling it a hopping front kick. Again we're going to position our feet just like we did on the stepping front kick; staggered stance hip width apart, hands are up. O.k. so we started with a step; now instead of the step we're going to do a little hop into the bag, o.k. So we go to push off that back leg; thrust those hips and come back to position, o.k. I'm going to stop that bag; that way we have a little bit more momentum and a little bit more force going into that target so again position those feet right, do not move until everything is solid. O.k. again bring that leg up; you’re going to push off that back leg, thrust your hips into that bag, come back nicely into that same position you started. During this kick you want to make sure your you keep your hands up; o.k. you never want to drop your hands so in other words this would not be a good kick, what happens to my defense? I dropped it and I become vulnerable to attacks. So one more time; I'm going to position my feet, o.k. hands are up; I feel nice and solid right here, my feet are hip width apart; taking that back leg and dig that ball of the foot into the bag. O.k. and that is our hopping front kick. O.k. we're going to go over the; the hip thrust, the positioning of the hips as we go into that kick; now to get more power and a little bit more extension to reach your target, we're pushing our hips forward at the same time to balance that kick out we got to lean back with the upper body. O.k. as you into the; to the bag, see my positioning right there? My hips go forward as I lean back with my upper body. One more time; push, that way I also get a nice reach as my opponent is moving either coming to me or moving away from me; I decide the distance. Now the next kick we're going to go to is the flying front kick."