Kickboxing Techniques: Lead Mid Round Kick

Video Transcript

"Hello I'm Sifu Mallon with the Clearwater Kung Fu Center. This is my assistant Melissa and this is kick boxing. The kick boxing technique we are going to be working on is called our lead mid round kick. Lead meaning I'm using the front of my leg and mid describing where the target zone is. The target zone for this kick, Melissa lift your arms up, this kick is anywhere between above the hip and below the arm pit so mid body range. So this is kind of like an intermediate level for your round kick. So from here we begin from our fighting position. I'll demonstrate a few of these at normal speed and then I'll have Melissa go through it a little slower so I can point out some finer points out. So I as I slide up I bring my rear foot to front foot and turn my body. My hands are still in my cock guard position. I am pushing my foot up hinging the knee and I'm going to throw my round kick to mid body, down and back, one, two, three. Normal speed. O'kay Melissa let me have you come forward and demonstrate this. To slide up, rear foot to front foot, stay at this point this toe turns more back, bend the knee, and base out here. The body compresses, the leg pushes up and fires out. Again one, two, three, again, one, two, three. Good, one more, good. This is called our lead mid round kick, kick boxing."