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How can I increase my kicking power?

David Engel
Muay Thai Instructor & Self Defense Trainer
David Engel is a Muay Thai Instructor and Self Defense Trainer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. With over 15 years of martial arts instruction and training experience, David runs California Martial Athletics with co-owner Joe Chernay. He has created and maintained martial arts programs at Rise Combat Sports in San Francisco and Round 5 Martial Arts Academy in San Leandro, with a mission to provide students with a level of comfort and competency that manifests both within and outside the martial arts context. He is also a registered cornerman for amateur and pro competitors under the IKF (International Kickboxing Federation). David was the youngest apprentice instructor of the Thai Boxing Association of America under Ajarn Chai Sirisute (2009), and was a top-ranked amateur competitor in his weight class (127-130 lb) in California between 2013 and 2015.

David Engel

Muay Thai Instructor & Self Defense Trainer

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A more powerful kick can be done with exercises like short-distance sprints, lunges, and deep squats. If you have a weighted vest, slip that on for extra resistance. The best thing to do is just repetition—the more you get the mechanics down, the less effort you will have to put into it.

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How do I practice?

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Practice the kick in a large area with plenty of room. Warm up and stretch first. Keep doing the move until you get it down.

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How can I get higher kicks?

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Try leaning back more and increasing your leg flexibility. Use an exercise like the splits.

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Is this more effective than a spinning back kick?

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The spinning hook kick motion is from the side while the spinning back kick is front on to your opponent's gut. The aftermath of the spinning back kick will leave you vulnerable and there is a chance of pulling a muscle, therefore the spinning hook kick is better as a move after a split hit to a vulnerable area.

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Can you give a situational example where the spin-back hook kick is applied?

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In competition, it can be used. It has many factors against it though, so for a long time it was seldom used by most martial artists in tournaments, whether kickboxing or muay thai or MMA.

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Shouldn't this be performed at waist level to prevent the opponent from catching the leg?

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You can do that and that is the preferred method to take out someone shooting in on you on a single or double leg takedown. This is illegal in the sport of MMA because of the high potential for injury to the shooter. It's not hard for someone to crack their head barreling full force into the knee.

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How will I balance on only one foot without falling off?

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You have to stay still and put the same amount on each side so you will not fall.

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Should you strike the head or the side?

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Strike the side. So, even though MMA is already really dangerous, striking the back of the head is dangerous even by comparison.

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