Do your kicks keep getting jammed or countered a lot more often than you'd like? If that's the case, keep watching because in this video we're going to talk about one of the most common mistakes that people make while they're training their kicks and we're getting started right now. What's happening friends, my name is Nick. Welcome to another video. If this is your first time on here though and you're a martial artist looking to get the most out of your training and gain your edge then make sure you hit the subscribe and the bell notification. That way you won't miss a thing but with that let's get to it. Alright, let's start this off by asking ourselves a quick question. If our legs are a lot heavier, a lot slower and they have to travel a long range in my back leg. If I'm throwing, let's say a back leg round kick to the head, it has to go from all the way down here all the way up to their head before they can do this. Alright, so in that case, why in the world would I kick in the first place? And obviously a couple things come to mind. The first most obvious one is that it's a lot of power that I can generate with it because of the sheer mass and the momentum that I can generate. You can create some devastating impact but the really the main reason that we're going to be talking about today is distancing. So if I'm throwing a kick and I'm throwing a punch, I can obviously throw my kicks from further away and therefore utilize an entirely different distance away from my opponent to kind of maximize what I can do. Alright, now this brings us to the mistake that I seek quite often when people are training on the bags or even with partners and that's that they throw their punches from here, one, two and then throw their kick from the same range like this. Alright, so a couple things bad happen with this. First of all, I completely eliminate my kicking distance which is the whole advantage of throwing a kick. Alright, second of all, I'm kicking, I have to kick with my hips back because of the distance. So you can't even rotate into the kick entirely. Now there are certain instances where you will kick from close range but those are more exceptions than rules. Alright, that usually happens as we progress up in rank, not as much in lower rank. So as we move with our techniques, we need to make sure that we're utilizing the distance that they're made for. Now if I'm throwing my punches from here in order for me to kick, one of two things would have to happen. I would either have to move back or in a perfect world, the other person moves back. Alright, so that's our main objective. That's our main goal is to get the other person to make distance for us because obviously if I go one, two, back up and then throw my kick, it's going to be easy to see. But if I get the other person just by sheer intent, if I'm coming forward and punching and they really want to get out of the way, they're going to back up and that's going to make distance for your kick. So that's really what we want to look at as we're training. So if I throw my punches, one, two, and all they do is block and stay there, then I would suggest just to throw another punch, maybe a sweep if you do that in your school and your style, alright, or create an angle. So you might punch punch and then step off to the side and that creates a distance where you can kick from. If you throw a punch punch and then back up and then throw your kick, most likely they're going to see it coming and either counter you or just block, alright. So as we do this, we're going to throw one, two, and push this hand out there as if I was going to actually push them backwards. This is going to create a little bit more willingness to move away and that's going to help you get that technique. Now if you're training on the bag, all you have to do is back up a little bit, throw your techniques from here, add a range where you won't be able to hit the bag. So if I throw from this distance, no matter how hard I try, obviously I'm not going to reach the bag with a punch. I'm going to go one, two, and then right from here, I'm not going to pull this back to a guard. I'm going to go right from this technique, right into my kick and then right back down. Alright, so on the bag it's fairly easy, but what we want to train is sheer technique and fluid motion. So I'm not going one, two, back, and then go. I'm going one, two, and right at the end of this technique, my kick will go. Alright now when you're training with a partner, instead of just working on distancing, you're going to also have to work on timing. So timing is a huge aspect when it comes to creating distance and being at the right distance. So I'm going to throw one, two, three as fast as I can, but that person does not back up that fast. I'm going to jam myself up and it wasn't even something that they did. I'm going to go too fast and be at too close of a range to kick. So if you're working with a partner, my suggestion is to have them move at different times. So if you throw one, two, and you're going to throw that kick, sometimes have them move immediately back into your round kick position. Sometimes have them wait for a split second and then move, sometimes have them not move at all and make it up to them what they want to do. Because if they don't move at all, we obviously shouldn't be kicking. We should follow up with a punch or a sweep or whatever you want to do from that point. So if I go one, two, and they immediately move back, I can immediately throw my kick. If it takes a second, I want to give them that time and then take my technique out there right after that. 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