Throwing a round house with my lead leg feels all wrong. Granted I have only been training for 2 weeks so I am sure it'll get better with time.

neways instructor is telling me to take a half step out with my rear leg then throw the kick. On its own I have no problem but when I do it in a combination it feels all wrong. It just seems so slow and telegraphed that way. Is there something I am going to learn later that will make this better or am I just not getting it?

all thoughts appreciated
WP

From your explanation, your instructor seems to be teaching proper lead inside leg kicks. If you just snapped them out there without taking the step they wouldn't have much power at all. Keep working on it... every time you train the strike you get 1% better.

Throwing a round house with my lead leg feels all wrong. Granted I have only been training for 2 weeks so I am sure it'll get better with time.

neways instructor is telling me to take a half step out with my rear leg then throw the kick. On its own I have no problem but when I do it in a combination it feels all wrong. It just seems so slow and telegraphed that way. Is there something I am going to learn later that will make this better or am I just not getting it?

all thoughts appreciated
WP
Use your hips.

there needs to be a way to block posts that start with "well ive only been training two weeks, but..."

shut up and go train

there needs to be a way to block posts that start with "well ive only been training two weeks, but..."

there is.. don't read any threads started by newbs


shut up and go train

thanks for your opinion. I suspected as much.

thanks for your opinion. I suspected as much.
Feel free to ignore the other two posters who offered good advice and concentrate on Alex' STFU NOOB.
That way, you can feel hard done by and write about it in your blog :-)

BTW Alex' "advice" was pretty spot on. Most techniques will feel ungainly and spastic after just a few weeks of training. The more you train, the more natural these things will feel.
Unless it's wing chun. That's designed for ungainly spastics.

does this mean left leg round house kick? i thought you where suppose to do the little jump switch where you switch lead foots and then do a left kick

If it's when you use it in combinations that it feels wrong, then try using different combinations.

does this mean left leg round house kick? i thought you where suppose to do the little jump switch where you switch lead foots and then do a left kick

I'm pretty sure he means using the lead leg to kick with, weather it be right or left.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQQJyyKHFys

Watch Jongsanan's left leg. you can see he does teh lil jump switch thing i mentioned.

That's a different kick.

The answer to the OP is obviously to train more, but if you want anything more specific you'll have to at least say what combo you are doing that feels strange.

Make sure you pivot on the support foot so you can snap your hips into it. I love kicking off the lead leg.

A useful thing to know is what you are trying to achieve with the lead leg roundhouse kick?

A useful thing to know is what you are trying to achieve with the lead leg roundhouse kick?

How do you mean? Like when to use it?

You can definately rock someone with it and it's easier to pull off than the rear roundhouse because it's quicker. Other than that it looks good for the judges if you kick the other guy in the head.

It's good for inside leg kicks too, i think.

How do you mean? Like when to use it?

You can definately rock someone with it and it's easier to pull off than the rear roundhouse because it's quicker. Other than that it looks good for the judges if you kick the other guy in the head.

It's good for inside leg kicks too, i think.
The mechanics for a "jab" style lead leg roundhouse kick are different than the mechanics for a power lead leg roundhouse kick. The training methods are different for the two, so before anyone can give advice to the OP on how to fix his issues we should know what he's trying to achieve with the lead leg roundhouse kick, such a knockout or a setup for a specific followup.

The mechanics for a "jab" style lead leg roundhouse kick are different than the mechanics for a power lead leg roundhouse kick. The training methods are different for the two, so before anyone can give advice to the OP on how to fix his issues we should know what he's trying to achieve with the lead leg roundhouse kick, such a knockout or a setup for a specific followup.

Ah yeh I see, good point. One chambered and the other swings.