I know but I already knew my technique was lack luster he feed back I was really trying to get was on the power and speed of the kicks

Your power and speed are phenomenal. You are a legend waiting to happen. Just hook up with your local MMA promoter and see if they can get you on a card real soon. It would be such a waste training real technique when you could so easily blow through your weight class in amatuer MMA without it.

There. Is that what you wanted to hear?

Thanks a lot I will try to adjust my stance and my follow through and I actually prefer kicking with my shins then with my insteps I know its kinda hard to see but I am trying to kick with my shin in that vid. I have a new video and I think the kicks are a little better

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt5uJsQff8Q

I only saw one kick that was acceptable amongst those kicks.

some pointers: stop thinking you're awesome, don't pretend you don't think that, i can see it with the quasi 'routined handpulling'/ adjusting the guard and the quasi nonchalant approach in your movement.

sorry if thats a bit harsh but wake up.

stop doing those lower stances, its not really helpfull.

your hands (guard): one hand should ALWAYS be at your face, you can drop one when doing lowkick or roundhouse ofcourse.

personally im nota big fan of big movements, i would make the kicks smaller.
pretend you're standing in a really narrow alley way with walls right niext to each side of you.
when you kick make sure that your legs dont touch the walls.

also make up your mind what you are practising: proper bagwork or really fine tuning kicks?
fine tuning kicks: drop the fucking stand switching, it's of no use.

keep relaxed, work with your hips, english isnt my first language but ill attempt to explain properly: when you throw a kick it better have a lose whipping power, be totally relaxed, then like a whip explode from the hip, keeping the trajectory of the fully relaxed leg tight.
your kicks are to slow.
dont worry about power, worry first on how quick your leg will hit target and that you are relaxed, your power will increase significantly when you understand that.
dont understand with your brain, understand by doing it 500 times each leg.

by doing it 500 times you'll be so damn tired halfway you cant even tense the leg anymore and the relaxed sgtate should kick in automatically.
mind you, you can still **** up at the angle.

like said before by people like Omega, Moose and Kidspatula: hip turning (' look over your own ass'), get a proper bag, and most important of all, get proper instruction.
and also: dont kick at the bag, kick THROUGH it.
i believe i saw you sort off pulling the leg back/holding it in a bit.
step over the centerline with your standing foot and then kick the **** out of it.
yes it hurts, suck it up.

I'll be looking forward to see an improved video, good luck!

Who moved this here? This thread sucks and the OP is too hard headed to even be allowed to ask questions.

To add something helpful:
For everyone reading including the OP; if you can use one of the wavemasters with the small tops comfortably then UR DOIN IT RONG! If you are kicking hard and with any penetration you will crush the padding on one of those in under a half hour and start bruising your shin on the hard plastic core.

To add something helpful:
For everyone reading including the OP; if you can use one of the wavemasters with the small tops comfortably then UR DOIN IT RONG! If you are kicking hard and with any penetration you will crush the padding on one of those in under a half hour and start bruising your shin on the hard plastic core.

im assuming by wavemaster you mean that sad excuse for a heavy bag on that spring kinda thingy in the video right?

they arent good at all train with.
i broke one one time, the base was filled with water.
no idea how heavy it was.
but they tend to be a bit weak, and also the soft part at the top shoots up during kicks.
come to think of it, where is that thing good for anyways?

When I saw the post and it said 250 lb bag, I thought of a huge friggin' bag hung off a beam, a la Bruce Lee's old ginormous bag.

I'm sure this has been said, but just go to a muay thai or MMA school and have them critique your kicks as you do them. Don't read books or post. Mindless repitition is not necessarily the best.

I remember an old TKD guy I trained with that could keep a regular 80 lb bag almost horizontal moving around and doing different kicks. He had 3 minute round 5-10 round bag routines he'd do 3x per week so had good legs. You could probably use a thai banana bag and make it heavier putting weights in the bottom. If you do a lot of rounds on a bag regularly you'll tear it up pretty quickly anyway, so why spend $$$$.

On your kicks, again don't step straight to the bag, step open at 45 degrees with your heel open to start your hip momentum. That will turn your hips over more and help you kick slightly down.

Boy you're all about your kicks aren't you? Where are you from anyway?

Anyway, yada yada get a heavy bag.

Thank you everyone your advice is invaluable and I apologize for my arrogance I will try to apply all that you have shared with me.


Thanks

Arrogance?

Meh..

I'll be in your neck of the woods Feb 22nd.

Arrogance?

Meh..

I'll be in your neck of the woods Feb 22nd.

Which neck of the woods would that be?

Dallas/FT Worth Area.

The old XXLs aren't bad. I would suggest getting the quality one they sell at Revgear vs the crappy Century ones.

Yeah, Ross Enamait had an article about those and recommending to fill the bases with sand or sand and water (not just water alone.)

http://www.rosstraining.com/articles/freestandingbags.html


http://www.fairtex.com/product_info.php?info=p35_Pole-Bag-7ft.html

How the hell would one fill that monster to begin with? Just curious.



very true but it's in my opinion a lot harder to kick around then most heavy bags I have kicked by the way anyone know where to get a hanging bag thats at least 250 lbs I find that any lighter is to easy

Introspection dude.

Arrogance?

Meh..

I'll be in your neck of the woods Feb 22nd.

What are we gonna do sparr or something thanks but I have like zero fighting spirit right now

according to the analysis I suck and have no power or speed I have never really had my skill critiqued before so I thought I was pretty good but now I see differently so there is really no point thank you for the offer anyway.

by the way I don't know how to close a thread so when ever one of you moderators feels like closing this thing go ahead and spare me any more humiliation

Rarely do we close threads, usually under extreme circumstances.

You shouldn't be humiliated, you should be elated to have something to work on. We're not saying YOU suck, we're saying your technique sucks.

If I was good at judo, I wouldn't have to go to class. I go because I get my ass kicked, I fail at nearly every throw I attempt, and my cardio is not nearly fight-worthy. Yet I am excited by all of this, particularly being the unwilling uke-by-ippon in a match at the last tournament I went to (which made "throw of the week" on my opponent's website BTW).

Why? Because it gives me something to train for, a challenge to overcome. Stop moping and go for a run.