inverted round kick help

**chof** · Posted On: 1/14/2008 7:43pm

need some help doing a inverted roundkick anyone have any tips

**new2bjj** · Posted On: 1/14/2008 7:59pm

Is this for breaking boards, point sparring?

**chof** · Posted On: 1/14/2008 9:12pm

for breaking boards

***Plasma*** · Posted On: 1/14/2008 9:21pm

WTF is an inverted round kick?

**The Question** · Posted On: 1/14/2008 9:27pm

I think he means this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[yt]sMK4tMnxpho

**The Question** · Posted On: 1/14/2008 9:29pm

At my old kung fu school they called them "twisting kicks".

**new2bjj** · Posted On: 1/14/2008 9:44pm

Work on loosening up the hips with reverse crescent kicks/

**EternalRage** · Posted On: 1/14/2008 9:59pm

We used to do these in Soo Bahk Do, our Grandmaster was especially good at this kick:

Hip flexibility is crucial. I was always taught to rotate the hip outward so that your upper body turns inward as a result. Other than that I don't know what to tell you, it's been a while since I've practiced these.

**The Question** · Posted On: 1/14/2008 10:01pm

Also, be careful with the knee of your non-kicking leg. The twisting motion leaves the joint exposed to injury and such.

**new2bjj** · Posted On: 1/14/2008 10:38pm

Is this a requirement? I mean, there are so many things to go wrong with the knee and the foot at that angle- jam the toes, hurt the knee, etc. I mean, if you could sub something that's difficult, but less injury prone- let's say a jump splits kick. I don't mean that they are any more practical, but it seems safer, and I imagine this is for a test, right.