Critique my roundhouse.

[Cannon_6]

It's a little silly, but I actually learned to keep my hands up while twisting my hips by pretending I was pulling on a rope or twisting a steering wheel.

That's a great idea -- not silly at all. I pretend I'm paddling a canoe.

[WhiteShark]

RELAX!
You could fix most of your problems just by taking the stiffness out of your leg. Pretend your kicking leg is horribly injured and all you can do is swing its dead weight at the target. Then when that starts to seem normal add a little tiny bit of tension back when your foot leaves the floor. Basically you want a twitch that starts your movement followed by a huge dead weight smashing through your target.

[Matt Phillips]

That's a great idea -- not silly at all. I pretend I'm paddling a canoe.

That is a pretty clever way of thinking about it!

[Torakaka]

RELAX!
You could fix most of your problems just by taking the stiffness out of your leg. Pretend your kicking leg is horribly injured and all you can do is swing its dead weight at the target. Then when that starts to seem normal add a little tiny bit of tension back when your foot leaves the floor. Basically you want a twitch that starts your movement followed by a huge dead weight smashing through your target.

Listen to this man, he speaks the truth!

[GHemmer]

Roll your shoulders over moreee so there ligned up with the rest of your body

[JKDChick]

I just pulled 3 posts out of here that were attempting to derail the thread. Rudy, if you have something to say about Sirc's technique, please do so. Put your random insults in the Trollshido thread.

[Fighting Cephalopod]

I'm going to echo war wheel and also your left hip in particular isn't rollling over as much as it needs too

It's a little silly, but I actually learned to keep my hands up while twisting my hips by pretending I was pulling on a rope or twisting a steering wheel.

Pretty much all of my thai coaches referred to the hand movement while kicking as "Turning the big wheel".

Also, listen to WhiteShark.