Improve your Hook Kick - a lesson on Ura Mawashi Geri

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[shauntheangelofmercy]

what I like most of your videos is you go deep into the technique, explaining all the mechanics and giving helpful tips for beginners. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[Jamesccify]

Great vid Sensei ! Your kicks are swift, deadly and explosive ! 😎
Great explanation of the body mechanics as well….

[peercy]

Really well explained and awesome to watch.

[ronan]

Beautiful control and technique John. Restores my faith in martial arts.

[Chapperino]

One of the best demonstrations of ushiro ura mawashi I've seen.

[seanlewis]

Made me decide to attend my local shotokan club.

[bunburyodo]

Nice stuff as usual. Sensei Hazard always used to say to us to do a yoko geri kekomi past their head, then whip back with the heel, so when I hear someone else saying the same things I know the following instructions will be good :)

[scrobiuspip]

Fantastic video, thanks for making this series!

[BCC-rucw]

Muy bueno pacticar movimientos de extremidades inferiores, interesante, desplazamientos rapidez en extremidades superiores, y las inferiores.
El complemento perfecto.
Gracias.

[hrist]

Nice exercise is take 2 targets, hit through one hit 2nd and space those more and more. Good hook kick hip training.work on roundhouse too. Just carefull on the targets holders head when wide split. Great video

[shayhoulihan]

Shay checking in from dublin Ireland thank you

[educatedcanadian]

My favorite version of this kick. So well done. Im almost there but i had to relearn this version. Taekwondo style and other karate style hook kicks are different. We use more of a front wheel kick turned sideways with a hook in it and it lands in hook position as front foot lands. Almost like a wheel kick sideways with a hook in it. Its effective and powerful but it hurts to throw and requires a massive range of motion and doesn't look as good. I know the spinning version of this hss enough knockout power. Sensei have you been told how much we love you for teaching this, just want to make sure you're getting your validation today!

[maxiro]

Excellent explanation and tips, let's practice it, thanks.

[DrNikolaiLee]

This video is great! We teach the exact same movement in hapkido for our hook kicks. They may be different styles, but there are only so many ways to move the body correctly. Keep up the great work sir!

[jeseaep]

Just started watching you, and dude, your technique is phenomenal! Keep it up!

[teikarate]

Great video. Exactly how I learned it after Bill Superfoot Wallace did a course for my old club back in the 90s. Great stuff John as always.

[Turbulent]

Great video, all important details explained. This comparison with yoko kekomi is perfect, thanks John!

[madmanwristy]

exactly the kind of video I was looking for

[slingshotshooter]

can you please upload a short video showing what part of the leg you want to make contact with the target for a hook kick that you hit with the heel ??
really important you forgot to mention it

[andrewfindlay]

This is just the video i needed to see, ive been trying to figure out why when i do ushiro ura mwash, i over rotate and struggle to control the rechamber and ultimately become unbalanced, what you said about keeping everything tight is something im looking to work on, thanks for the demonstration.