How to do a Side Kick Analysis - Tips for Power and Balance #5

Here are tips to help anyone learn how to side kick Analysis.
How to do a Side Kick Analysis - Tips for Power and Balance #5

I think your body can teach you more than your instructor. Swing your leg forward and backward. Now side to side. Which feels better? Stomp on your heels. Now on the side of your foot-- actually, don't do that! It hurts!
If your body is like mine, you just learned this about the side kick--

Side kick is not executed to the side. You should kick with the heel, not the side of your foot.

The reason for both is simple— taekwondo kicks, karate side kicks, video bruce lee sidekick, kickboxing workout video, karate kicks,

Your foot, knee, and hip deliver and receive pressure along the joints, not across them. Putting pressure across your ankle, knee, or hip is a surefire way to get injured. As a rule, the higher you kick, the more you should turn your body.

Turn your support foot so the line of force runs along the foot, not across the foot.
Kick with the heel. When I kick with my heel, there’s bone and muscle behind it.
Get your butt in line. Align your glutes between your torso and the kicking foot. If you remember nothing else, remember this—
aim your butt, kick their butt!
The key to accomplishing all of this is in executing a full pivot. I leave the timing up to you. Just make sure that when your foot strikes the target, your body is in the same natural position as when you swing your leg and stomp your heel.

[LivingLegendMrShadow]

Thank you for your continuous education.

[thomasthetankengin]

Paul, you are Excellent. Please could you confirm which is your predominant style?

[danielfriedman]

Awesome Paul! What about balancing differences between left and right kicking?