Warrior Pages, Side Kick

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How to execute a side kick or Yoko Geri. More videos available @ www.WarriorPages.com.

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Hello! My name is Ritz Gaul and I am here to instruct to you Yoko Geri, the side kick. So the side kick is probably my favorite kick in martial arts; it is a very, very good kick. It's a very direct kick, like the front thrust kick or both front kicks; it is direct in that the weapon in this case is the blade of the foot, you can change your position, and it's going to go straight towards the target. So because it is a direct it is very, very fast kick. It's also very powerful especially because of the Yoko Geri side thrust kick because I am going to hold my hips and turn away and then deploy my muscles and my hip muscles and very, very powerful; it's a good pushing kick. It's still done fast but because of that blow it's very powerful so even if it's blocked I would say that it pushes the opponent back. Another variation of the side kick is the Yoko Geri Keage which is the Side Snap-Kick. This one like this, we are really are not getting the hips involved, just the chamber, stick the kick out, and bring it back so you won't to able to see my -- so the toward leg is not too stout and I don't turn away. This is a really good self-defense kick. If you are ever in a confrontation that you don't believe that you can get out of, a quick side snap kick to the knee would pretty much be the end of it. Use only in emergencies, but if you find yourself in that position it is a very good kick. About the striking systems, as I said you are using the blade of the foot, but you want to use the back part of the foot, if you use the front part of the blade you can make contact with that slop stresses ankle, it can result in you injuring you own ankle. So that is a -- your opponent might be able to run away, you are not going to be able to run away, so that's another thing. So make sure you are thinking - so you pull the foot up and the full foot is pulled back towards you so then the kicking, kicking on the back half. So you have to stave the connection between your heels up to your leg; it is less likely you are going to hit your ankle. I can say it's just a little half to the face kick, and it's one that should probably spend some time on. Like all kicks, if you have one leg that us weaker than the other, you want to try and even it a notch. You should be able to fight either sides of the board, so what I would like to recommend is if you have one leg that is weaker than the other work, work that leg twice as much, and then you will find that eventually that leg will either catch up or even sometimes surpass your good leg and then you have got twice as much weapons, choice of weapons to bring to bear. So that's the Yoko Geri Side Kick, thank you.

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