This is a post about comparing few types of front kick of different martial arts. Some arts do not really have a front kick, rather, a kick geared towards defense, or offensive, such as a front jab or front push kick.
The is quite lengthy, because its from Taekwondo, the art of kicking attacks. It is quite visual, with some demonstrations and a few examples on how you can execute a simple front kick. The part to take note is using the ball of your foot, which means you’ll have to “curl” up the toes at the front to expose the ball of your foot. If not, you might kick with your toes into the target, which is not meant that way.
This is quite interesting, because its Muay Thai, the art of hard martial arts, where fighters are trained to be tough. SO let’s see how they “train” to be tough. This is a nice defensive front jab kick. Though it doesn’t pose a threat due to its nature as a defensive kick, how about bringing it up to head level? Fast and swift, makes you opponent no way to attack you if you are fast and tall enough.
Next up this is a Jeet Kune Do front kick, where as you can see, its more towards the offensive side. This is slightly different, as this art emphasis real combat and self-defensive techniques. By doing the front kick this way, using the front foot, it gives you a faster time to reach your opponent. Good for ladies who wishes to signal the “Get Lost” message across.
Lastly, this is a front kick form the fitness center, not really a martial art. In this kickboxing fornt kick, you will see that its almost identical to the Taekwondo video, and the Jeet Kune Do one. The only different is the application, and I wondered how can this be used in real combat situation. Nevertheless, its fitness we are talking about here.
Do learn only if you know what you are doing!
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