So how high can you kick? Share advice

[aries]

Hi thanks for sharing your insight and also advice. To answer your question, I want to be good with my legs because of personal interest. I learned that if you are good at kicking high, it makes kicking mid or low a lot easier and more fluid. I also want to kick high because for self-achievements and also because it is cool. Realistically in a fight I wouldn't throw out and head kicks, but I do believe being flexible helps overall as a martial artist.

Yes naturally I can kick higher if I do it fast, but doing it slow and static is harder but also comes with rewarding factors later on. Such as improved balance, muscle memory, and helps improve form and technique.

Then we'll have to agree to disagree. I just don't think the benefits of being able to do it really slow or statically hold out a high kick are worth it vs. just developing high kick flexibility and the ability to throw them high at real time speed. But each to their own. If you want to develop it use isometric holds and eccentric lowering.

 

[Higus]

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A good shortcut to the high kick for inflexible people. You won't have the same sort of power a flexible person might have, but you can still add a few inches to your kick and still be a threat to people.

 

[aries]

^ It's a nice trick but the other problem with throwing them that way is your balanced is more compromised so you'll be easier to knock over. But I suppose that's a small price to pay for the height increase depending on your opponent and the ruleset.

 

[Higus]

^ It's like anything else in fighting: you have to know when to use it and when to hold it back. What you shouldn't do is concede the head kicking to your opponent. At least let him think there's a credible threat.

 

[PivotPunch]

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A good shortcut to the high kick for inflexible people. You won't have the same sort of power a flexible person might have, but you can still add a few inches to your kick and still be a threat to people.

I really don't like this and doing this might get people who can't throw high enough to be content with this budget version of a highkick instead of them working on it.