Analysis The traditional rear hook kick

[Frode Falch]

Do you guys ever use it? I think the spinning hook kick, or the lead leg hook kick are more used.

But the rear leg hook kick used to be my fav kick back in the late 90s

 

[Rallarsvingare]

I only use it to play around, not in a serious way because I think it cant generate enough power to be useful in a fullcontact fight.

 

[Trabaho]

the other guy looks weird moving.

That kick is not permited in sparring in the gym I´m at. High kicks are permited. Hook kicks don´t even get mentioned but yep, I mean spining back fist is banned, front kick to the face, knee to the face, I wouldn´t eve think of hook kicking. Thing is if it´s a lot of members you can´t count on every single person being reasonable, need bullet proof rules. Spinning back to the head is banned obviously too. We can actually head kick with roundhouses.

I want front kicks permited but I understand not everyone can control them well. Then eventually you would have some guy do them in a bad way and cut someone face with it. Before I knew about the rule I did throw it once. Even got like a praise nod for it. Not by the trainer just the guy I kicked.

However I rarely do throw hook kicks on a bag practicing. Hook kicks are solid to have as a "rare" technique to catch of suprise. A heel is a very hard body part and the kick doesn´t have to be extraordinary to hurt.

Here is a good example of it

 

[RemyR]

I remember watching this video then spamming hook kicks to the annoyance of my partners a couple years ago. That phase lasted a couple months.



Never really threw rear leg hook kicks though