Roundhouse Kick To The Head

Type of boot used in martial arts and combat

Roundhouse kick

Korean name

Hangul

돌려 차기

Transcriptions
Revised Romanization	dollyeo chagi
McCune–Reischauer	tollyŏ ch'aki

Japanese name

Kanji

回し蹴り

Hiragana

まわしげり

Transcriptions
Revised Hepburn	mawashi-geri
Kunrei-shiki	mawasi-geri

A roundhouse boot (also known as round kick or turning kick) is a boot in which the practitioner lifts the knee while turning the supporting pes and body in a semicircular motion, extending the leg striking with the lower part of the shin and/or the instep (top of the foot). The brawl of the human foot tin can also exist used to strike the target and is preferable when ability breaking thick boards.^[one] This type of kick is utilized in many dissimilar martial arts and is popular in both non-contact and total-contact martial arts competitions. The kick has many variations based on stance, leg movement, striking surface, and the tiptop of the kick.

Semi-circular boot [edit]

A semi-circular kick is a round kick to xl 5 caste roundhouse kick (or "diagonal kick"). Most pop in kick-battle, lethwei, and muay Thai, it can be used in most every state of affairs. With this kick, all parts of the opponent'due south body can be attacked and every kind of attack tin can be countered.

Low boot outside
Depression kick inside
Eye kicking
Depression boot in counter

Karate methods [edit]

Karate has many different methods of delivering the roundhouse kick (mawashi geri). The original method involved bringing up the knee, and then swiftly turning the hip over and snapping the leg outwards from the genu to deliver a strike with the ball of the pes. The ball of the foot was believed to be more effective and less unsafe than other methods.

As the years have gone by, some karate schools too practise kick roundhouse kicking with the shin, another point of contact is with the instep (for rubber).

There are now more than and more than karateka practicing the 'cutting roundhouse kick'; this is where the karateka will lift the attacking leg higher than the intended target, and and so execute the kick in a downward cutting movement. Practitioners consider it a very effective method against the thigh.

This was later on supplemented in Masutatsu Oyama's Kyokushin karate with a like technique, using the instep and using more than rotation of the hip, likewise every bit sinking the weight of the kicker into the target, to create more bludgeoning ability. The target of this kick is primarily the neck. Oyama likewise taught roundhouse kicks to the thigh and ribs, using the shin equally the point of contact.

Heart-kick with rotation of the hips and torso in the direction of the kick
High-kick with the right leg

With the blurring of modern martial arts differences, many other variations of the roundhouse kick are now skillful in traditional karate schools. Besides the traditional Full Roundhouse Kick and the sports Small-scale Roundhouse Kick variation, the kick sometimes uses the heel to connect (heel roundhouse kick). The Roundhouse kick is too oftentimes executed with a surprising downward tilt from high up, in what has been frequently called "the Brazilian kick" (downward roundhouse kick) considering of influence from Brazilian Kyoukushin Karateka, such equally Ademir de Costa, and notable students such every bit Glaube Feitosa and Francisco Filho. The kick is regularly practiced with a straight leg as a "depression kick" because of muay Thai and kickboxing influences (straight leg roundhouse). The kick is also executed in several unlike ways after a full spin-back (spin dorsum roundhouse kick and 360 spin dorsum roundhouse kick), due to Taekwondo influences. It is executed with exaggerated tilt of the upper body (torso bent roundhouse kicking and paw-to-floor roundhouse kick), as derived from Capoeira influences.^[2]

Muay Thai method [edit]

Thai-style roundhouse kicks used to attack low and middle targets

As with many other muay Thai techniques, the roundhouse kick has gained wide popularity, being used extensively in K-i kickboxing and mixed martial arts (MMA) competitions due to its effectiveness in inflicting damage to the opponent. A properly executed muay Thai roundhouse kick has been compared past many martial artists to being struck past a baseball bat. Well-nigh Western muay Thai clubs and practitioners avoid the term roundhouse kick, instead using the term angle kicking (or side-bending boot and occasionally rising kick).^{[ commendation needed ]}

The muay Thai roundhouse (or angle) boot is generally used in varying levels (low, center, high) to inflict damage to different parts of the opponent's trunk. Low (or lowpoint) kicks mostly target the thigh just above the knee joint for the purpose of weakening the leg, limiting the opponent'due south mobility, reducing their ability to use information technology for forceful kicks, or potentially rendering them unable to stand on the leg altogether. In more recent times many MMA fighters such as Justin Gaethje, Benson Henderson, and Jeremy Stevens have attacked the calf. This can target the peroneal nerve rendering the attacked leg numb and paralyzed.

Muay Thai practitioners are taught to repeatedly strike the same betoken on the thigh to increment the cumulative upshot of low kicks equally a friction match proceeds. Some Thai camps emphasize targeting the inner thigh to compress the femoral avenue and to daze the opponent weakening his or her fighting power. Middle (midpoint or midsection) kicks target the area to a higher place the hip os and tin damage the opponent's ribs and liver. High (or highpoint) kicks target the opponent's head or neck; they are often responsible for knockouts in competition. Some Thai camps emphasize targeting the side of the neck with the high angle boot cutting downwardly from its highest point to compress the carotid artery and and then shock the opponent, weakening his or her fighting ability or knocking him out.

There are several traits which requite the muay Thai roundhouse a very different feel and look. The master methodological difference is that the hips are rotated into the kick in order to convey more moment of inertia in the kick, and the abdominal muscles are strongly recruited in the act of rotation. Instead of a snapping kick, the combined action of the leg and hips creates a kicking that is much more devoted to its momentum. The person delivering the boot will as well raise up on the ball of his or her foot while he or she kicks, mainly to allow for greater pivoting/turning speed, and increased power. Muay Thai roundhouse kicks use the shin to make contact with the target instead of the ball or instep. This farther adds to the structure of the kicking, as the shin is more durable than the human foot. Using the shin reduces the kicking's attain, simply allows it to exist thrown within punching range.

Virtually all muay Thai camps teach the roundhouse or bending kick with the striking leg remaining passive (by and large with the leg allowed to bend slightly but some camps teaching that the knee should be locked except to close range kicking) and non using the pivot of the lower striking leg around the knee found in most other martial arts. The ability is instead entirely created past the rotation of the supporting leg and hips; akin to swinging a baseball game bat.

The applied difference is the objective of the kick. A standard karate or taekwondo roundhouse kick has one snap the instep at the objective, merely a Muay Thai roundhouse uses the combined momentum generated past the leg and hip for more power.

Taekwondo method [edit]

The taekwondo roundhouse kicking, known as dollyŏ chagi, is performed by first drawing the articulatio genus straight up in a "chamber" position. This sleeping accommodation, identical to the bedroom of many taekwondo kicks (front kicking, side boot, etc.) is utilized so that the opponent cannot guess which boot will exist thrown. This differentiates it from muay Thai and other roundhouse kicks, which tend to comprise rotation before or during the ascent of the knee joint. The knee is and so rotated so that it is nearly parallel to the ground (counterclockwise for the right leg roundhouse) and the kick hip is simultaneously rotated towards the opponent. The rotation of the hip, combined with the snapping of the leg forrad, gives the kicking its ability. The striking surface is the instep or the brawl of the human foot. In this style taekwondo differs from Chinese sanshou, where the striking surface is the shin. This is likewise called an "off the line" or "rear leg" roundhouse boot.

The roundhouse kick can also be thrown from the rear leg towards the target and strike with the lower shin or the instep. This method is to become a quick strike on the opponent before they run across it coming. The kick is swung and and so snapped in front of the practitioner to give them more than power and velocity. The taekwondo kicking method is unique on its own. This makes the Taekwondo version of the kick much faster than the Muay Thai version.

A similar kick is the front end leg roundhouse, or "fast kicking." To brainstorm the front end leg roundhouse kick, the leading leg is chambered, and so rotated and snapped towards the opponent in the manner described above. The fast kick version is done past skipping forwards with the rear leg, moving the kicker towards the opponent while simultaneously chambering and snapping the front leg roundhouse. This method was used past early American full-contact karateka Bill Wallace, a pupil of taekwondo as well as karate, to great consequence. The front leg kick is generally weaker than the rear leg roundhouse because the hip does non rotate every bit far; however, it is also generally faster because the leg travels a shorter distance before striking the opponent.

Chinese wushu: sanshou/sanda method [edit]

The variation of the "roundhouse boot" or 鞭腿 found in Chinese wushu'south full contact portion of sanshou/sanda impacts with the ankle or instep.

Description:^[iii]

Elevator the genu and let the foot follow.
Standing leg: Twist on the ball of the foot, until the toes indicate away from one's opponent.
Kick: Extend hip and hit opponent with straightened instep of foot.
Pull the foot back in a straight line, and so that your opponent tin can't grab your leg.

Proper noun by martial fine art [edit]

The same or a similar move tin can receive dissimilar names according to the martial fine art.

Karate: Mawashi geri (回し蹴り)
Muay Thai: Te Tat (เตะตัด); likewise known as "angle kick", "side-angle kicking", or "rising kick"
Capoeira: Martelo, or literally "hammer"
Jeet Kune Do: O'ou tek or "hook kick"
Taekwondo: Dollyŏ Chagi (돌려 차기), "Turning kicking" or "Round kick"
Kūdō: is called mawashi Geri, but is more similar a muay Thai boot
Savate: Fouetté or literally "whip"
Sanshou: Pinyin: Bian1 Tui3 Traditional-Chinese: 鞭腿
Yaw-Yan: Toblis Paloob Pataas
Kuk Sool Won: Bahl Deung Cha Ki (발등 차기 - instep kick)

In other sports [edit]

Roundhouse kicks are utilized a lot in puroresu competition; meliorate known equally Japanese professional wrestling. Many of the athletes accept knowledge in striking sports and tend to have the roundhouse kick in their wrestling manner. Toshiaki Kawada is known for his extremely hard hitting roundhouse kicks. KENTA is known for his powerful roundhouse kicks to the head and chest of his opponents. Takashi Sugiura oft uses depression roundhouse kicks to the back of his opponent. Information technology is ofttimes utilized in shoot-way wrestling contest, leading to variants being called shoot kicks.

Federations [edit]

Globe Kickboxing Association – WKA – World Federation of Kickboxing & Karate born in 1976 (Chairman, Howard Hanson, USA)
International Sport Kickboxing Association – ISKA – World Federation of Kickboxing & Martial arts born in 1986
Globe Clan of Kickboxing Organizations – WAKO World Federation of Kickboxing born in 1978 (chairman, Georg Brueckner, German).

Meet also [edit]

Lethwei
Reverse roundhouse kicking
Jean-Claude Van Damme

References [edit]

^ "Can Xtreme Martial Arts Make You a Better Martial Artist? Part ii of 2". Blackness Chugalug Magazine. Archived from the original on August 29, 2008. Retrieved 2014-03-17 .
^ De Bremaeker, M. et al., The Essential Volume of Martial Arts Kicks: 89 Kicks from Karate, Taekwondo, Muay Thai, Jeet Kune Practise, and others (Tuttle Publishing, 2010), ISBN 0-8048-4122-v
^ flashmavi

External links [edit]

all-karate.com.
Pictoral guide of how to perform the roundhouse kicking from gokarate.co.uk.
How to Do A Roundhouse Kick from wikiHow.com.