Beginning Karate : Front Kick
How are you doing? My name is Qaeem and on behalf of Expert Village, I''m going to be demonstrating Shorin-Ryu Karate. In Shorin-Ryu Karate, I''m going to be demonstrating today, which is the front snap kick. The front snap kick, we''re going to do this kick from the forward stance. We do this kick from the forward stance because it gives you more power. It also gives you more leverage and more control. Now once again, you are going to start on in the ready position, just as low you are in a forward stance. You''re going to step out with your left foot, step out into forward stance, weight going to the front leg, the back leg is facing the side. Your arms are up. Now the front snap kick, you are going to bring your knee up center, kick out, bring it back and down. Now you are going to be kicking out with the ball of your foot. That is where you get the power; that is where you get control and that is where you stop yourself from injuring yourself. Therefore, kick out with the front ball of your foot. Now you can practice this by just getting on the ball of your foot, you can just bringing it up. Now we are going to go out to the front forward stance. Guards up, front snap kick, legs come up, kick out, back and down. You could do this in movements, one, two, three, four…. Now you can also do this faster when you get better and you practice it more. You will able to put in all in one move. Now we call this is the front snap kick because when you bring your knee up, you shoot it out like a bullet and bring it back. You don''t shoot it out and leave it out there. Shoot it out and bring it back. Front snap, kick. That is the front snap kick. My name is Qaeem on behalf of Expert Village, thank you for watching.
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