The Crescent kick comes in two variations: the inner and the outer, or sometimes referred to as the inside and the outside crescent kicks. Both start off by raising your kicking leg as high against your body as possible and extending it, as well as placing it slightly across the centerline of your body. From there, if it is an outer kick, you will then sweep outwards from the centerline and connect with the target. If it is an inside kick, you would sweep towards the inside of the centerline, and connect with the target there.
The Hook kick is a relatively modern trend in Taekwondo competitions, but is not common traditionally. It is similar to a Roundhouse kick, but with a backwards sweep once the foot is extended. The intended impact on the opponent with this kick is meant to be the heel of the kicking foot. Like the Hook kick, this kick has a sweep performed to create an impact on the opponent. The difference here is that the sweep extends further, and the kick is performed with a perfectly-straight leg.
As with the Hook kick, the heel connects with the target. The Axe kick is also a relatively modern trend in competitive Taekwondo and other martial arts competitions. To explain this move, think of how you would swing an axe to cut a log. You first have to lift the axe up above the height of your body, then the axe swings down onto the log, impacting it on a slight angle. The Axe kick works by raising your leg up high towards the target, starting from outside the centerline.
Once you have performed the upwards kick as high as possible, you exert downward force with this leg, and keeping the heel of the foot pointed downwards. The intended impact is basically everything above the torso of the opponent, including the head, shoulders, and collar bone. Although not technically a kick, the knees are an essential part of any good kick, but they can also hold a lot of power on their own. The knee strike has many variations, but they all revolve around raising the knee and impacting the target by either bringing the target into the knee, or pushing the knee towards the target.
These types of strikes are particularly common in mixed martial arts MMA , and other martial arts, like Muay Thai. This kick is significantly more advanced, but is often reserved for Taekwondo demonstrations as opposed to competitions or self-defence. It involves hitting two opponents at once by performing a jump-kick, and using each leg to target a separate opponent.
This is an advanced version of both the side kick and the back kick, and is done by getting a running start before performing the kick in mid-air. Although these kicks are more demonstrative in nature, they are also used in sparring relatively often. Cheryl Diana reviewed Wu-Yi Taekwondo — 5.
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How to make a Three Section Staff. Sign in. Forgot your password? Get help. To perform a rear kick, bend your rear leg at the knee and shift your center of gravity over the lead leg.
Use your core to pivot your entire body on your lead leg, swinging your rear leg swiftly to hit the bag at a 90 degree angle. As you kick, rotate your hip so that your shin intercepts the bag head on instead of hitting the bag with the side of your calf. Try to hit the bag with your shin, slightly above the ankle of your rear leg.
Practice this movement slowly by bending your leg up, pivoting and striking. Practice a hook kick by bending your lead leg at the knee and swinging to kick slightly above the center of the bag, shifting your center of gravity over the rear leg.
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