Only time I use a rear leg side kick is a turn side kick/jump turn side kick. Offensively, front leg is the way to go IMO.
My philosophy: If somebody is trying to kill me, I will do everything I can to prevent them from doing so. If this means kill them, so be it....
To understand is not to know. To know is not to understand.
I don't think this is a joke thread, I just think people are failing to see the big picture of this question. It is my belief (not my opinion, my...
It's hard to stand when you have no spine. -Orson Scott Card A little pain never hurt anybody. You have to learn to not be afraid of the...
Yes it is bad. Go read the about Plato's allegory of the cave (which is what the matrix is based upon). It's too long to explain.
I'd be much more comfortable with just my hands and feet against a knife than I would with that technique.
To actually answer your question, yeah, 3 years is pretty standard for arts like Karate, Tae Kwon Do, the like. My school the average is around...
Train in kickboxing/muay thai and you'll learn leg checks. That's my fallback. Also, if you're in a proper stance it's hard for a front kick to...
Neither. Hadouken doesn't require making physical contact.
Don't judge people based on their age. It's akin to judging based on anything else arbitrary - race, gender, religion, etc. Judge people based...
The Earth is entirely weightless. Anybody who tells you otherwise doesn't understand physics. Let me explain: Weight, as previously stated,...
Would you people please stop thinking about hands when you're trying to answer this? And stop posting what you think the answer is. He already...
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Side stomp or side kick to any part of the knee. To the front, they won't be walking for a while. To the back, they will fall over. To the...
He who speaks his mind may be a fool for an hour, but he who never speaks his mind will be a fool forever. What I find interesting is how many...
Agreed with Lama. I found the place just by googling MA forum or something like that.
Often times what you say is true. But let's not be prejudicial. I started MA at 15. I did not do it to be cool or to break bricks with my big...
Lawl, you let two of those grow for 14 days and by day 14 you've got 634 of them =-o
Probably not. Forward stances square your shoulders and largely disable your back leg. Deep stances are not exactly practical now. For those...
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