balancing on kicks?

Question

i really like kicks like the round house front snap and back kick but i have trouble balancing my self to turn back to my regular position any tips?

lets say im in a rt fight stance and do a round house with my left foot i have trouble getting back to rt fighting stance again

what are some balancing exercises that i could do? any other suggestions?

im not sure if it is a balance problem though because i can balance just not when i turn around again

Answer 1

These are all excellent suggestions listed above my answer, but there is one thing that hasn't been touched upon as of yet: flexibility.

If you have good balance otherwise, it could be possible that when performing this particular kick if you aren't properly stretched out, you could be pivoting too much on your supporting foot to compensate. This being the case, your supporting foot would lend itself much more difficult to correct once the kick has been thrown if you are over-rotating it.

So, like the others mention, practice practice practice, but also stretch!

Good luck in your training.

Answer 2

When in a fighting stance, then performing a roundhouse with your left (back) foot, after you have made contact with your target simply put your foot down right where it is, in front of your right foot. Only leave your left foot here for a second, long enough to recover your balance, then return it to the back of your fighting stance. This is called a balance check, these are done by dropping the kicking foot directly to the ground after reaching the peak of a kick to regain balance before returning to the original stance. You should do these whenever you feel your balance waivering as you attampt to return to your stance. These also work if you are kicking and moving forward, simply leave the foot at the fron of your stance and then perform your next kick, it's like using a kick to take a step. Great for driving sparring opponents from the ring. A training method you can try is to perform any one of the kicks you know as slowly as possible, and then at the peak of the kick try to hold its position there for a count of 30 seconds, afterwards return to your original stance, again as slow as if you were underwater. This will develop awesom balance.
Happy Training.

Answer 3

If you mean when you are doing a round house with the back leg and can't return it after the kick back down and behind you there are some things that can help you to accomplish this. One is to counter rotate your hands and arms slightly the opposite way the kick is traveling around. Some people do this excessively and throw their hands way over and leave themselves open longer or more than necessary. Martial artist that are good at this only need to move their hands and arms a few inches counter to the motion of the kick coming around-they just do it with more strength.

If you lean excessively when kicking or come up to high on your toes this can also cause you to lose your balance even with the counter-rotation of your hands and arms. So being able to kick with the rear leg and do a round house and return it back down and behind you is literally a combination of all the above things. Work with this some and you should find that your balance is slightly different for lower rear leg round house kicks than medium height or higher ones. As you get better and more adept at this you should with time and practice be able to do a rear leg round house and return it back down behind you smoothly and easily with no loss of balance.

Answer 4

Repetition will help because you get used to your body and how it works. Your muscles that help you balance also get stronger, so just keep practicing.

One balance exercise that we used to do was to stand in a ready position and close your eyes. Then stand on one leg with the other knee at waist height. Do this for about 20 seconds or a minute, then the instructor says to switch feet and while your eyes are closed, switch feet positions in a jumping motion.

This is hard at first, but is good for balance because if you can balance with your eyes closed, its much easier when they are open.

Answer 5

it's all about shifting your balance and being comfortable with it. when you kick your body is moving to shift your body back in balance. I have practiced aikido over the last 10 years which has made that I have learnt how to put my feet "in the ground"
I found it to be great help when learning how to kick. I think that a good excercise would be to stand on one foot and try to keep straight for as long as possible (try to imagine that your feet are indeed not on but in the ground) then try moving your legs in various positions and practice that way. after a few days you'll feel much more at ease on one foot

Answer 6

Like the previous person said, It all comes down to practice!practice! practice! It will become much easier in time - once you get used to it. Just make sure that you are doing to technique correctly, and ask your sensei/sifu if you are having any hassles. They would be better able to help you than a forum

Answer 7

practice

there are those balance pads that look like half of one of those big exercise balls and those are somewhat helpful for building balance and strengthening the balancing muscles, although you can only do limited kicks on those

Answer 8

Most importantly that comes with time dont stop practicing continue stretching and trying to master your technique. It will become easier give it time.

Answer 9

I don't really understand what you mean but try using your hips to move your legs. so it should go like this; leg up, turn hip, flick leg, turn hip back to normal position, leg down.