where is it more recommendable to kick, below the weist or above the weist?

Question

which one is more tricky and emphazes more power?

Answer 1

BELOW Quicker faster more powerful almost impossible to defend against.I love kicking those hi kickers in the balls or the knee of their supporting leg.

Answer 2

In general fighting like in a street fight you should never kick above the waist, the rsk is too great that your going to get triped or your leg might get grabed, but the bigest risk is getting triped or rushed at, if the guy is scared of you and is going back then you can do it, but hey, why not just knock them out with a good punch? your in a much better possition is you punch as you still have balance and its not so nice getting thrown onto pavement after an unsucsesfull kick

In competition you can suprize someone with a kick to the head, it usually works when the person is getting tierd and brings their hands down, still you should be very good at it before you try it and a fight really doesnt last that long

Kicks below the waist are great, you can sweep someone, break their knee cap if they dont know how to block or go for the groin, high kicks look falshy and have their place but not the best thing to do in a street fight

Answer 3

The "floating rib" would be the most devastating (effectively ending a street fight with one blow). This is just above the waist, just below the rib cage. Hitting the knee would come in close behind because it requires less power to effectively neutralize your opponent (only takes 8-10 lbs of pressure to break the knee cap). So, above the waist would answer both the "tricky" and "power" questions, but really the most effective depends on the situation. If you have distance and size advantage, above would be preferable. If you're smaller and in close range, below would be more advantageous.

Answer 4

Above the waist is more tricky and below the waist emphasizes more power. It is simply body mechanics.

As your leg rises it loses power and speed the higher it goes but a short quick snap with a short distance between them such as shin to shin or knee to knee will have a much more devastating effect than the same thing to their face which will more than likely be blocked, caught, dodged or knock you off balance. Kicks to the face are good in the movies and in some amateur tournaments.

so you are waisting energy and power when you kick above your waist level and it is best you keep your kicks that level or lower. If you want to kick some one in the face them chop them down to size first by kicking their knee or shin and lowering their face to your waist level then go ahead and smack em in the head.

In real life though I of course do not condone fighting in the street, only for protection of yourself, family etc or if you go tournament be it amateur or pro are the only except able times to use it. Those that use it to intimidate and bully are not true Martial Artist in my eyes, they are a disgrace. No authentic Sensei would condone fighting just for the sake of it and be damned with the consequences. It goes against about everything that a Dojo Kun or school rules say.

So IF you have to ever use it then use it below or at waist level or you will lose power, speed and accuracy. All bad combinations you do not want to have.

Answer 5

I tell my students that if I want to kick you in the head, I will bring your head down to the level of my hips or lower. A person that uses high kicks puts themselves in a vulnerable position, no matter how fast they are. The person they are trying to kick might be either faster or knowledable as to how to react to a high kick. Try this! Line up your feet so they are both facing the opponent or target at a 45 degree angle and one of your feet is closer to the target than the other. Similar to a side stance. Lift your heels slightly off the ground, then with the foot that is closest to the target, fire a low side kick out and at the same time shift both heels in the direction of the target. Make sure your body turns with your feet and the shoulder that is closer to the target is your line of sight straight down your leg to the target. This is a devastating technique that will break bones so try it with a target or board.

Answer 6

In a strictly self defense situation, avoid kicking above the waist. While head kicks offer massive amounts of power, they leave you exposed in a dangerous way. Kicking high raises your chance of having your leg siezed, or trapped. With only one leg connecting you to the ground, your attacker can sweep you too easily and taking a nasty fall on concrete is something you want to avoid. Falling can also change the venue in a way that isnt in your favor (if you are on the ground, you better know what you're doing). Also, you are more likely to throw yourself off balance while throwing a high kick. Your attacker could take advantage of this. Low kicks can do plenty of damage, are fast, effective and are safer to throw when compared to the high kick. This is not to say that one should never high kick, but there is a greater risk associated with it. In self defense, try to minimize risk as to minimize injury. So, a lot of martial artists practice throwing high kicks but use low kicks in self defense. Good luck and best wishes.

Answer 7

You want to take the quickest route with the shortest distance. So kicking below the waist is best. If there is an opening up top you should not turn it down at all. Otherwise, the hands will be good for the head, arm, shoulder, or chest shots.

Answer 8

If its a kicking martial art then of course they are gonna have strong thighs and would be use to the pain. If this isnt for competition it shouldnt matter. But go for what Bas rutten says, go for the spleen. between your hip bone and your last rib column there is a meaty opening, considering how isolated those muscles are it would be a very open target. the legs, and ribs both have bones to take some of the impact and sometimes people have alot of muscles on their ribs like bruce lee does. Although that area is small, there is no bone to cover it, and it is not easy to tone up that area of the body.

Answer 9

Whenever you kick higher than the chest you lose about half your power. This is because your flexibility along with the weight of your leg literally works against you as you lift the leg and knee high enough to get a kick to the head. It also takes longer to get there giving your opponent more time to react and dodge or block it and move in on you while you have one foot up in the air and no punching power and very little balance. Also the head is a smaller target. Kicks to the chest while sometimes effective are partially absorbed by your chest muscles and rib cage and so while they are stronger the chest is much more durable and better at absorbing punshiment. That leaves only the lower solar plexus, stomach, and kidneys and all of these are not protected nearly as much as your chest and don't absorb shock and punshiment as well.

Kicks to the lower abdominal area below the belt front of the groin, under the groin and to the knee, thigh, calf, shin, and ankle are much stronger since you don't have the weight of the leg and your flexibility working against you like you do for kicks to the head. These areas are not protected by a lot of muscle and a structure like your rib-cage. The groin is very sensitive and vulnerable to injury as is the knee and since both of them are so low you can get a kick there in about half the time, giving your opponent less time to react and allowing you to get your foot back down and have better balance and punching power and able to follow up faster with an attack after first kicking. You do have to be a little more careful concering what part of your foot you are making contact with since kicks below the lower body to the legs sometimes end up being bone on bone type contact and that carries an element of risk of injury for you as well.

The higher, and to a lesser extent, lower you kick makes the distance farther somewhat for you so you will have the benefit of the greatest reach with your kicks along with the most power at the lower abdominal and stomach area. Kicks to this region give your opponent less time to react and block and force him to drop his hands or restrain from throwing them and punching as much and the strength of your kicks can literllay move him and disrupt his balance somewhat. Kicks below that are almost impossible to block except with his own leg and most people outside of Muay Thai don't practice that or handle that situation very well and so they tend to dodge and move if they can but have less time to do so. So kicks to the lower solar plexus, stomach and on down tend to be the strongest, take the least amount of time for you to execute and give your opponent less time to react and counter, and tend to give you the benefit of greater reach by using your leg along with using a limb that has greater power than your arm and punches.

Answer 10

Below the waste by all means. So many more targets, and harder to defend.
You can smash the thigh (the biggest muscle set in the entire body), you have the hip itself, the buttocks, you have the calf and/or sweeping the calf.
Many options