KICKING

DUE TO THE HIGH STANDERED OF FLEXIBILTY A WIDE RANGE OF KICKS ARE USED. A KICK IS NEVER THROWN FIRST WITHOUT A HAND BLOW OR FEINT TO DISGUISE IT. WITH MING CHUAN KICKS THE KNEE JOINT DOSE. NOT STRAIGHTEN TO AVOID DAMAGING IT OR FLEXING IT ON CONTACT, THIS ALSO ALLOWS FASTER WITHDRAWEL OF THE KICK TO AVOID YOUR OPPONENT CATCHING YOUR FOOT OR SWEEPING YOUR STANDING LEG. THE FRONT KICK, ROUNDHOUSE AND OUTSIDE TWISTKICK USE THEBALL OF THE FOOT FOR CONTACT AS OPPOSED TO THE INSTEP AS THE BALL OF THE FOOTIS FAR STRONGER.


(SHOWN IN BREAKING), THESE KICKS ARE THROWN FROM A FRONT ON POSITION WITH NO HIP IN THE TECHNIQUE, ALL OTHER MING CHUAN KICKS HAVE THERE DISTINCTIONS TO MAKE THEM MORE EFFICIENT AND POWERFUL.

OTHER USEFUL STYLES LIKE TAM TOI AND IRON LEG ARE INCORPORATED INTO MING CHUAN. IN THE SAME PRINCIPLE AS A HAND BLOW THROWN BEFORE A KICK IS USUALY THROWN BEFORE A KICK TO DIGUISE IT, A LEAD KICK IS USUALY THROWN BEFORE A REAR KICK. REAR KICKS AND REAR HAND BLOWS ARE TELEGRAPHED E.G. ‘COMING ALL THE WAY FROM TEXAS’ “WITH A PUNCH LIKE JOHN WAYNE IN THE MOVIES”. THESE ATTACKERS ARE EASY TO AVOID OR COUNTER.
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