Comments on: Mae Geri http://okiblog.com/2011/02/mae-geri/ Okinawan Karate-do Institute Thu, 16 May 2013 12:34:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Noah Legel http://okiblog.com/2011/02/mae-geri/#comment-188 Noah Legel Mon, 16 May 2011 18:50:23 +0000 http://okiblog.com/?p=966#comment-188 That could certainly work–I’ve done that before, and I’ve seen it done for other martial arts videos (a Shito-Ryu video on bunkai for Naihanchi Shodan comes to mind).

]]> By: Terry Soucy http://okiblog.com/2011/02/mae-geri/#comment-187 Terry Soucy Mon, 16 May 2011 10:57:13 +0000 http://okiblog.com/?p=966#comment-187 Hikiashi: the common enemy of all junior practitioners. I started telling some of the kids in my classes who can’t (won’t?) remember to return their foot before putting it down that I need to hear the slap of their foot against their supporting leg. It’s not 100% true to form, but it is breaking them of their habit of just dropping their leg to the floor immediately after the apex of the kick. In a years time I’ll just need to break them of the habit of pointing their toes to the floor on the hikiashi :)

]]> By: Sensei Kruczek http://okiblog.com/2011/02/mae-geri/#comment-186 Sensei Kruczek Mon, 16 May 2011 03:49:46 +0000 http://okiblog.com/?p=966#comment-186 Looks like I disabled the dislike button >_>. I definitely agree though. One thing I had considered trying was filming the visuals and then narrating it on my PC (verbally).

]]> By: Noah Legel http://okiblog.com/2011/02/mae-geri/#comment-185 Noah Legel Mon, 16 May 2011 03:28:30 +0000 http://okiblog.com/?p=966#comment-185 I like the videos, but you need to get a boom mic or multi-directional mic so we can hear you better. I’m still working on how to work that into your budget :P

]]> By: Sensei Kruczek http://okiblog.com/2011/02/mae-geri/#comment-182 Sensei Kruczek Sat, 14 May 2011 07:58:50 +0000 http://okiblog.com/?p=966#comment-182 As promised, the video has been added to the article. I would really appreciate some brutally honest feedback on these. If the videos are well received, I can do more. If they are not, I can save myself a lot of time.

]]> By: Jason http://okiblog.com/2011/02/mae-geri/#comment-177 Jason Tue, 10 May 2011 05:04:23 +0000 http://okiblog.com/?p=966#comment-177 onegaishimasu, sensei…shall wait for the vid. thank you.

]]> By: Sensei Kruczek http://okiblog.com/2011/02/mae-geri/#comment-168 Sensei Kruczek Wed, 04 May 2011 04:52:03 +0000 http://okiblog.com/?p=966#comment-168 I will try to get a video explanation to go with this, because it is very essential. When I do a strong Mae Geri, I can move a heavier person holding a kicking pad backwards. Picture the effects of this on someone fighting me rather than holding my kicking pad.

One strong kick to the knee or hip could end the fight. It could also cause you to fall on your butt, so practice makes perfect. I don’t like explaining moves with just words, so again, I will work on getting a video explanation of this online.

]]> By: Jason http://okiblog.com/2011/02/mae-geri/#comment-164 Jason Tue, 03 May 2011 09:56:25 +0000 http://okiblog.com/?p=966#comment-164 …basic, yet very essential…

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