Aikido Striking Tips: Front Kick

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Summary: In Aikido a front kick is a very effective strike that will stop your opponent immediately. Learn tips on how to properly do this and where to hit in this free video clip from an expert Aikido instructor.

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Gary Boaz Gary Boaz has been training aikido for 17 years and is a 4th degree black belt under Fred Mastision Sensei of Aikido of Phoenix. He teach aikido, kyusho-jits... read more

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Aikido Striking Tips: Front Kick

Moving on from strikes now we're going to get into the kicks. I'm not a karate student, I don't make a habit of kicking really fancy. The kicks that I do, I think, are based more on practicality. So I'm going to show you some of my limited kicking ability. A front snap kick, from here, is I'm going to raise this leg up. One, extend up, out, and then back. One, two, three. One, two, three. When I kick I pull my toes back and use the ball of my foot to strike with. So, I'm not going to try and kick him with my toes, that would really be very painful. Instead, it's like I'm punching with my knuckles, only with my foot, just like this. You can feel just the tag from that, and I didn't kick him very hard. But it's a very good quick kick and it's from here, (demo) and then back. You can kick with your lead leg also. From here, out, and back. Just like this, very quick. If he goes to grab (demo) just like that. Obviously, with this kick, I'm just touching him. But when you really kick for real, you go through the person, here (demo) and kick him out and away from you.