Kickboxing Punching Bag

This is the second in a series on martial arts striking combinings used as choreography in cardio kickboxing. As said, a key divergence among a trained martial artisan and a streetfighter is that the martial artisan reflexively hits in sequences of three or four moves. The momentum non-thinking reaction isn’t just a one-move event, it is a more effective practiced sequence of strikes. One punch or kick is easy to defend against, but three or four thrown in a row may be very difficult to deal with.

This reflexive reaction of hitting in sequences is only learned through lots of repetition and drills, performing sequences over and over until it is an automatic reflex. Cardio kickboxing is an idealisti way to do this. In fact a heap of of the patterns in cardio kickboxing are drawn from such drills.

Useful for cardio kickboxing choreography, here are a good deal of real-world compoundings culled from the martial art sport loosely called Kickboxing. What came to be known as competitory kickboxing is a constrained scheme mutual to a number of martial arts. The basi brand of “Kickboxing” was devised in Japan in 1950 by boxing promoter Osamu Noguchi as a style/ruleset for beating Muay Thai fighters. In classic competitory Kickboxing opponents are permitted to strike with both the fists and the feet, hitting above the hip. However, not similar to Muay Thai, using elbows or knees was forbidden and the use of shins was also oftentimes not allowed.

Kicks are in general more powerful than punches and so are a priceless tool. But in exercise it is a good idea to set up a leg kick with handwork first. A jab or two will make your contestant think with regards to your hands…then you step and kick. Or jab/cross/right kick, with the cross either being more of a bogus and push (which allows you to kick genuinely hard) or a hard right that sets up a right kick It’s more difficult to kick hard with this combo, but if you drill the guy with a good cross he’ll be knocked back a bit and then you step in…

Here are the combinations:

Jab, cross, lead hook, cover

Jab, cross, lead hook, lead front kick

Jab, cross, rear leg front roundhouse kick, cover

Introduce the sequences half-time, then depending on the students, double it up. For the last sequence above make sure to tell the students to fetch their rear foot back to the rear-foot starting position after the roundhouse kick (instead of alongside the other). In exercise the cover happens simultaneously with bringing the foot back.

Of course for each rule (punch before kick) there is an exception. This sequence works exceptionally well on the bags.

Lead leg side kick, feet together, rear leg step back

Lead leg side kick, feet together, cross with rear leg step back

These combinings may be repeated on an individual basis or in sequences either on the floor or with a heavy bag. Devote equivalent time to right and left leg forward positions. Most are oriented around smooth rotation around the spine, swinging the body so that each punch or kick winds up for the next. After you get the progressions down, begin inter-mixing the combinings together in dissimilar patterns to present something dissimilar each class.

Kickboxing Punching Bag Picture

Kickboxing Punching Bag Picture

Kickboxing Punching Bag Image