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Hipping in Martial Arts Kicking Techniques and Coaching Strategies

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Hipping In Martial Arts Kicking Techniques And Coaching Strategies
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Hipping in Martial Arts Kicking Techniques and Coaching Strategies
This video is to answer a qustion about hipping. Hipping is a part of well executed kick. Without it a kick becomes a leg push. Instructors must be careful not to overemphasize this part of the kick as a coscious effort, as that can lead to exaggeration of the hip, wich will widen the gap between the initiation and completion of the kick, leading to the loss of the momentum and snap wich is the reason for the hip in the first place.
Attempts to correct hipping though drills, exercises or visualization should not be carried out, up until the coordination is established between 4 phases of the kick. Only when the coordination, and all the needed abulities are sufficiently developed, hip training can begin.
Warning: If correct hipping is in place before the tissues of the body are ready to handle the internal and external stresses of the kick, the injuries will quickly result.

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  • I see what you are ...

    I see what you are saying. Hipping is actually the initiation of the kick, rather then the last second hip twist.
    I will make a video at some point.

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  • Yes that is part of ...

    Yes that is part of it but what we are told is the snap plus the hip push (twist, thust) at the last second togeather create the power. The hardest part to teach or the last part to get is the hip action. We call this entire process the snap. I think it is the same thing.

    As I tried to state in my example above with the front leg round house with no moving froward. In order to generate power you need to snap your hip with the kick as there is no swing to the kick.

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  • Maybe we are ...

    Maybe we are talking about the same thing, but isn't a snap the actual energy transfer from the foot to the object?

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  • Got it. It is what ...

    Got it. It is what we call the snap in TKD. We attempt to teach this with the front leg round house kick. The hardest to do this with is the front leg round house with no forward movement. Simple pick up the front leg and hip the kick to an on comers face or head.

    Thank you.

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  • CASteel1, Here is ...

    CASteel1,
    Here is analogy, it's not about direct parallel, it's more about the timing of putting the "hip into the kick" vs hipping.
    Putting one's hip into the kick is like a sword slash. No whip action, rather the body smoothly pulls the weapon.
    Hipping is like cracking a stockwhip. By the time the popper moves, the keeper (not to mention the butt) is stationary.

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