zijin_cheng
Yellow Belt
Hi, I practiced Taekwondo in Singapore and hit brown belt when I was 11 then failed the Junior Black exam. I then immigrated to Canada so I did something else.
I did 2 years of Wushu, and am now doing Wing Chun, but WC leaves a lot to be desired in terms of cardio/exercise (I hate running lol), so I am doing TKD/CMA kicks to exercise.
I've been trying to do the 540 spinning hook kick:
but can't seem to get it. I can do the entire kick, except I have difficulty chambering the hook and lashing it out at the end of the spin.
In the above video, he posts 2 versions, the TKD version and the vertical jump version.
Here's my feeble attempt to explain my failed kick. I tried the vertical jump version (I can't really describe it so watching it would be a lot easier to explain), and the instructor in the video throws out the hook kick with ease, when I attempt that, my kick is belt level and bent.
When I attempt the TKD version, I do a pseudo kick when a 360 would normally be attempted and kick over my own leg, but other leg that would normally do the hook almost seems like it is frozen in place and I can't move it to chamber/unchamber for fear of losing my balance.
I can do 360 roundhouses, 360 spin hooks, butterfly kicks, and 540 roundhouses, so I don't know why its so hard
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I'll post a video of myself attempting this kick in a few days when its not raining/I have a camera, but in the meantime, just from my description, do you think you can pinpoint the problem?
I did 2 years of Wushu, and am now doing Wing Chun, but WC leaves a lot to be desired in terms of cardio/exercise (I hate running lol), so I am doing TKD/CMA kicks to exercise.
I've been trying to do the 540 spinning hook kick:
but can't seem to get it. I can do the entire kick, except I have difficulty chambering the hook and lashing it out at the end of the spin.
In the above video, he posts 2 versions, the TKD version and the vertical jump version.
Here's my feeble attempt to explain my failed kick. I tried the vertical jump version (I can't really describe it so watching it would be a lot easier to explain), and the instructor in the video throws out the hook kick with ease, when I attempt that, my kick is belt level and bent.
When I attempt the TKD version, I do a pseudo kick when a 360 would normally be attempted and kick over my own leg, but other leg that would normally do the hook almost seems like it is frozen in place and I can't move it to chamber/unchamber for fear of losing my balance.
I can do 360 roundhouses, 360 spin hooks, butterfly kicks, and 540 roundhouses, so I don't know why its so hard

I'll post a video of myself attempting this kick in a few days when its not raining/I have a camera, but in the meantime, just from my description, do you think you can pinpoint the problem?
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