Turning kicks

Muscles worked

You need

How to do it

1. Stand in a fighting stance with your guard up.
2. Lift your kicking knee up and across your body, pivot on the ball of your standing foot so your hips open toward the target, and whip your leg out in a rising arc, striking with the instep or shin.
3. Snap the leg back to the chamber and set it down in stance.
4. The pivot is the engine - if the standing foot doesn't turn, the hips can't open, and the kick becomes all leg and no power.