21 Leg Technique Exercise | Shihan Michael Monaco | IFK Arizona Seminar

Okay, the kick's not, okay, get your arms up 45 degrees. By count, by count. Close your hands, 45, get your arms out slightly. Yes, like this, yes. For your balance, so you can balance yourself. And also thinking about the guard, yes. Go ahead. H. Knee. Sun. Let's go back to the lines and get your C, because some of you are kicking over here. My area's going over to my spleen and my side of my ribs. Yes. Get that center line. You've got to turn your hips. Watch how he turns his hip. Watch how he turns his hip to make sure he hits the center line. You have to turn your body. Because the power of karate in the legs is what? Where does the power of karate come from punching and kicking? Your hips. So you have to turn your hips in order to get that straight line, because I'm going on the straight line. My Chudanma gear is what? It's going where? Right here. My King gear goes where? Where's it going? Hip. Not a leg. You're doing full contact karate, so you have to be able to use the dynamics of your body to do full contact. Close. And if you don't use your hip, you aren't kicking as hard as you can. You're only using your leg. Yes. Close. H. Center line. Knee. Sun. She. Go. Center line. Herk. Center line. H. Hutch. Q. Right. Make sure you look over there. There's no blind techniques in Karate. Jiu. He cheats with the mirror. H. Knee. Sun. You've got to turn your... For I.F.K., for Sukusa kicking, you've got to turn the heel to get your hip in there. Show us. You've got to turn on the ball of your feet. Otherwise, you're just kicking with your leg. Yes. You know what I'm saying? Yes. All those kicks, you've got to turn on the ball of your feet and your heel. Now his hip. Now his hip is behind the kicks. Turn the heel. You understand? Yes. Now the hip is behind it. Otherwise, it's just the leg. All our kicks, Janine Davies, who's our Kata Queen, and has the Kata Committee, and has the Kata World, again, Hanji turns on my hip. So we've got to make sure we turn on everyone because we have a lot of side kicks, yes? At the end of these 21 lower body techniques. Okay? Let's start again. Remember, go slow with those kicks. H. That's right. You've got to turn your hip. Knee. Turn. Turn your hip. Don't go like this. Don't be stiff. Yes. You've got to turn. Sun. Turn your hip. Sheep. Bell. Turn. Hip. Then kick. Hip. Then kick. Earth. Seat. All the way across the center line. Hutch. Q. Look where you kick. Look. Earth. Q. H. Knee. Sun. Turn the heel. Sheep. Turn the heel. All the way. Where your leg goes. Bell. Turn your heel. Ice Claudia. Earth. Turn your heel. Seat. Hutch. Watch your arms. Q. H. Same thing on your back. You kick. I'm not over here. I'm where? Center line. So if you don't turn your shoulder. Take your knee and turn. You won't get it. You must also keep your foot down. IFK back kick is not a side kick. So many of the back kicks. It's a spinning back kick or a back kick. Side kick instead of a back kick. The knee is down when I kick. the toes will pull back strong feet when they heel, not this, you understand? Make sure you fix that because again there's a standing and you'll get much more effect when you fight and you throw a dive kick, a real back kick, because it hits right in the solar plexus like a mule, straight back and it's perpendicular, otherwise you lose the power because the knee goes out. There's a purpose and a way of throwing a side kick that's meant to do damage, yeah? Just like there is for a back kick, and most of the time our back is to the person, it's not turned this way, yes? Again, by count. This one's for the chin primarily. For the round kick, it's for the ribs. You understand? This way. It's not like this. We're not using the side of the knee like Muay Thai, we're using the front knee cap to drive it in. It's not the push, it's the strike. These are strikes, yeah? Let's go. One and a half seconds, remember. Turn your hips, don't forget to use your hips. Curl your toes. Now you're using that toe for the ball of your foot, the bone on the bottom. Now you're using your arch. Turn your feet, turn your heels. Straight back, center line, that's why you're on the scene. Level two. Remember, don't leave that out. You have to chamber kick and chamber and bring it back. Otherwise they're going to grab it, yeah? Level two. Make sure you're looking inside, kid. No peeking. Turn your head and look. Until you start focusing on that center line, you're going to miss that. You have to change that view. And remember, you speed and technique. Speed plus technique equals power. It's very important to get the MESF. Maximum Efficient Strength. If you do it all properly with speed and technique, that should compensate equally. Plus, if you do it slow, you're taking one of the elements out. Level three. All on your own speed, the best you can. Don't cut it short. Ready? Ready for it? Focus. Mind's got to be there. Mind, body, spirit. Crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack. Ross, relax. We all know it's been a bit. You're all going to be different speeds, remember I told you, and that's okay. But just make sure you complete the technique, okay? Now, in the interest of time, I'm not going to make you do all right side and left side. I gave you the idea. But what I'm going to do, we're going to start with the 17 and go right into the 21. So right when you're done with the last 17, put your hands up and go right into the kick. Real challenging one. Brain. Brain to brain. You ready? Ready? Level one. I'll make it a little simple so you don't have to go to level three right now. Ready? How'd you make it? Everybody. Ross, Ross, Ross, Ross, Ross, Ross, Ross, Ross, Ross, Ross, Ross, Ross, Ross, Ross. Good. How'd that feel? Good. You're learning. You're doing good. Any questions on that? Again, that's primarily used to warm up people. It's primarily to warm people up. That's what Hanchi would do just to get us mentally and ready and get a good sweat. And then we go in now for the 10th year syllabus. Yes. So the syllabus was created, like I said, it has always been there in Shokushin karate. If you ever open up a Sosawa Yama book, that's what you'll see. You'll see all the weapons, all the different techniques that there are in karate. So Hanchi has always, again, put it in some kind of structure so we have a standard. And then we start to move with it and then we start to play with our brain on different, different moving surfaces. It challenges us even more, which tells us to be better fighters and more better in self-defense. Because most of the time when you're doing your Kihon, when we did it, you stood what? Still. You did all your techniques standing still. Well, guess what? You moved. You have to move. So you have to learn how to do that and it doesn't come natural unless you do it. So that's why he created it. And also made sure that we're doing all the weapons in Kihon karate. Just a few.