Hi guys were back with another tutorial and this week we're going to be doing
the 360 turning kick otherwise known as the tornado kick.
So if you want to do this kick properly I suggest that you go and watch the tutorial for
the spinning kick first. There's a link to it here. This kick is pretty much
executed exactly the same up to a point and then we have to go even further but
the basics are the same but I'll run to about now anyway.
The most important thing about this kick is that you turn around on your feet
enough for you to be able to get your hip in for when you actually throw the kick.
If you do the jump too soon it may look something like this.
You haven't got your body around enough to actually throw the kick. So what you want
to be able to do is to spin around enough so that from here all you have to
do is lift that knee up and throw the kick.
My kicking leg is at the front and from this position
what I'm going to do is I'm going to turn this foot like so
as if I'm going to do the back kick or or as if I'm going to do the spinning kick.
I'm turning like this and then what we want to do is bring my knee all the way to the front.
So from here with the toes pointing that way
I've gone all the way 360 round to the other side and my knees up my
body is completely facing Bob, yeah? it's not here like this, facing you guys.
I am facing Bob. Now all I've got to do from this position
is jump up off that foot and bring the turning kick into effect. So from here I'm
just jumping and kicking and you see that hip is all the
way to the front and this foot the heel is turned around. So that's the very
simple ways to do this kick. From here, I'm turning and I'm spinning and I'm
waiting until I'm facing Bob and only then do I execute the turning kick or the round kick.
I'm going to kick with the instep of my foot or the shin. So from here
I turn and kick .
You can see that my hip has come all the way to the front.
From here a turn and kick.
So I'm doing a couple of skips really.
I'm going to turn
and do a little skip like that and then I kick. Reason is this floor they'll be
sticky tends to grab you of your feet and it stops you from spinning
so I recommend starting from here and then turn around and kick.
You can see that my foot skips around a little bit one, two...
The most important part of this kick in order to do it properly is that I don't kick too soon.
I wait, I wait. This would be the wrong place to throw that kick.
I'm too far away, my hips too far away.
Wait, wait, wait so you get all the ways of facing and then jump up and kick.
like so
Again like other spinning kicks the first thing I want to do is turn my head.
Where the head turns the body will follow.
Thats the very first thing. As you step you're looking
I'm always looking where I'm gonna kick. Never duck keep my head down
never take my eyes off my opponent. I'm going to look exactly where I want to kick.
So the sooner I can get around the better. Where the head turns the body will follow.
Also I'm going to use my elbows so the
head turns and then the elbow is really good to give me torque and then when
I turned around enough facing Bob then I'm going to do the jump.
Really important as well, is that I bring this knee up. I'm pointing my knee to where I
want a kick. So from here, head, elbow and point the knee. Wait. When I am facing Bob
just throw the kick.
The reason I teach it from this position is if I make you think it's a
spinning hook kick then maybe he's just gonna move back a little bit and wait for the foot
to pass and then he's going to come in with whatever technique he
wants to throw. He thinks you're doing spinning hook but actually you disguised
your tornado kick. You can set them up with the back kick
Or set them up with the spin kick.
That's when this can really work well. I would suggest that when you do this kick
that you travel a little bit. You have to cover some distance because most
probably he's going to be moving back. It's better to be able to do it from here
He thinks you are going to spin kick and then you throw that kick
but I'm moving towards him.
Covering distance.
He is a bit tall this Bob.
If you want to do this more as a performance kick
then I would suggest starting from here and taking a
step in like so. I'm really using this momentum to spin myself around
but also push off this leg to give me some more height. So from here I
can step in, I'm winding up. I'm completely telegraphing it but this is
not fighting this is just for fun. As I step I'm using my arms and I
come round into this position but you see how much I've used my arms now?
I point my knee at the target and then I can jump nice and high and do the kick.
So from here I'll step in
If you catch them right, you can most definitely break their ribs with this kick.
Very powerful kick.
Shin on the neck!