Hi guys Scott Adkins here and we're back with another kicking tutorial just like I promised.
Today we're gonna be working on the spinning h ook kick.
So first of all you've got to make sure that you're doing the hook kick properly okay.
It's a pretty simple kick and I don't think it's a very devastating kick it's not
the most powerful kick but in a real situation it might say to somebody's
mind off something so you can hit them with something else but it doesn't have
a lot of power but when you add the spin to it it has an enormous amount of power
so it's definitely worth learning and you have to make sure that you do it
correctly otherwise you won't be doing the spinning hook kick correctly.
So just to briefly touch on this you, need to step up to the kicking leg. So I'm close
enough to kick the guy. I'm in a sidekick position therefore this foot that I'm
stepping up with whenI need to turn it so that my toes are pointing out this way and my heel
is pointing that way. That puts my hips into the correct position like so.
I turn my back slightly to my opponent but make sure that you get this foot into
the correct position and then I'm just gonna lean back this way and I'm gonna
chamber the knee and just hook with the heel. Chamber the knee up and hook with the heel.
Bringing in the leg this way. Knee up and hooking in with the heel.
It's good to add on to sidekicks and stuff like that you can hide stuff and then I pop out
a hook kick. But as I say it's not the most powerful kick but you do need to
know what to do especially if you're gonna do the spinning hook kick.
So it's very simple from here I'm gonna step over 90 degrees with that foot or even
more if you want, whatever suits you best. As I look over this shoulder you can
see that actually my foot has turned so that I'm in that hook kick position
with it so is pointing this way, the heel pointing this way, the sidekick position.
When I see my target that's when I throw that hook kick out there.
So it's very simple. From here stepping in turn, kick. It's really important that you move this
foot around to here. If it's not round enough you're gonna end up kicking too
soon and having no weight behind your kick. What I need to do with this kick is
I need to spin fast, right? And the best way to do that of course is to start
with your head as soon as my head turns and I look to where I'm gonna kick the
quicker I can do that the better but also to add the extra torque and the
speed what I can do is, I've stepped into that position and I'm gonna throw this
elbow around like that then when I look at my target then I can kick. So I'm
using my arms to give myself more speed okay? Stepping in and I'm using my elbows
and that's what gives me the speed.
From here stepping in and spin.
I'm stepping in, using my elbows and spinning.
Now the more that I throw my head and my elbows around
the faster I can spin and the faster I spin the more powerful the kicks gonna be.
So, I'm stepping in, elbows and head, kick at the same time - that's where the power comes from.
And don't forget you got to push off the floor all the power always
originates from the floor, that's what you guys need to do.
OK so only when you feel confident with the very easy version of the spinning hook kick should
you move on to this next section which is the more advanced version. It's much
quicker, it's much more powerful. You need to know exactly how to do the back kick
the way I've taught it in my previous tutorial so there's a link for that up here
If you haven't seen that already or you want to refresh your memory of that
go and watch that now and come back to this because the beginning of this
technique is exactly the same. You're gonna be here like this and to do the
back kick you're basically just going to switch feet like that, that's the easiest
way to do the back kick. From here, switch and throw that back kick out.
Now for me, the best ways to do spinning hook kick is exactly the same. I'm switching on the
floor and then at the last minute instead of just kicking straight back
like this, I'm just going to go higher and turn it into a hook kick.
That's all you're gonna do so from here I'm gonna do the switch but instead of it
being a straight back kick I'm just going to go high.
And that is the easiest way
and the most efficient way to do the spinning hook kick.
If you're going to do a spinning kick obviously you need to spin but sometimes
the floor doesn't let you spin but you still need to spin. So from here, again you're gonna do that switch.
I'm taking the weight off the floor and I'm just moving around
on this is a tiny little jump it's what it is. I'm not actually spinning on the floor.
So from here
there you go.
You see the feet?
I'm doing it like the switch back kick.
Think of it like a back kick.
That's your back kick.
And at the last moment just turn into a hook kick.
What's great about this kick as well is I can hide the kick.
from my opponent.
The longer I keep my leg tucked in like a
back kick, the longer it's gonna look like a back kick.
A back kick done properly, you're hardly gonna see it coming anyway. So in that split second
from here I can turn it into the hook kick or not. I can keep as this or I
can turn it into the hook kick. It's entirely up to you.
What you don't want to do is kick with a straight leg.
When I do a spinning kick it's almost like my foot
is loose and it's whipping through. It's coming up here like this
and it's whipping through like that.
It's not a stiff leg like this.
That you can see coming come on I'm off.
It's that whipping hook kick motion
that you should have when you do that hook it correctly. From here
to whip that foot through so when you did a spin kick
you whipping it through.
You are not going to see it to the last moment because I'm keeping it tucked in tight
to my chest . Keeping it here and I don't throw the kick until the last moment.
I hold on - hold on - hold on then I throw the kick.
So don't throw the kick too early or it would look like this
Not too good.
Hold on to it. Keep your arms tucked in. Make sure you're using your elbows to
get enough spin as well but more so it's about this switch and then the kick.
What you say?! What did you say mate? You talking to me?
Also with every single kick you do, it's very important, after you thrown the technique and you have
connected with someone, something or not. You have to regain your balance as
quickly as possible. Whether it be the round kick, you need to come back to
your fighting stance. Whether it be a side kick, you need to be back on your
toes, ready to evade or come back with another strike. Same thing goes for
the spin kick. You kick and then back into guard ready to go whichever
stance you want. It's really essential that when you practice this
kick you regain your footing and you're ready for whatever might come next.
The first movement I do the shoulders and the elbow around this way and of course the
head. As soon as like a look where I'm going to kick the faster I can do that
the more powerfully I'm gonna kick but you have to do that first initial
movement as explosively as you possibly can,
once you have the proper form and you understand the technique, then
you can start exploding into it and really making it the fastest most
powerful and devastating version of the spin hook kick.
Come on!
Knocked him stupid.
I mean it could be as simple as this. I've gone down the shops, I've got
my mask on, I'm trying to get some groceries, somebody comes up to me, he's
closer than two meters. I say get back. He doesn't do it.
Fast as you like. Him and the Covid get smashed all the way over the other side of the aisle.
There's your social distancing.