Karate is an active martial art characterized by very strong blows and efficient moves. Regardless of one’s status, be it fresh candidate or experienced martial artist, the elaborated techniques will allow increasing the effectiveness of kicks and punch, as well as their impacts. In this blog post, I’m going to explain the concept of refining your techniques and give you some practical ways to develop yours.
Ineffective Kicks and Punches
Most martial artists experience problems with their kicks and punches and this brings anger. You can suddenly feel powerless, slow, or imprecise.” Ineffective strikes can reduce your confidence both in the ring and in real life fuller contact situations. This also exposes you to be easily defeated during practices and trials, if you can barely manage a kick or a punch well and strongly.
Have you ever considered that your strikes could be lerone are lack the authoritative punch, nothing strikes between the face or that you cannot put your fist right where you want it to be? This leads to lower performance in the dojo and could even make you quit the training process all together.
Tips to Improve Your Karate Kicks and Punches
Karate kicks and punches need practice, time and effort for them to be well done. Here are some effective strategies to enhance your techniques:
1. Focus on Proper Stances
Here, the common theme is the stances which are the bedrock on which good kicks and punches can be executed. Start with the basic stances, such as:
Zenkutsu Dachi (Forward Stance): It gives a supporter balance and enables them to make strong blows. Front knee should be placed directly above your shins; the back leg remains straight.
Kiba Dachi (Horse Stance): It is slightly wider than the previous two, which gives the holder an added bonus of balance and strength. If performing this movement will not do any harm, try swaying your body from side to side very gently.
Correct postures cnance also helps inprotecting and generating more force in your blows. Just to give one last note of emphasis, be certain to rehearse changing from one posture to another without any jerkiness.
2. Perfect Your Technique
That means you should pay a lot of attention to the style of your kicks and punches. Here are some key points:
Punch (Tsuki): Make sure your fist is well placed with the thumb outside and the wrist should be straight. Accurate your punch towards the target and thereafter withdraw it with speed.
Front Kick (Mae Geri): Stand upright and with your non-throwing arm shift it behind you and with your knee elevated high and your leg stretched out straight towards the target. Target areas include the groin or the tummy. Prepare with gentle kicking and then gradually follow with fast and strong kicks.
In practice sessions, happen slowly to minimize the impact of your muscles groups on the joints. This means, the faster way of shooting will come automatically as soon as the accurate shooting technique will be mastered.