![]() If the antagonistic muscle groups are tense during a strike the strike will be slowed down as well as more energy being consumed for future strikes. Speed is a more important factor in striking power (kinetic energy) than massĪntagonistic muscle groups are those muscle groups which hinder a wanted movement. If your non-striking limb on the same side of your body you are striking with moves in the oppostie direction of your strike, you will lose power. If your hips do not go towards the direction of your strike you are losing power. ![]() The closest moveable joint to your center of gravity is your hips. Let's make some more general statements about striking power I will make you a gentleman's wager (as soon as I find a gentleman) that this martial arts article will, if practiced correctly, increase the power of your roundhouse kick by about 30% minimum. So now you're going to tell me that you already get most of your body into your roundhouse kick anyway. ![]() The more mass, or the more of your body you put into your kick, and the greater the speed of your kick (snap of your knee for example) the more powerful your kick will be. Kinetic energy (energy of motion) is ? mv^2 that's half mass times speed (velecity) squared. Power is a combination of mass (weight can be used in this example) and speed. If you're the average martial artist, you throw your rear-leg roundhouse kick from a front stance snapping your leg across your body depending on the weight of your leg and the snap of your knee for power. Most martial artists I've met think this is one of their weakest kicks when it could actually be one of their most powerful weapons in their arsenal of kicks, punches, and other strikes. We will define the roundhouse kick for the purposes of this martial arts article as a kick executed from a cocked knee position whose arc travels approximately parellel with the ground as the knee snaps straight 80 degrees to 90 degrees and travels across your centerline striking with the shin down to the top of the foot. One of the most misunderstood kicks I analyze is the roundhouse kick. I've had martial artists and other fighters hire me to analyze their punches and kicks and I've even received a video to analyze a frisbee throw due to my background in kinese, movement education, exercise phys and martial arts.
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