10 Kickboxing Moves for Beginners
10 Kickboxing Moves for Beginners
If you weren’t born a kick boxer or know little about cardio kick boxing, have no fear, everyone had to start somewhere. With these 10 essential kickboxing moves for beginners you will feel like you already know what you’re doing before you hit the bag.
The first move is the basic kickboxing stance. Your legs should be more than a shoulder width apart, while your lead shoulder and trailing shoulder form a forty five degree angle to your target. Two well known stances to consider are the Muay Thai stance and the MMA stance.
The cross power punch is sometimes called a straight right. Presume your targets stance, shift the right side of your upper body forward while swiveling your left side back. Broaden your right arm towards the target and pivot on the ball of your rear foot at the same time. Bring your weight forward from the rear leg and as your shoulder rotates forward push your right fist out in a horizontal movement. You have just preformed a cross power punch. See, cardio kickboxing isn’t that hard!
To try out a Front leg kick, lift your knee and point to your targets midsection, and then simply implement a front kick. When kicking always remember to use maximum power, put your hips behind your kick, and use the ball of your foot as the striking surface. This is why they call it kickboxing.
Want to know how to move your feet during a fight? Start in a kickboxing stance, and then lead with the foot that is already in the direction that you’re going. Once you’ve moved, dip into the motion with your knees and rotate your hips towards the direction you’re moving. Now shuffle your feet by bouncing from foot to foot. Once you’ve got those basics down, attempt moving your feet forward and backward performing linear movements.
To throw a hook bring your right shoulder forward and as you go in for the hook bring your left arm to a 90 degree horizontal angle facing your elbow away from your body but keeping your arm equal to your shoulder. Now shift your weight to the front leg and pull your right shoulder back as you punch. The hook is usually aimed to the chin, striking with the palm toward your body. Cardio kickboxing not only helps with endurance and weight loss, but helps you to focus your energies as well.
