Quoting Hank Prohm <nwkf@...>:

> As I was telling Rick and Ryan on Thursday: there are about a thousand
> variations on each of our kicks and each variety has it's purposes.
> There is no value in getting hung up on the "right" or "traditional"
> way to do things, particularly when you consider that "traditional"
> karate didn't have roundhouse or hook kicks or any of those fancy
> things. Even our side kick was no higher than the knee traditionally.
> Times change, folks learn new stuff and we adapt.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aePx8tOZLiE&feature=related
>
> The Kyokushin folks call this the "Brazilian kicks", odd because it is
> actually a "traditional" Muy Thai kick and Mas Oyama borrowed from Muy
> Thai when he created Kyokushin. I have old video of Thai boxers
> knocking people out using this technique: the striking of the juncture
> of the neck and shoulder seems to be very devestating.
>
> hank
>
>
>

Funny that is what I have been teaching and saying for years, I teach several
ways to round kick and to side kick.
and to front kick and to hook kick etc
I do want them to learn and ingrain the standard thrust with hip rotation for
all the basic kicks and then they can evolve from there. With that as a
foundation you can learn them all, and understand the usages as another piece
of the whole.
Best regards
Douglas B Bailey