Ball of the foot is how I was taught but the heel is
stronger. LOL
Frank Geric Did you originally learn the chart as a heel push
kick or toe ripping kick?
Richard Ruberto Ripping kick.
Frank Geric Richard Ruberto I
didn’t learn the ripping kick until I met Harrill Sensei.
Richard Ruberto Somewhere along the way one of my sensei told me he
went to Tatsuo sensei and told him the American's were having a hard time with
it. That sensei asked if the heel would be ok and Tatsuo said ok. It may have
been Advincula sensei but I don't know for certain. Once again when appropriate
nothing is inappropriate.
Tim Jurgens I recall seeing someone do a heel stomping kick
once while warming up for a demo. I thought it looked strange because it didn't
deliver the force in a whipping motion that I was used to where the leg is
relaxed and extension of the movement of the hip and focus from the tanden.
Then I saw him do the demo on a guy wearing armor, and I though, well heck
yeah, my preferred way of kicking would have gotten me broken toes or a broken
foot. Different ways of kicking for different situations make a whole lot of
sense to me now.
Bill Pogue Front heel thrust kick. Toe rip is highly
unrealistic sntique
Isshinryukrungthep Seishinkan Bill Pogue the front heel
kick is a very effective technique, as is the ball of the foot front kick and
round house kick. Different kicks for different situations. The toe ripping
kick is also, if you practice it and know how to apply it. The front heel kick
is extremely strong and practical.
Bill Pogue if i have room for toe rip, ill just burn in a
front kick. ripping down on the groin is just not as quick and effective as a
mae geri or kin geri, period. using a toe rip to push down on the obi is
ridiculous on its face. if you condition your toes like i have by walking on
toe tips and kicking the bag and makiwara, i think you can kick with the toe
tips OK, but toe ripping- i don't think so.
Richard Ruberto Mark Radunz mentioned the
physics of energy in another post. Great topic indeed. Concentration of impact
in a small area does damage for sure. However so does a train coming down the
tracks. There are factors involved such as mass, speed and even velocity. I
have demonstrated with ease the impact of a short distance punch and elbow
strike for decades now. I don't care how big you are I will send you back and
hurt you. Finally 2 years ago, in Thunder Bay, two guys were doing a segment on
a related topic. I almost walked out of the room thinking "just hit the
guy as hard as you can" and "what are you going to do take a
calculator with you in fight?". I thank God I stayed in that room. I asked
them, if you need to get the mass moving as fast as you can to do the most
damage. Then why does my short strike work so well and defies this formula? To
my surprise he had an answer. Sherman Harrill sensei (who started me on this
strike) when asked how does this work? Said, the hell if I know, I only care
that it does. One of the presenters said, it's simple velocity. He continued,
you are getting that mass to top speed in a short time "thus
velocity".
Joseph Seremba And location
Victor
Smith
I have seen it
as the entire foot and as a ripping kick with the ball of the foot.
I theorize it
may have been done with the entire foot when the kendo armour was work for
kumite. But for self defense the ripping kick make more sense.
This was based
on when Lewis Sensei told us on Okinawa the Okinawans in armor kumite used to
kiek with the heel to knock down their opponent.
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