Black Belt Kicking Drills - Amended

I originally developed these Black Belt kicking drills to enhance Black Belt potential. I’m adding some other drills, and addition descriptions to make them more comprehensible. Most often the principle is to destroy the attacker’s base. I am not focusing on hands potentials in these drills but the use of the lower body.

For each line of attack the outside is the exterior line of defense and inside is the interior line of defense.


Exterior line of defense

Attacker Right Foot forward Right Punch

1. Right foot steps forward Hooking around attacker’s right heel.

2. Right front kick into their left supporting leg


Interior line of defense

Attacker Right Foot forward Right Punch

1. Right foot steps forward Hooking around attackers right heel.

2. Right swing kicking the direction attacker is stepping

(See how good their splits are as you boost their leg to he sky.)


Interior line of defense

Attacker Right Foot forward Right Punch

1. Right front kick to their left thigh

2. Right cross Slice kick to their right knee (from naifanchi)


Exterior line of defense

Attacker Right Foot forward Right Punch

1. Step left outside of their attack

2. Sweep the left foot forward as you turn to cutt their leg out



Interior line of defense

Attacker Left Foot forward Left Hooking Punch

1. Right crescent step behind their left foot sweeping it out

2. Right crescent step into their right foot (or right ankle)

3. (alternate) Right shin kicks into their right thigh (from tjimande)

4. (alternate) Right front kick into their groin


Interior line of defense

Attacker Right Foot forward Right Punch

1. Step out with the right foot forcefully to break their foot

2. Execute U strike (borrowed from Mutsu’s description of Patsai kata in 1934)


Exterior line of defense

Attacker Right Foot forward Right Punch

1. Step left with a left downward parry

2. Right crescent step past their right foot

3. Spin counter-clockwise with your left foot and take them down

4. Follow them to the floor and right front kick their face

(a leg entanglement technique borrowed from a demonstration by Ernest Rothrock)



Interior line of defense

Attacker Right Foot forward Right Punch

1. Right roundhouse kick to their left side

2. Left spinning back kick to their solar plexus

3. Right spinning outside crescent kick to their head

4. (Alternate) Right hook kick to their head

The turning back kick is to set up the following kick



Exterior line of defense

Attacker Right Foot forward Right Punch

1. Step left outside their attack with a left parry to keep their attack away

2. Right crescent step past the attacker

3. Right heel reverse strike into their groin

An unexpected groin strike from the rear