Guest guest Posted November 16, 1999 Report Share Posted November 16, 1999 Love the idea of a letter as a gift, making a real treasure to keep. My husband and I sort of have a birthday week too but our kids unfortunately seem to ignore everyone elses special days but their own ...... so when down last Mother's Day and seeing the Tae Bo infocommercial, my hubby when next visiting our semi-estranged son at the video store where he worked, bought me the Tae Bo starter set using my son's employee discount so you can say that discount was ironically the only Mother's Day present I ever received from my son. Barb who has trouble doing that foot shifting which looks like running with str8 knees & then has alternating punches too AKA:POMBarb, Mad-Dame Yenta " To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world " <A HREF= " http://hometown.aol.com/horsemom2/myhomepage/index.html " >Barb's Places on the web</A> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 16, 1999 Report Share Posted November 16, 1999 Viv, In your comments about the book you said showed you the difference between a round house and side kick. Could you (or anyone else who knows) please explain it to me? I read TQ's explanation but it confused me even more! I ordered 's book but wont get it until next week! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 16, 1999 Report Share Posted November 16, 1999 In a message dated 11/16/1999 9:49:27 AM Eastern Standard Time, Agaw12577@... writes: << In your comments about the book you said showed you the difference between a round house and side kick. Could you (or anyone else who knows) please explain it to me? I read TQ's explanation but it confused me even more! I ordered 's book but wont get it until next week! Thanks >> to me, it is simply how the foot is pointed. It is flexed in the side kick and pointed in the round off side kick is a direct kick roundhouse is kicking someone on their side (like a hook punch versus a cross) Barb who hopes that helps AKA:POMBarb, Mad-Dame Yenta " To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world " <A HREF= " http://hometown.aol.com/horsemom2/myhomepage/index.html " >Barb's Places on the web</A> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 16, 1999 Report Share Posted November 16, 1999 In a message dated 11/16/99 9:54:39 AM Eastern Standard Time, Horsemom2@... writes: << to me, it is simply how the foot is pointed. It is flexed in the side kick and pointed in the round off side kick is a direct kick roundhouse is kicking someone on their side (like a hook punch versus a cross) Barb who hopes that helps >> Ohhhhh! In both kicks is the hip turned forward? You know how says to face your rear end towards the TV? (Half of your rear end, not the whole thing actually). Or is that a different kick? I hope you can understand what I am talking about! It is so hard to explain!!! Thanks Barb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 16, 1999 Report Share Posted November 16, 1999 At 09:51 AM 11/16/1999 EST, Barb wrote: >to me, it is simply how the foot is pointed. >It is flexed in the side kick I think of the side kick as aiming my heel at someone. This image helps me keep my foot flexed. You're aiming the full flat bottom of the foot at the front (think of the chest) of your opponent. You hit them from the front. >and pointed in the round off I think of this one as slapping someone with the top of my foot. You're aiming the top of your foot at the side (think of the cheek for a facial target or the side for a torso target) of your opponent. You hit them from the side. Yes I visualize people that have recently pissed me off when I do my workouts. It helps keep up my enthusiasm. <eg> -- Sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 16, 1999 Report Share Posted November 16, 1999 In a message dated 11/17/99 5:51:35 AM Central Standard Time, Horsemom2@... writes: << Looks like his knee is still forward and not to the side in the roundhouse kick to me. Besides, the roundhouse kick is supposed to hit a target at 10 (right kick) and 2 (left) o'clock according to TBQ. The foe is in front of you in the roundhouse, the way your upper body is facing. The way you describe it, the Roundhouse would be a direct hit to the side like the sidekick. >> Perhaps you're right...but, when I was at the Houston Center opening, TQ corrected me while doing my roundhouse kick as I indicated...that doesn't mean that the kick doesn't follow thru to 10 or 2 o'clock once the leg is straight...that's why we also do swivel kicks, to get the motion forward. Look at how Jasmine does the double-time rh kicks where the leg is kept up the whole time...I think in AL1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 17, 1999 Report Share Posted November 17, 1999 In a message dated 11/17/1999 7:34:12 AM Eastern Standard Time, SRFerron@... writes: << Perhaps you're right...but, when I was at the Houston Center opening, TQ corrected me while doing my roundhouse kick as I indicated...that doesn't mean that the kick doesn't follow thru to 10 or 2 o'clock once the leg is straight...that's why we also do swivel kicks, to get the motion forward. Look at how Jasmine does the double-time rh kicks where the leg is kept up the whole time...I think in AL1. >> when I try to keep the knee to the side as described, I seem to overextend & lock the knee, straightening my leg too much Barb who figures to do what feels confortable and safer cuz do not intend to use Tae Bo for self-defense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 17, 1999 Report Share Posted November 17, 1999 In a message dated 11/17/99 7:07:09 AM Central Standard Time, Horsemom2@... writes: << when I try to keep the knee to the side as described, I seem to overextend & lock the knee, straightening my leg too much Barb who figures to do what feels confortable and safer cuz do not intend to use Tae Bo for self-defense >> LOL! I totally agree! I don't lock my knee, but I do feel awkward and make the necessary modifications to do the move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 17, 1999 Report Share Posted November 17, 1999 In a message dated 11/17/1999 8:17:57 AM Eastern Standard Time, SRFerron@... writes: << Barb who figures to do what feels confortable and safer cuz do not intend to use Tae Bo for self-defense >> LOL! I totally agree! I don't lock my knee, but I do feel awkward and make the necessary modifications to do the move. >> maybe it is that the knee should be more contracted/bent in the side kick for more power and less contracted but still drawn slightly forward just less bent in the roundhouse? Barb who has already done a hundred kicks today trying to illustrate these points but hasn't officially done my daily Tae Bo work-out yet!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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