HOW TO HOOK KICK (URA MAWASHI GERI) IN KARATE - Jesse Enkamp

Learn ura mawashi geri (hook kick) in this Karate tutorial by Jesse Enkamp (The Karate Nerd). Visit www.karatebyjesse.com to learn more!

[@KARATEbyJesse]

Thanks for all the comments! :-) What kick do you want to improve next? Visit www.karatebyjesse.com to learn more!

[@bothanjedirogue]

Jesse Enkamp haha I was just practicing the hook kick today on the beach! Hook kick=💟

[@katherineroldan2223]

Can you do a spinning hook kick tutorial how to kick the target while spinning?

[@samuelhildebrand344]

I'm needing to improve my tornado kick.

[@bulliwrestler1069]

Jesse Enkamp really you r good mAster

[@mxmartin85]

Pleas make an video about the do mawashi kaiten geri.

[@sukotsutoCSSR]

I used to train this kick so much on a pillar wrapped with rope during my teens. It's one of those perfect unexpected kicks your can catch people off guard, since most people are used to roundhouse and front kicks - and that was exactly the reason why I trained it

[@robbybee70]

for me it always looked like I was about to throw a sidekick so I got a lot of use out of it, back in the day

[@ydgames4291]

@@robbybee70 Bill "superfoot" Wallace was also known for tricking his opponents with this way of executing simmilar kicks (Yoko geri, Mawashi geri, Ura mawashi geri)

[@freddiethomas9505]

I literally just got Hook kicked in the face at a tournament by guy and all I thought was this was a nice kick I need to learn it like that. Thank you for explaining it

[@WiduliyaComExploretheFuture]

I think this is a useful but underestimated kick, specially against a trained fighter. Also, that's a good way to train it.

[@MexicanMartialArts]

My favorite kick :)

[@KARATEbyJesse]

+Voto Studios Awesome! 👊

[@SonicPAJ]

Oh hey! It's the Grandmaster of Mexican Martial Arts!

[@blaircarnegie2738]

Love your videos question Jessie where do I go to find your karate nerd merchandise being someone new to your channel I am not sure if you sell any? Any info in this regard would be greatly appreciated it take care

[@Elurin]

I wonder, did you more often throw it from the back leg or front?

[@caelinthacker4106]

Absolutely love this kick, seeing it done live in a kickboxing match is what motivated me to learn Taekwondo and Muay Thai

[@sebastianmuller804]

Hey Jesse, thank you for sharing your passion with other Karateka all over the world! Your videos help me a lot, especially in the last months, when i had to train at home.

[@SuperGangadeen]

I've just started Kyokoshin training and have found your footwork tips invaluable. Can't wait to translate those into practice

[@otutut]

Thank you for explaining so lucidly. Never paid attention to the word "ura" despite practicing a lot of urakens and uramawashis. The step -by- step explanation is super helpful and can be a great way to self-learn. Thanks brother Jesse for your superb videos.

[@TJtoho]

One of the best all time hook kick demo vids I've seen with great visuals on the sole of ur foot with descriptions of various ways to land it 👍

[@SeCtioNZzEcHO]

One of my favourite kicks, it's beautiful!

[@robeyjenkins1711]

Great training tip, Jesse Sensei. We've just started teaching ura mawashi geri to our juniors, and I'll bring this exercise to their next class!

[@zumbaconrobertosouthwestde1577]

Very well explained, muchas gracias 🤗

[@MrFacundo7]

Excellent tutorial Sensei Jesse!!👏This kick gives me more work than than side kicks, I'm gonna practice it this way and I'm sure little by little I'll get it right💪👍👍

[@steviek1980]

Very great tutorial! I love the floor drill. It makes you focus on the form of the kick. I like to throw a hard side kick off center to my opponent and snap it back along that line you mentioned to increase speed!

[@erickgabriel1695]

As always, love all those tips to improve myself. Oss sensei jesse 💞👊

[@katanaburner]

Hey I really enjoy your how to improve videos. I've been practicing kenpo and jiu-jitsu since I was 6 and very recently I was diagnosed with a softball sized brain tumor that took 4 brain surgeries to remove and even still I need radiation therapy sessions. In doing so I was living in the hospital for 4 months and learned that many things that i used to do would have been forgotten. Things like auto racing, playing the piano and martial arts are taking a very long time to relearn. Your how to vids are helping me regain my old self again. Thank you.

[@christopherblade5984]

This is a great method to teach this kick. This kick happens to be my favourite of kicks. As it has worked for me for so many years. Great description. Looking forward to more. Keep it up. You are doing one fabulous job.

[@KARATEbyJesse]

+Blade Martial Arts Academy Thank you so much! 👍 It’s a tricky kick, but pays off when you know how to deliver it. Thanks for chiming in! 😃

[@Nespico]

Thanks so much for this nice and relaxed instruction!

[@stretchingsamurai2047]

Awesome ... Im definitly trying this exercise

[@RobinYoulton]

Inspiring Jesse, thank you for this excellent training instruction.

[@AdSesamecom]

Thank you, sensei! Great tutorial!

[@SathishWushu.]

Thanks Jessy I got few steps from u to improve my kicks

[@raydrexler5868]

An excellent explanation, with practice the hook kick is super effective.

[@issue5502]

Thanks for the lesson, Sensei !

[@LESTERZX10]

Thanks sensei Jesse . Brilliant explanation . I waited for this ;)

[@helened8449]

My favorite teacher!

[@Gutisusa]

Thank you. I needed this!

[@mariostekic]

Great explanation and exercise to practice the kick 👌👍🥋

[@zaferyener6162]

Very sympathetic trainer and very nice explaination thanks a lot

[@saved.hassan]

i already knew how to do this kick but you’re great

[@johanjonsson6504]

My one and only knockout was by this kick in kumite... then I learned to keep my hands up! :)

[@olly783]

Nice exercise. I'll show my sensei this as well since he has trouble doing this kick now since he's in his 70s

[@KARATEbyJesse]

+olly783 Wonderful! Hope he can do it 💪

[@laurafinch8590]

Great training advice, thank you 😊

[@MegaLadyI]

This is fantastic, training became much more easy.

[@kagezay]

Mawashi geri tutorial would be great love everything so far

[@saidfarid6382]

Oss Sensei Thank you so much for your interesting training and excellent coaching,i do appreciate your job, i wish you peace and happiness under the sky of prosperity,all the best, take care and have a good time. Your Student from Algeria

[@Hsound]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge !

[@varunshah7205]

Awesome exercise!! Kudos!

[@jenniferlopez8282]

Omg, me encantó. Thanks for this vídeo

[@marbaaz8679]

Great video.OSS!

[@WolfAs243]

Very educational!! Next kick I want to improve is the Jodan Mawashi.

[@razorart4356]

2:30 'draw me like like of your French girls' pose.

[@senior2010]

I will try to do it!

[@jezza8969]

Hello Jesse, because of your videos I am one colour from black. You inspire me to be the best I can be and inspire me to keep going. I hope one day I can be as good of a martial artist as you

[@KARATEbyJesse]

+Jeremy Gray Fantastic! Keep going, you’re almost at the “starting line” ✊ The journey never ends!

[@jezza8969]

Jesse Enkamp Arigato Jesse-san. I shall continue to watch your uploads and learn more. That way you can be apart of my journey also :)

[@danite620]

I think I understand better with this video than I have in the last 15 years . Thanks .

[@mckenzie-grayeevans5876]

Cheers man.This is a kick I struggle with, perhaps the most.It’s partly due to my fitness level (which is about average, maybe slightly below) and the fact that I’m Dyspraxic.This video’s helpful.Osu.

[@erosbingo1959]

Thank you Jesse !!!

[@MDRhioui]

li love your videos teacher

[@itz_just_me594]

You are kicking awesome 👏

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Excellent drill Sensei, I like the concept of teaching them on the floor first. One drill I loved when training was my instructor taught us how to do the spinning hook kick by standing in a doorway (To prevent it from turning into a wheel kick or elongating the path of travel). If you use the right mechanics, you should be able to spin in a doorway, snap the hook kick out and retract it back to your fighting stance without touching the frame. It REALLY made us aware of our technique!!

[@KARATEbyJesse]

Love it! Great exercise 😄👍

[@FlyingSpaghetti171]

I love how the exercise lying on the side helps you feel the right muscles working for the kick without any confusion with the muscles keeping you upright. Is that what they call “muscle activation “?

[@freefiregamer6199]

Thanks a lot for this technique

[@anatojcic783]

Thank you so much!!

[@user-oj1qu5bl6j]

Hey Jesse! Good video! Could you make a video doing preeliminar exercise for improving Mawashi Geri?

[@CinematicTendency]

Thank you for this tutorial 💯

[@KARATEbyJesse]

No problem!!

[@90909andy]

Thank you Jesse! I struggle with this kick :)

[@KARATEbyJesse]

+Radish Cheers! Try the floor exercise 👍

[@darque1860]

Thank u sensei Jesse. Question: how many revolutions per exercise session Do u recommend doing? Thank u much!!!✌

[@louieluna3039]

Thank you very much, Enkamp Sensei. Peace, from a Wing Chun Gung Fu practitioner in Seattle, WA.

[@kevinmcgrath127]

Great deconstruction of the hook kick elements...I would love a breakdown of that low feint roundhouse which suddenly changes to a high roundhouse...I was caught out by this deceptive technique quite a few times!

[@hongquyenpham9070]

Thank you for good idea 🤗🥰

[@felipenocedal3948]

Thanks a lot You are a gresats Master!!!

[@Sigma-Videos]

It’s my favorite kick because it is so effective I train the Ura mawashi Geri every time

[@indrinimazumder7252]

thank you , I hope it will help me .

[@elykelobeska7511]

I love it :) nice videos 😎

[@mousumimajumdersarkar3072]

Love it

[@maduroholdings]

For an older fighter trying to regain some of his kicking prowess this is a nice training for me

[@senooi2587]

Thx for teaching

[@renurana1220]

Great trick sir

[@ishwarguragai6844]

Nicely explained

[@panteradimbag559]

Train hard ..good luck..have fun...thank u for ur video sensie..

[@savionics7923]

Well explained

[@Ironman-st7ze]

You teaches very well😊I am also a karate student

[@ravedragneel1266]

i love it

[@syk_]

Hello Jesse , what style of karate are you practicing ?? I am practicing Shotokan Karate . The latest kata that I know is Heian Yodan .

[@stephaniegodinho4625]

Yayyy, awesome!!!

[@Twobarpsi]

This is a hard kick for me to learn I'm having problems but this video definitely helped!

[@brilltiger4592]

Thanks 💙💙

[@rogerbyrd3524]

Love it yea a cool thing to try too is to set up maybe a plastic bottle Bc it’s light and do the kick but using the BALL of your foot to hook kick so for this if done correctly the bottle should come back toward your kicking side not out to the side. 🙂

[@hemantrajeshkumar5966]

Good explanation

[@johnsonc5702]

Arrigatto Jesse San, from India

[@LanDred1]

excellent

[@phillipmoore9012]

I don't know if you noticed, but Bill Wallace would chamber his left (front) knee the same to not reveal whether the kick was a hook, side, or roundhouse kick. Without a rotation, the power of his kicks depended on speed, a 'bump' of the hips, and usually forward motion. Also, I have read discussions on position changes in kata based on rotation near one's heel, but a rotation into a kick should be on the ball of the foot. If your toes are then pointed in the opposite direction of your target you don't even have your heel on the ground that moment. Admittedly, performing a kick even slightly slower than it should be needs the heel down for support.

[@89334726]

So is this to be used only against the head or is landing one to back of the thigh ok?

[@pwnerneo]

Hi Jesse, Very nice tutorial! I am a second degree black belt but this was not one of my specialties. I notice now after training a while i can get more power in my kick already! I only have 1 question: I have a bit trouble with lifting the knee up first. In theory it sounds good and it helps to develop the strength and proper way to generate power in your kick but when performing the kick at full speed i tend to not fully lift my knee up first but do it more fluently like a swing. Is this ok? It feels ok, while the kick becomes less fluent when I Lift my knee up first. Hope to hear from you! Also an idea: can you give a tutorial explaining the proper technique of doing this kick in a full spin?

[@muzzafarrather9251]

Thank you.

[@halimwibowo1500]

Tq s. Jesse

[@mayasthaamayasthaa9964]

Thanks upload this video I love this cheanal 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@rramadhan68]

This video help me improving my karate skill for black belt exam next week😂😂

[@isrracho3918]

Wow tank you my Friend

[@matthewbaumann630]

Hi, do you know how to do the twist kick they often do in Taekkyon? (Reverse round-house kick) I've been trying to stretch my external hip rotators but it doesn't seem to do anything.

[@exa_bogdan1400]

What do you think about shiro mawashi geri? I dont see many people doing this amazing kick, I used once at the Romanian Sabaki Challenge,I knocked out my opponent lol with some difficulties he raise up from the ground.

[@vladimirdjordjevic7626]

keep good work 👏👏💪💪👌👍

[@elmaravilla]

This helps alot for my taekwondo sparring

[@davidreyes7816]

Great

[@antisocialboy818]

YESSSS FINALLYYYYY

[@juliovaldez4064]

Esta asiendo. Buen trabajo yo asia eso ejercisio en el1976

[@warrenchu6319]

My favorite offensive weapon: That the opponent does not see it coming from the direction of the back of his head gives it an element of surprise. But be aware that your back is exposed during the kick so your attack needs to be fully committed.

[@N8_8L]

I don't know what's going on but once I saw this video I was able to master it without doing any exercises!

[@nchandra7396]

Hallo jesse, pls reply. I hv just joined in yoga and karate classes..But I'm totally confused about timing of practicing them @ home, as they are of different nature.pls help me with a perfect schedule for practicing both at home.

[@chriswalker7632]

Any tips about managing your mood while training so as you don't counter act the mood enhancing benefits of exercise by over doing it? (even if it feels like you are doing less and resting more - for example less energy and more muscle aches due to stress and tension). Yay! :D