How to: Mawashi geri (roundhouse kick) - tips, applications, mobility

[@micahgriffith1343]

Great technique. Some of the best Shotokan that I have ever seen. Osu!

[@jkgardiner]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@micahgriffith1343]

Welcome, my friend. Wish I could train with you one day. Osu!​@jkgardiner

[@lancecahill5486]

This is an excellent technical tutorial 👍 There are a lot of videos on KZbin about this topic, but yours is the best as it includes not just the technique but other information about stretching the muscles that are involved with the kick as well.

[@MrBernhard82]

Greatly appreciate your knowledge and instructions on this

[@jeffreyfigueiredo1740]

Awesome video Sensei Gardiner! We use some of these techniques in our class. I love how you discussed the importance of stretching to prevent injury. Also the rotation of the base foot and leg is extremely important as well. I cringe in the dojo when I see students not pivot their base leg and foot. You and Nat are wicked! Keep up the great work👍🏽

[@gloriatufunga6961]

Hello bro,this video was informative and realistic,a very common mistake by some karate students is that the supporting leg when pivoting must be of full contact to the ground when the opposite leg (Kicking leg) hits it target, otherwise it will affect the stability and balance of the kicker, your supporting foot was in full contact to the ground when pivoting and kicking otherwise I will negatively doubt your body balance and come in for a take down if we spa.Your fan from the Solomon Islands.❤❤😊😊

[@nicklasmikkelsen4492]

Good in depth video for the kick, some pointers i for sure will apply to my own training, after my return with a stretched groin primarily from kicking with bad form.

[@kadolphin5131]

I HAVE to try THIS 👀 because my Mawashi Geri is a little bit 🙈 and I have the 3rd Kyu 😭 Thank you! Keep it up! ❤

[@jkgardiner]

Thanks for your support, keep working 👍🏼

[@jm7578]

In the first second of the video all I see is amazing technique that I would like to be at that level. I am a 50 + year man, I still train, and I hope that my kicks can be as crisp as his!!!

[@jcool9647]

Great Content, you made me appreciate Karate

[@jkgardiner]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@JoseFernandez-mt1se]

I will be watching this video and practice mawashi kicks constantly

[@Daiikiru]

Thank you. Sound info well presemted.

[@harshaltheboss]

Brother how many times a week you train flexibility/mobility and when you train it is in the end of martial arts session?

[@jkgardiner]

@@harshaltheboss I usually do it at the end of weight training sessions in addition to the beginning of a Karate session.

[@anomouswhiteliquid-tq9rs]

​@@jkgardinersay bro u doin this for 20 years I think when did your growth stop and when was it maximum

[@jkgardiner]

@@anomouswhiteliquid-tq9rs what do you mean by growth? My progress hasn’t stopped, every year I’m better or have a better understanding than the year before.

[@TenjikuMusashi]

​@@jkgardiner I think he meant to ask when did your body's height stop growing lol

[@dumitriuflorentina6137]

How to: Mawashi geri (roundhose kick) - tips, applications, mobility

[@AreteAskesis]

Omg 😱 my favorite kick by one of my favorite karateka 😍

[@gtphantum]

Hello im 41 and now started my karate journey can you do a video on hip flexibility exercise for us older ones its not that easy to do the kicks. Thank you and keep up the good work Sir

[@JN-hg5wn]

Super duper great. Onve again an absolute fantastic video! Would love to train with you! Big Respect 🙌 OSS!!

[@belikewater2413]

Really great infotmation bruv 👊

[@rRD1496]

Question how are you so stable when doing kicks and when doing them slow for demonstrations and in general Nat and Trevor too

[@jkgardiner]

@@rRD1496 generally just having practiced the kicks thousands of times, having the supporting leg bent, and having the strength and mobility in the hips to keep the kick up

[@rodctenis]

Massive mawashi!!

[@giddieman9]

Can you please make a video on practising elbow strikes and knuckle conditioning?

[@jkgardiner]

@@giddieman9 I can do that 👍🏼

[@pedrovic12]

thanks my master

[@JWinter93]

Nice video

[@kingaaronzz]

Hello, I have a few questions if you don't mind because I just started learning karate by myself. How long should I hold when I stretch? and what can I do to improve my kicking speed?

[@jkgardiner]

For stretches in order to improve flexibility I’d hold for 30 secs to 1 min. To improve kicking speed you can work on the strength of your hips; lunges, squats, wide stance squats. And also continue to develop good technique.

[@kingaaronzz]

@@jkgardiner Thank you so much, you've made it much more clearer to me now.

[@bogse]

Is Boken-Sha smooth and comfortable but still keeps its shape? I have used Tokai kata master for years, washed it who knows how many times and its still stiff and hard and thinking about to get another mre comfortable one. In our dojo we never use ball of foot when practising to human target at least not to jodan since if you accidentaly hit the target with speed its likely to be instant knockout, even thou its easily a kockout with the shin or sole of the foot also but ball of foot does much more devastating damage.

[@jkgardiner]

Yes the Boken-sha is a lot lighter than the usual heavier weight ones. I was surprised how light it was when I received it. It’s the most comfortable one I’ve used, I used to like a thicker karategi but I now much prefer something with more freedom of movement and more comfortable. If you do decide to get one of these use that code for a bit of a discount JKG10. For the ball of the foot mawashi-geri I only use it to the body, for higher kicks I’ll go with the instep due to the better reach.

[@ProdigiousReturn]

This is how I learned it in wtf taekwondo but not how we are told to do it in jka shotokan

[@NishanT_ACM]

bro your new fan😎 btw i have very built legs, the little i train they grew even more they are heavy can i make them reach from my neck level to head level or will i have to reduce the muscles well training from your videos for last 15 days thanks mann

[@jkgardiner]

@@NishanT_ACM you will be able to kick high, just work on hip, hamstring and lower back mobility. My legs are also quite big and I can kick reasonably high

[@NishanT_ACM]

@@jkgardiner thanks bro i didnt notice your legs are also quite big under your karate gi

[@jkgardiner]

@@NishanT_ACM I have a lot of videos in shorts on here as well 👍🏼

[@NishanT_ACM]

@@jkgardiner haha checked them out nice quads though tom platz of martial arts

[@jkgardiner]

@@NishanT_ACM I wish 💪🏼

[@KingsleyAgyepong]

Nice

[@vassilisconstantinides3064]

Hi,how to block various. FOOT COMBINATIONS, thnks

[@wx0hk]

Can I train karate and go to the gym on the same day? *Note: I am currently training shotokan karate 2x a week (Monday and Wednesday) and I train at the gym 3x a week (Tuesday, Thursday and Friday) Nice video. Oss!

[@jkgardiner]

@@wx0hk yes, I do both in the same day, just make sure you have as much gap between them as possible and make sure to be eating enough to recover 👍🏼

[@queenhimabindu5553]

How to get middle spilt teach me brother

[@baf303]

🥋👍👊

[@rivera_]

👊👊

[@rivera_]

👍👍

[@JuanManuel123ify]

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[@LotharDeLaRey]

Sensei! Your kicks are f.cking fast!