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cessful or not; it also helps combined martial arts
competitors not to have their legs trapped.
It necessary to consider the height, strength or
speed of our kicks when trying to hit the opponent;
if it succeeds or not, we should always try to keep
control of the leg, to achieve that, it is required to
hook the leg after kicking and to recover our balan-
ce to continue with the next action.

EXERCISE 3

To develop this exercise, a partner to hold the
kicking coat will be needed. It consists on hitting
the objective by kicking from the new position,
as shown in the photo sequence (see 5a -5c).

To avoid hardly hitting the knee against the ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
ground when returning it to its original posi-
tion, after kicking, the practitioner must take it Angel Montes de Oca Pernas, graduated in the
back to his body´s gravity center, keeping it un- Higher Teachers´ Training Collage of Sports and
der control. The leg must be gently taken to the Physical Education of Holguín, Cuba. Developed
ground, it shouldn’t be pull nor hit against the studies about sporting massage and worked as
ground. Once this habit is developed, it will be instructor at “Dajan Instutute of Massage Stu-
easier to keep the balance to attack again, either dies” in Las Vegas, United States; devoted more
in a competition or in a situation involving sa- than 25 years to practicing, competing and tea-
ving one´s life. ching martial Arts. Holds the degrees of: Black
Belt, 2th Dan en Tae Kwon Do; degree “IKKYU”
VERY IMPORTANT: on the system “Juno Kage Ryu” de Kempo Chino/
Okinawa.
Before beginning to try on these exercises, a pro-
gram for physical conditioning focused on impro- E-mail: angel_2671@live.com
ving movability, and strengthening the muscles of
the legs and the abdomen must be planned; it will
avoid injures and will help to achieve more bene-
fits of this kind of training. It is advisable to carry
out the training sessions at least twice a week for
a period of five or six weeks to get to the expected
results.

Do not attempt to practice any of these exercises
on the floor, cement, wood or any hard surface to
avoid traumas on the ligaments or other internal
structures of the body anatomy.

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