Jumping on a kick

[Carter]

I havent interacted here in a while  alot of family stuff going on and a huge burnout hit me as I was forced to hold pads for almost a year, and teaching people when im in no position to be teaching.

 

But to get to the point I just watched a video of myself hitting the bag which I havent video’d myself in forever. I noticed EVERY single kick had a jump on it, and honestly ive always had very good power and balance coming off kicks so this shocked me. I was always told my kicks were pretty as Ive tried replicating the golden kick to the best of my abilities. But ill have to record myself sparring and hitting pads to see if this repeats.

Thought Id share this cause I just find it a weird habit that developed, any tips besides being conscious of it to get rid of the issue, is it an issue?

Edited June 23 by Carter

[IFF]

Hi. Sorry about your situation. Rest assured that everyone (me too) unearths a revelation about a bad habit or poor technique once in a while. Main thing is you've found out and want to fix it. IMO and experience (25 years including teaching), it's an issue because it's every single kick as you said and this detracts from good technique and power and balance etc and longer-term development. It also stifles ability such as kicking and then following immediately with a Thai leg block or follow up weapon e.g. another kick (but I gather you are aware of this though from your post). My advice would be to spend a lot of time on the bag and drill the kick lots in a conscious state of mind so you're aware of how your standing foot behaves on each kick and force the ball of the foot to stay in contact with the floor. Set targets of getting 5, then 10 in a row without jumping. The mind and body will adapt over time. With pad work you'll loose the discipline and repetitions need to correct this - plus a lot of pad holder partners just won't see or bother to correct you. So try and cut that down for a while. Good luck.    

Edited July 19 by IFF