- 1). Square up to your opponent in a reverse stance. For the right-handed individual, this entails standing with your right leg a minimum of 2 feet ahead of your left and offset by about 1 foot. Keep your weight distributed evenly between your legs and your fists up, level with the lower pectoral muscles of the chest. Your right arm should be extended, forming a horizontal bar in front of your opponent. Your left arm should be cradled in an underhand fashion directly in front of the dead center of the chest.
- 2). Transfer your weight to your forward leg and raise your fists to guard higher up on your torso, just below your face. Raise your left leg so the femur is horizontal to the ground and shoot your lower leg forward in a front snap kick. Remember to raise your toes so that either the ball of your foot or the heel will connect with your opponent roughly at abdomen level. If the toes impact, you will foul the kick, loosing kinetic energy from the springy little bones of the toes, and possibly breaking them in the process. Place your left foot down in a reverse of your original stance.
- 3). Jab with your lead hand immediately after planting your left foot. This should be a quick and simple extension of the fist brought about by straightening the elbow. Follow this jab immediately with a reverse from your rear hand. For this, you should twist slightly at the waist and bend forward; you thereby throw more weight and force behind the reverse than you did the jab. Only lock the elbow to full extension just prior to impact, using your body to get your fist to cover the distance to your opponent. Both punches should be aimed at the opponent’s head.
- 4). Place your weight on your forward foot, which should be the left foot. Push off with your right foot and raise it in an outward semicircle, from the ground, up and out to the right, apexing in line with the body and as high as you can raise your foot. Keep your knee as straight as possible and pull your toes back, extending the heel. Slam your leg straight down as hard and fast as you can, leading with the back of the heel. Ideally, this strike will catch your opponent in the chest, shoulder or even the head, and exert a great deal of downward force.
- 5). Place your right foot back on the ground and take two steps back to resume your starting position to finish the combination attack.
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