Kicking up Steem part 2 (Nanzo's progress)

(Just a lil more turn on that suport foot 😉 yet amazing progress from his first kick! Not many people pick it up so fast)

Ok so last week my homeboy @nanzo-scoop got back on his game!

As he had said to me he would getting his work in with one of Steemits fitness kings

@ivargereiko

Helping Nanzo to build a Nanzo-Scoop 2.0 for 2018

As we know though when you looking hot like Milo you need be able to protect yourslef if needs be looool!

So he's swapped just straight boxing for kickboxing!

And here is how things are going so far from a coaches point of view!

I can honestly so I am and have been impressed by his work rate, determination and how quick he goes from not having much clue to convincing me he can move on to the next move!

This week I really pushed his kicks!
Mainly focusing on the round kicks!

In most martial arts these are your bread and butter kicks! Probably used as much as the jab cross and can really push your cardio if you drill them right!

The session mostly consisted of bag work where I got him to learn how to relax but still get the power in his kicks and at the same time making sure the grounded foot hits the turn!
This is a common error when kicking at the start of learning to kickbox! It is not a natural movement for most so can be hard to get right, right away!

(You can see him here taking his time and focusing on turning that grounded foot! This is what I love about teaching him! He just takes it one kick at a time not afraid to get it wrong)

There are different methods for different people but I tend to find that letting people go with how they think it should be at a slower pace as so not to injure themselves and the slowly tweek it as they go!

For me it is important for them to feel the correct way as they go! Just like with punching you will feel when it is right when you have not intented to put too much power in and your body is relaxed but you really move the bag or the pads or someones head pops off 🤣😂🤣😂

We went through the basic round off the front leg, then the back!

I had him then front round, round off the back leg jump switching (which requires loose hips)

And then we added some hands to the combo with just a basic jab cross followed by a back round, front round combo!

I always show first then see how he interprets my movment then tweek him!

The main problem now he is kicking and punching is knowing where to put his hands when he kicks!

He is slowing getting it with my gentle reminders 😉
And I am super impressed with how much he picked up in just an hrs session 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

I gave him a few drills to practice for his side kicks as we will be working on these for the next session (better do ya home work 😉)

As I have mentioned before I don't really teach Kickboxing (let alone PTs) any more but am happy to do it for Nanzo as we have built up a good friendship over the last couple years!

It feels good to pass the knowledge on and also help such a positive person on his way to hitting some goals 😊

It is also great to be trading lessions for Steem trying to up date my skills on this Crypto journey.

Very much so looking forward to running him through the next set of kicks whilst seeing how much he has retained from this week😎

I'll keep you posted on his progress every now and again and really think I'll have him doing some kicks he probably does not think he can do 😉...yet 🤣😂🔥😂🙄🙄🙄🙄

No pressure Nanzo 🤣😂🤣😂😓😥😜