Issue 123
Famed MMA coach Rafael Cordeiro talk through how to strike your opponent properly - here it's how to drop a spinning back-kick, using himself and Strike force veteran Fernando Bettaga as demonstrators.
METHOD
1: Rafael and Fernando start in orthodox stances, left leg forward. Wanting to throw a spinning back-kick, Fernando starts by throwing a jab to Rafael’s head followed by a right cross, in order to force Rafael to cover up.
2: With Rafael in defensive mode, Fernando switches his base and fakes a left high kick.
3: Instead of throwing the kick, Fernando plants his left foot across his body and launches the spinning attack.
4: Using the momentum of the left set-over, Fernando pivots on his left foot and fires his spinning back-kick into Rafael’s abdomen
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