How to Do a Tang Soo Do Jump Spinning Hook Kick

Tang Soo Do is not about a combative process. This type of Korean martial arts concentrates on the position of self-defense. Teaching students how to defend themselves against heavier, bigger and rougher assailants. A jump spinning hook kick will be for advanced students.

1. Use the four point stance to begin this exercise. This stance can be achieved simply. Stand with your feet shoulder width apart with your dominant foot slightly behind the other, your hands should be either flattened and stiff or made into fists, your elbows should be bent and your hands should be as close to your body as possible. Your knees should be bent a little and your torso should be straight. For a spinning hook kick your knees will be bent just a little more than they would for a normal four point stance.


2. Get ready to jump by sitting down into a slight squat, push off the floor and jump. When the height of the jump is completed, force your entire body to turn, while spinning extend the dominant leg and perform a hook kick.


3. Doing a hook kick entails pulling the dominant leg toward the body with the toes of that foot pulled toward the shin. The heel is then facing your opponent. Thrust your dominant leg outward, reaching full extension at the end of the kick.  Hook your extended leg around to form a hook. Pull the knee back towards the body after completing the hook. Do not worry about the spin within the kick, the motion of the kick will carry your body around, helping complete the kick. 


4. Falling is part of practicing this kick. Landing in the fighting stance is the correct way to end this kick. The jump spinning hook kick is about having control for the most part. Gaining control over your body to not only jump and spin while kicking an opponent, but landing in the appropriate position will take a bit of time.