I will try to follow this up with a video tutorial, but for now I will give you a few quick tips and pointers on how to do a nice big clean wushu outside crescent kick.

For those of you who arent sure what this move is.. it is when you kick outward in circular motion starting from the opposite side of your body moving away from yourself. The kick forms a crescent shape- thus the name outside crescent kick.

TOP THREE MOVES TO IMPROVE YOUR KICK ARE:

1) Stretch, stretch, and stretch. – You should be able to kick up to your head otherwise this kick will never look good by a wushu outside kick standard.

2) Pull your toe back when you kick up. Your kicking foot should not be dangling or purposeless. It should be going up and pulling back with a clear direction and then moving quickly outward and then downward getting ready to reach the ground.. so in other words you have to have some form of coordination because this happens all separately and simultaneously while you are kicking your leg up and out.

3) Keep your freakin knee straight. Do not try to cheat and bend your knee. No good! Knee locked, back up. Can’t repeat enough (and tired of repeating it).

Alright! So there you have it. 3 top tips to improve your outside kick. More advanced tips on refining your kick once you have mastered these 3 points.

-Alfred