Saturday, November 24, 2007

Crocodile Kick

We had 7 people in the class today - including Heng Han who taught the class. It was a treat. Because the class was so small, Han let us, newbies, tried almost everything. I got to do all kinds of fancy kicks and at the end learned Qianbaitui Houbaitui - which I think is the fanciest of them all.

It goes roughly like this: you kick with one leg inward in the front and then whip the other leg to finish a circle.

We have similar kick in Muay Thai where you whip your hind leg to attack. It's called Jorake Faad Haang which means crocodile tail thrash or whip or something similar.


I couldn't really do it right. I was told I needed to extend more. Maybe the next time I try, I'll imagine my legs crocodile's tail.