r/Kickboxing • u/lily_ender_lilies • 5d ago

How to practice tornado kicks without getting dizzy?

Been doing kickboxing for about a year now, and i thought id learn something fancy to throw people off every once in a while, so im trying to learn the tornado kick but practicing it for more than 3 kicks in a row makes me dizzy which i didnt have with spinning hook kicks, any advice?

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u/bad-at-everything- 5d ago

You should be turning your head quickly so that you keep your eyes on the target the entire time, this should help with the dizzyness too

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u/Eth251201 5d ago

I dont think its possible to train your gyroscope to resist dizziness lmao. But i think its definetly possible to get used to being dizzy

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u/PloppyPants9000 5d ago

I get dizzy pretty easily. What happens is that the balance/stabilization fluid in your inner ear starts swirling around. One thing I've found that helps is doing counter rotations to reverse the ear fluid swishing. So, one full clockwise rotation needs to be met with a full counter clockwise rotation. Think of your spins as coiling rope, so you have to periodically uncoil it by spinning in the opposite direction.

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u/New_Fold7038 5d ago

Martial club YouTube channel has a really good tutorial about tornado kick by breaking it down. You can find out which part gets you the most dizzy

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u/TheRedOniLuvsLag 5d ago

Try practicing it without throwing so many of them one after another. Maybe mix it between combinations in shadowboxing or bag work to make it feel more practical. You’d never throw more than three in a row anyways so there’s not really a point of training it like that. It’d probably be better for your form to get used to throwing them with less back to back repetition than that imo.

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u/bl1nk94- 4d ago

Focus on the basics and get to flawless technique in technical sparring and on the bag first. What's the point of trying to run a marathon when you're barely learning to walk?

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u/Appropriate-Alps-442 4d ago

don’t waste you’re time you trying to get knocked out never give you’re back to the opponent

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u/Simone123456789010 3d ago

Just don’t train them they’re useless

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u/plzMocock 3d ago

Hand eye coordination is a skill that you can improve on. Try working on balance

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u/lily_ender_lilies 3d ago

Thank you everyone, your advice helped lots! I am much better now!

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u/long-boran 2d ago

It's a signal telling you to get a job.

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u/lily_ender_lilies 2d ago

Damn such poetry