Breakdown & Drill: Lean Back and Counter Kick

Skills Trained:

• Entering the Matrix and Leaning Back Kicks
• Building the Instinct to Lean Back
• Instinct to Counter Kick After the Lean Back

Goal: To learn how to lean back when kicks begin to hit your body or head. To add a new drill that will build your lean back technique and reflexes on the heavy bag. To efficiently position yourself for a counter at the end of the lean back technique.

Real World Application: Making your opponent miss when they kick at your shoulder or head with the lean back and countering back with the body kick.