Why am I so sore after making suggested changes to the Swirling Wind Kick?
You are not doing something wrong, but something right. The most likely reason for the soreness is because you changed the way you’re doing the kick. Before, you were winding up. When you wind up into the kick, you’re using your body weight and momentum to launch yourself, but when you start from a stance and step through it incrementally it forces you to use different muscles. The reason you want to walk through it one step at a time is specifically to take the ‘momentum’ factor out of the equation. Momentum can’t be easily stopped once set in motion. In fighting you must be able to change direction in the blink of an eye. If you’re using momentum to get into the kick and circumstances change, you’re stuck and you have to hope your opponent doesn’t take advantage of your bad position.
