I have just uploaded to a shotokan training video for gyakutsuki (reverse punch), I have included some very basic training exercises we use in our dojo, with a technical explanation below. These are just my thoughts on reverse punch and I would love to here your own training methods for reverse punch. I have many other gyaku zuki exercises, these are the basic ones we use in our karate practice. Shotokan karate’s Gyakuzuki from hidari ju kamae hanmi (left side freestyle stance, body side on). A basic gyaku zuki or reverse punch, starts from the back leg, if you are punching with the right arm, drive the right leg, back and into the floor, transferring the driving force through the back leg, to the hip.

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