When doing this drill, you will do each part of the pyramid twice before adding the next kick. In class, when you have lower ranking students that might not know all the kicks in the drill, they can cycle through again with the kicks they know. If you are doing the kicks with the right leg, you will do the whole drill with the right leg kicking all the way up to the back kick before switching to the left leg. Also for the sake of this paper I'll write this from the right leg kicking point of view. All these kicks should be direceted to waist except the jump spinning ones in the beginning. If a student hasn't learned how to do jump spinning kicks yet, they can do them as spinning kicks. After student get used to the drill they can start doing the kicks higher to gain that flexibility. 1) Inside knee trap (in front of you and across your body to 11 o'clock) re-chamber and put down behind you. 2) Inside knee trap (in front of you and across your body to 11 o'clock) re-chamber, outside knee trap (in front of you at 1 o'clock) re-chamber and put down behind you. 3) Inside knee trap (in front of you and across your body to 11 o'clock) re-chamber, outside knee trap (in front of you at 1 o'clock) re-chamber, Snap kick in front of you to 12 o'clock and re-chamber and put down behind you. 4) Inside knee trap (in front of you and across your body to 11 o'clock) re-chamber, outside knee trap (in front of you at 1 o'clock) re-chamber, Snap kick (in front of you to 12 o'clock and) re-chamber, roundhouse kick (in front of you to 12 o'clock) re-chamber and put down behind you. 5) Inside knee trap (in front of you and across your body to 11 o'clock) re-chamber, outside knee trap (in front of you at 1 o'clock) re-chamber, Snap kick (in front of you to 12 o'clock and) re-chamber, roundhouse kick (in front of you to 12 o'clock) re-chamber, side kick (to the side 3 o'clock) re-chamber and put down behind you. 6) Inside knee trap (in front of you and across your body to 11 o'clock) re-chamber, outside knee trap (in front of you at 1 o'clock) re-chamber, Snap kick (in front of you to 12 o'clock and) re-chamber, roundhouse kick (in front of you to 12 o'clock) re-chamber, side kick (to the side 3 o'clock) re-chamber, Inside Crescent kick (to 12 o'clock) re-chamber and put down behind you. 7) Inside knee trap (in front of you and across your body to 11 o'clock) re-chamber, outside knee trap (in front of you at 1 o'clock) re-chamber, Snap kick (in front of you to 12 o'clock and) re-chamber, roundhouse kick (in front of you to 12 o'clock) re-chamber, side kick (to the side 3 o'clock) re-chamber, Inside Crescent kick (to 12 o'clock) re-chamber, Outside Crescent Kick (to 12 o'clock) re-chamber and put down behind you. 8) Inside knee trap (in front of you and across your body to 11 o'clock) re-chamber, outside knee trap (in front of you at 1 o'clock) re-chamber, Snap kick (in front of you to 12 o'clock and) re-chamber, roundhouse kick (in front of you to 12 o'clock) re-chamber, side kick (to the side 3 o'clock) re-chamber, Inside Crescent kick (to 12 o'clock) re-chamber, Outside Crescent Kick (to 12 o'clock) re-chamber, Spinning (or Jump Spinning) Crescent Kick (spinning clockwise) and put down behind you. 9) Inside knee trap (in front of you and across your body to 11 o'clock) re-chamber, outside knee trap (in front of you at 1 o'clock) re-chamber, Snap kick (in front of you to 12 o'clock and) re-chamber, roundhouse kick (in front of you to 12 o'clock) re-chamber, side kick (to the side 3 o'clock) re-chamber, Inside Crescent kick (to 12 o'clock) re-chamber, Outside Crescent Kick (to 12 o'clock) re-chamber, Spinning (or Jump Spinning) Crescent Kick (spinning cloclwise), Spinning (or Jump Spinning) Inside Crescent (a.k.a. - Chinese Crescent) and put down in front of you. 10) Inside knee trap (in front of you and across your body to 11 o'clock) re-chamber, outside knee trap (in front of you at 1 o'clock) re-chamber, Snap kick (in front of you to 12 o'clock and) re-chamber, roundhouse kick (in front of you to 12 o'clock) re-chamber, side kick (to the side 3 o'clock) re-chamber, Inside Crescent kick (to 12 o'clock) re-chamber, Outside Crescent Kick (to 12 o'clock) re-chamber, Spinning (or Jump Spinning) Crescent Kick (spinning cloclwise), Spinning (or Jump Spinning) Inside Crescent (a.k.a. - Chinese Crescent) and put down in front of you, bering the left foot up to the right foot and do a Front Lure Kick. 11) Inside knee trap (in front of you and across your body to 11 o'clock) re-chamber, outside knee trap (in front of you at 1 o'clock) re-chamber, Snap kick (in front of you to 12 o'clock and) re-chamber, roundhouse kick (in front of you to 12 o'clock) re-chamber, side kick (to the side 3 o'clock) re-chamber, Inside Crescent kick (to 12 o'clock) re-chamber, Outside Crescent Kick (to 12 o'clock) re-chamber, Spinning (or Jump Spinning) Crescent Kick (spinning cloclwise), Spinning (or Jump Spinning) Inside Crescent (a.k.a. - Chinese Crescent) and put down in front of you, bering the left foot up to the right foot and do a Front Lure Kick, cross behind your right foot with your left leg and do a Hook Kick to the side (3 o'clock) and re-chamber and put the foot down behind you. 12) Inside knee trap (in front of you and across your body to 11 o'clock) re-chamber, outside knee trap (in front of you at 1 o'clock) re-chamber, Snap kick (in front of you to 12 o'clock and) re-chamber, roundhouse kick (in front of you to 12 o'clock) re-chamber, side kick (to the side 3 o'clock) re-chamber, Inside Crescent kick (to 12 o'clock) re-chamber, Outside Crescent Kick (to 12 o'clock) re-chamber, Spinning (or Jump Spinning) Crescent Kick (spinning cloclwise), Spinning (or Jump Spinning) Inside Crescent (a.k.a. - Chinese Crescent) and put down in front of you, bering the left foot up to the right foot and do a Front Lure Kick, cross behind your right foot with your left leg and do a Hook Kick to the side (3 o'clock) and re-chamber and put the foot down behind you, bring your left foot back to the right foot and then do a Back Kick, re-chamber and put the foot down behind you. Now repeat this drill on the left leg. Have fun with this drill. A lot of times people have a hard time with balance when doing this drill and that is because they are trying to rush through it. If you take your time you will get better balance, leg strength, flexibility, focus and control. And remember, keep ypur guard up! “Practice does not make perfect; perfect practice makes perfect” - Sensei Don Thacker III by Sifu Mike Meadows Chief Instructor of Huo Ma Pai Kung Fu 115 – B Albemarle Ave S.E. Roanoke, VA 24013 540-986-8985