Question 024: Kick training

 When you execute a rear leg kick and step down in front, your torso rotates 180 degrees, you end up with the opposite leg forward, and you are facing the opposite direction.

When you perform a spin or jump-spin kick, your torso rotates 180 degrees, you end up with the opposite leg forward, and you are facing the opposite direction.

When you step forward with the trailing leg, jump off the support leg, and perform a spin kick while the stepping leg is still in the air, such as with the 360 degree jump-spin side kick, your torso rotates 360 degrees, you end up with the same leg forward, and you are facing the same direction.

When you spin on the support foot and then jump and kick with the support foot, such as with the butterfly kick, your torso rotates 360 degrees, you end up with the same leg forward, and you are facing the same direction.

Some kicks use an extra step to increase the degrees of rotation, such as with the tornado kick, where you step forward with the trailing leg and then perform a butterfly kick. In you final position, your torso has rotated 540 degrees, but it only because of the extra step, not because you rotated 540 degrees in the air while performing the kick.