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There are a couple of different ways to throw your hook punch. I'll share the ones with you that I like best.

First, Terry is going to assume his stance, and he's going to lengthen his stance just a tad more to show you the dynamics of his footwork in this punch. First, he's going to throw the European hook. It's called the European hook because the thumb is going to be pointing to you if you were to make a thumb. It's going to point to you. It's a very defensive punch. Anderson Silva loves this punch.

All right. And he turns the hip over, and if he wants to execute it with more power he turns the front foot over like so. If he pops that front elbow just a tad more it can also serve as a block when I come to him. All right.

Now, watch. If he throws that punch longer, the European hook, and he pops his elbow, all right, it's very hard for me to penetrate with a right hand. Give it a little bit more pop. Hook. Freeze it right there. If his elbow's popped, see, it serves as a block as well. So I like the European hook.

One of Terry's favorite punches is the American hook. We call it the American hook because his thumb is going to be up.…

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I'm going to be showing you guys how to do a spinning hook kick. I'm going to first demonstrate. I'm going to stay in a fighting stance like this. I'm going to spin back and do a hook kick. Like that. Make sure you bring it back 360. One more time. Like that.

So step by step, I do this thing called a back turn. One. Fold your legs just like a back kick. Now make sure when you kick out this time you don't kick straight out. I like to kind of kick out in an angle, one, and throw a right hook and bring it back. So one more time, slowly. One, two, three. One more time. One, fold your legs in. It's important to tuck in. Kick out and hook. And bring it back.

Now I'm going to practice with my partner. He's going to be holding the target. Again, I like to practice maybe in a face level. If you guys are beginners, maybe you can start out a little lower. That's fine. So from here, I like to do a fake shot. So I'm going to be in fighting stance. I'm going to first demonstrate. One more time. And that's how you do a spinning hook kick.