They can work. But I have noticed that they are way too telegraphed. It takes a lot of time to get your foot all the way up to their head, and that gives them that much more time to stop it. It also leaves your groin exposed.
And turning your back to your opponent with a spinning kick is something I would never ever do. When I see someone turn their back I rush in and tie them up and start kneeing them in the spine and kidneys.
In my last fight my opponent walked out of his corner and threw a spinning kick. Ofcourse he never completed it because I rushed in, picked him up, and slammed him down.
I admit that spinning kicks have a lot more power than any other kick. But I think they need to be used as a finishing blow, the same as head kicks.
The stupid thing that my last opponent did was open up with a spinning kick. If he had hit me with something a little more secure, and had gotten me a little dazed, then would be the perfect time for a high kick or a spinning kick. But to just throw it at someone is suicide.
If your leg gets parried to the outside and you back is to your opponent is also a good time to throw a spinning kick, simply because that is the only thing you can throw.
Every tool has it's place in the toolshed. To use a jack-hammer when you only need to start the opening with an awl is grandstanding.
Ofcourse I am sure there are people out there who'll say that I'll never see their double jumping half moon spinning crescent toe to heel hook kick coming. But I haven't met that person yet.
So until then, I never use head or spinning kicks where they are not absolutely needed.
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