Back Kick (Reverse Teep) Against the Wall (Patreon)

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You can do this movement against a wall (or with a person holding a pad). Stand facing directly away from the wall. Look over your shoulder and load the kick by lifting your heel and having it face the target (the wall). Keep your eye on the target, slightly bend forward, and try to gently touch the wall with your heel. Your heel should be both rising and moving in a straight line. Reload the kick, bringing the kick back to where it started. Look forward and put your foot down. Repeat as necessary on both sides to feel the mechanics.

This is the sibling movement to the teep against the wall. Your opponent won't always be in front of you; sometimes they'll be behind you. The back kick is the reverse of the front kick, otherwise known as the teep. You have to be able to push your opponent away in every direction or teep in every direction. You can think of the back kick as the back teep.

You are gently touching, rather than hitting, the wall with your heel to master control and accuracy. Since you teep with the ball of your foot, the reverse would be to kick with your heel since the heel is now on top and your foot is facing down. Accuracy with the heel takes time to develop since it has a shorter reach than the ball of the foot. Perceiving over your shoulder is also challenging because you mostly use your peripheral vision out of one eye, so touching the wall means knowing precisely where the wall is. It's not so much seeing your target as it is sensing it. Hitting the wall hard means the wall was closer than what you perceived. You're gently touching to calibrate your perception and sense of distance.

– Sam