Quote Originally Posted by Ray Pina
As far as the round house kick like you are talking, I still say its not in TCMA, that it has been incorporated from outside influences. Not saying it's not being taught as traditional. Not saying it's not in form being taught as traditional. This is just what I hear from the old school Chinese that I respect, who learned and fought in China.
My style comes from a guy who learned kung fu in China, and left China in 1949. And two of my hand sets have CMA-style roundhouse kicks. If the kicks he learned pre-1949 aren't Chinese, where did they come from?

I also see that these kicks come from the outside and work there way inside (exposing the groin), that they are vertical balanced
Chinese roundhouse brings the knee up straight, then rolls the hip over so that the groin is not exposed. It is less powerful than a Thai kick, but more "safe."