Wheel Kick or Suicide Kick?

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I did Kyokushin for ten years and have been doing Muay Thai for the last two and I've been practicing the Kyokushin Dou Mawashigeri for the last nine years but every single time I do it I wind up on my back with the wind knocked out of me or on my butt with the wind knocked out of me. I trust my aim and I trust my judgement in using it but the whole winding thing means that unless I knock my opponent out or make their rattling worse than my winding it really lives up to the suicide kick nickname. Any suggestions on what I can do to stop the winding or is it time to go for a flat-spin rather than a rolling spin?
I don't have any footage of my own wheel kick but for reference sake they look like this  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5z7xc7sC-k

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OK as you can see it is called a suicide kick for a reason, it is a last ditch all out move of desperation in my opinion.. but none the less here is how to not get winded:
First you must make sure your "Break falling technique" is good so you don't cause yourself a real injury.
Then.. & this is surprisingly simple in theory, but sometimes hard at first to do..."Breath out" as you fall: as if you do the wind is already going in the right direction. The reason we get winded is, that the impact is trying to force the air in out body out as we are trying to get it in.
Hope this helps you.

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Wheel Kick or Suicide Kick?

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