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Taekwondo Won-Hyo Scoop Block

Published on 2012-09-30 07:15:00

It's there in step 19 and 22 of Taekwondo Pattern Won-hyo, the arms move like you're gracefully turning a large steering wheel. In the pattern diagram above, it's called a 'Circular block,' but I normally call it a scoop block. You could use it as a block, no doubt. In fact almost any movement can offer an obstacle to an opponent trying to hit you or hurt you.But this is more than just a simple parry. The circular motion for instance is something that I want to apply to an extended 'something,' [..]

Getting the Most from Traditional Taekwondo Techniques Blog

Published on 2012-09-27 23:10:00

I never thought I needed to play tour guide on this blog. But hey, we've got more than 450 posts here! Of course many were written and fired from the hip - but that's what you get from going non-commercial (and beside the point)!!! I joke, of course.However, if you want more from this blog, we'll need your participation and most importantly, feedback. For instance, look through the image below. 1 post for Choong-moo and 5 for Choong-gun. Now, who's fault is that? (A. Yours) If you want me to kee [..]

Simultaneous Attacks

Published on 2012-09-26 00:24:00

The one steps I talked about in Had Enough of that Traditional One Step Nonsense typically refers to counters or go no sen type tactics. Meaning you see an opponent's move, you block/cover/parry and return the strike. That's how many of the one steps I learned early on were taught; they were a way to introduce basic techniques and to build skills to help distancing and timing.I wanted to take the opportunity to discuss simultaneous attacks or sen no sen tactics. What I mean by this is you see th [..]

Perspective on Punching with Vertical Fist v Horizontal Fist

Published on 2012-09-23 21:19:00

This is a rehash of an old post on here titled

Had Enough of That Traditional One Step Nonsense

Published on 2012-09-19 21:08:00

... so said the MMA Warrior to all who cared.Last night, we visited a cornerstone of that 'traditional' nonsense - the one step sparring exercise.I'm sure you're familiar with this worn routine. It was performed with a side step to the outside and a knife hand parry to the oncoming extremity, countering with a roundhouse kick to the midsection, and then control/trap reverse punch to the floating ribs.Photo One: Colin wearing standard battle orderWhat we wanted to do with this exercise was discus [..]

Colin's Taekwondo v Taekwondo's Colin

Published on 2012-08-08 10:35:00

I had an enjoyable

Browned Out

Published on 2012-07-30 00:54:00

We were working on an arm throw last Sunday inspired by Chulgi hyung.The throw is done after bypassing opponent's attack, gap closing and controlling the neck from the outside. Several variations were shown. Of note the variations either trapped same side arm or opposite side.I partnered up with a recently promoted 3rd gup student - and found myself in the rather unsettling position of having both arms trapped, having my neck controlled, leg jammed, and thrown by a very large and enthusiastic br [..]

Locks and Throws Workshop July 2012

Published on 2012-07-17 01:34:00

Over the weekend we had the Locks and Throws Workshop as part of our continuing series to welcome

Women Self Defence - Developing a World Class Offering

Published on 2012-07-13 20:14:00

I started researching material for women self defence classes from 1991 as part of my black belt program whilst training in the US. The following year I was invited by a friend in Asia to provide a 2 day training course through Association for Women for Action and Research. The course I delivered however only started on its quantum leap when I embarked on a rigorous commercialisation process from 2001 onwards. Below I will present some of my insights on how I developed a world class offering whi [..]

Axe Kick - A Risky Taekwondo Sparring Technique

Published on 2012-06-26 20:17:00

I don't like the use of the axe kick in sportive Taekwondo sparring.Videos referenced from Taekwondo AnimalsThe problem with the axe kick is that it has to be brought all the way up, and then dropped a little way in order to hit the opponent somewhere in the head/neck or shoulder region. Wouldn't it be easier kicking the opponent somewhere lower down on the body? It would certainly expend less energy. And look at how much of your body is exposed. This seems to be an overly a risky technique with [..]

Choi: The Beginning

Published on 2012-06-19 23:43:00

I read Yoshikawa's Musashi a number of years ago, and have pondered the ever-shrinking lines of distinction between the real 16th Century polymath Miyamoto Musashi and Yoshikawa's fictionalised account of the sword saint.One of my favourite martial arts books, Musashi is an important novel in the present-day cult worship of the 16th Century swordsmanMusashi is a long epic, detailing the journey of the Miyamoto Musashi beginning just after the Battle of Sekigahara, the insight he gained leading t [..]

Choong-gun: Double Punch

Published on 2012-06-03 09:49:00

Yama Tsuki - Twin Fist Punch ... would you really ever do something like this?A status update on FaceBook just recently had me writing that someone should put the above technique interpretation out of its misery. If ever there was an advantage for throwing multiple strikes at the same time, we'd be punching with both hands and throwing in a kick for good measure.No, I don't like the idea of throwing two simultaneous strikes, unless somehow it was sandwiching something of the opponent between you [..]

A Story about Saving a Little Girl

Published on 2012-05-31 00:58:00

Maritime Museum at Fremantle Black Belt Obstacle CourseThis is a story about how I saved a little girl.I refrain from using the word 'heroically' in the title just because there was no time to think about heroics, nor about ability, nor about the consequences of failure. As I often think about my role as an instructor, I was but the 'lens'.A beautiful sunny day in Fremantle several years ago found my children and several friends at the Maritime Museum. It's got amazing architecture and beautiful [..]

Blogging Carnival at Bunkai Jutsu

Published on 2012-05-28 22:02:00

Following the recent Anti-Bully Blogging Carnival hosted here, I am pleased to announce that Charlie Wildish from Bunkai Jutsu is hosting the next carnival on Women's Self Defence on July 14th 2012. The blogging carnival is a way to get martial art bloggers to work together on specific themes, and for such themes to bring value to both the martial arts world and the local community. If you have a martial art blog, a website, or even a similarly themed FaceBook page, and if you'd like to get invo [..]

Knife Defence by Hanshi Tim White

Published on 2012-05-23 02:16:00

Check & Stun Knife Defence Program by Hanshi Tim WhiteSeveral years ago I had the honour of training in Hanshi Tim White's Check & Stun Knife Defense Program that he designed and uses for the police defence tactics training he offers professionaly. It was immediately clear to me that I should have brought a much larger knife to this session. The tactics he used were hard-hitting, effective and no-nonsense. I was battered and bruised.The moves were simple in order for an untrained defender to ini [..]

Overwhelm the Opponent

Published on 2012-05-20 22:32:00

What a pretty technique. It's effortless. Uke would probably catch some air.Over the weekend I was honoured by an invitation from

Taekwondo Won-hyo: Over-the-shoulder throw

Published on 2012-05-17 22:12:00

This is a revisit of an old post

The Way, the Zone, Stress Testing and the hope for a better person

Published on 2012-05-15 07:11:00

Dojo - The place you practice the WayIn recent weeks, I've come across people who are preparing themselves for academic tests and exams.However they're preparing themselves for their tests, few of them prepare themselves for the stress of the situation.In my previous life as an Assistant National Coach, much of what we do is to prepare the sportsman for the rigors of competition. What we do is a mix of physical ritual and mental visualisation. We do this in the hope to bring the relaxedness foun [..]

Chulgi: Punching Across the Body

Published on 2012-05-11 08:34:00

App 1: Chulgi's 'double punch' applied as a blow to the back or side of the opponent's neckApp 2: Chulgi's 'punch-across-body' applied as a blow to the side of the opponent's neck.When does your arm travel across the body in Taekwondo? Well, below black belt you've got the ol' Tea Cup Saucer position in Won-hyo, the tension press open palm 'block' and double augmented block in Yul-gok, the punch-across-the-body in Joon-gun, and the punch into the fist and the side punches-across-the-body in Hwa- [..]

My Work as Curator of a Taekwondo System

Published on 2012-05-07 21:32:00

World Organizer of Martial Arts (WOMA) Instructor Training Day 28/29 April, Perry Lakes, W. Australia. Author of Traditional Taekwondo Techniques Colin Wee is standing at the far right.It's fast coming to the end of my 20th year in Taekwondo.While I still lead a small Traditional Taekwondo practice, I find myself reaching many more people with this blog and my online network, my FaceBook presence, articles submitted to Stuart Anslow's Totally Taekwondo magazine, the workshop series I started up [..]

Toi-gye: 'W' Mountain Block

Published on 2012-05-03 22:00:00

A page out from my personal journal showing Toi-gye applicationToi-gye Step 12 - 18 is typically represented as 'W' blocks (in Karate that would be yama uke or 'mountain block'), requiring you to perform them with a hard snap of the arm and a big 'stomp' with the foot. There are a few applications that I actually like which bring more combat value to this technique beyond the swinging of the arms and the stomping down hard.Taekwondo 'W' block - as it is performed in the form Toi-gye step 13The s [..]

Taekwondo is the SAME as Karate

Published on 2012-04-30 21:26:00

In an informal discussion over the weekend an ITF guy (of all people) said, "Taekwondo is the same as Karate." It was his unspoken idea that Taekwondo began with instructors that were trained in Shotokan, amongst other things, 'repackaged' Karate and started on a major rebranding exercise.But listen, Karate as practiced in Tokyo in the 1920s was very different to how karate is practiced nowadays. Master Funakoshi, Father of Modern Karate, was highly opposed to jiyu kumite or free sparring, and e [..]

Pragmatic Self Defence Images

Published on 2012-04-27 10:40:00

Yul-gok Step 24Toi-gye Step 20-21Yul-gok Step 31Yul-guk Step 16Choong-gun Step 21-22Dan-gun Step1-2Dan-gun Step 9What I wanted to do was to just search for self defence images on the internet and pair them up to tactics or sequences within Taekwondo patterns - as I teach them. The process isn't difficult - this is what we've been busy doing in Joong Do Kwan Tae Kwon Do over the last dozen years. What I found however were a lot of silly photos - self defence scenarios that show women holding on t [..]

Double Augmented Forearm Blocks

Published on 2012-04-24 04:24:00

There's little on the Morote Chudan Uchi Uke or Taekwondo's Double Augmented Forearm Blocks on the internet. Most of what I've seen - even from sources I usually respect, show ludicrous explanations of this technique. Mostly I think it's related to the key terms 'augmented' and 'block'. Once you think of it this way and try to search for a meaning or application for a very strong blocking technique, which is how this technique was taught to me, you start grasping for straws and are forced down a [..]

Grabbing the Opponent and using him as a Shield

Published on 2012-04-19 23:21:00

In Do-san we apply the open palm block / spearhand, and turn as a neck grab from behind and a choke over the hip. The opponent is lying on your hip, facing upward. Yeah, really contrived, but patience ... I've not got to the punch line yet. In Won-hyo, we use Step 7 'Teacup Saucer' to grab the opponent's neck from the front, and then continue to crank their neck, rotate them around, and perform a sidekick as takedown to the opponent's knee. The 'Teacup Saucer' can be seen in Step 7a and 7b of He [..]

Anti-Bullying Blogging Carnival

Published on 2012-04-14 11:30:00

Anti-Bullying Blogging CarnivalWelcome to the first-ever Anti-Bullying Blogging Carnival hosted by Colin's Traditional Taekwondo Techniques Blog.Blogging Carnivals have been popular in many blogging circles and are a great way to get blog owners working together to develop topics and draw interest to each other's blogs. It was my hope to use this blogging carnival to create some solidarity amongst martial arts bloggers, and to help promote awareness of this important ancillary message that many [..]

The 18th Precept of Sensei Gichin Funakoshi by Mireille Clark

Published on 2012-04-13 07:46:00

Sensei Gichin Funakoshi said:18. Practicing karate correctly is one thing; engaging in a real fight is another. For many years now, I have been thinking about the concept of "truth".What is truth? Sensei Funakoshi's 18th precept brings a straightforward answer: Karate practice in the dojo, even when done well, is not the same as fighting. I will attempt to expand this explanation by offering what I see, and I would ask for some flexibility on you, the reader's part, when it comes to interpret [..]

There was this bully ...

Published on 2012-04-12 22:02:00

I remember I was in grade 4, and this monster of a boy was in grade 6. Everything about him made him stick out, he was large - at least a head taller than I was, in the 'normal' stream (read 'slow'), always had a grubby uniform, and was always pushing and shoving everyone. Literally, all of us were terrified of him. Him and that permanent scowl he had on his face.I nicked this image off the net, and this guy's a little fatter than I remember 'my'bully, but the look is about there. :-)

Tae Kwon Do Techniques: Tae Kwon Do Forearm Block

Published on 2012-04-12 10:11:00

I decided to go to youtube to see what a search for Taekwondo Techniques would yield. One of the first things that popped up was a video of a

Anyone in Singapore Interested in Workshops or Seminars end April?

Published on 2012-04-10 21:12:00

I'm headed to Singapore end of this month - let me know if you're interested in coordinating a seminar/workshop so I can defray travel expenses. I can cover a wide range of discussions, and can weave in my information with your own curriculum or training objectives. Cheers, Colin--Colin WeeJoong Do Kwan Chung Sah Nim[Traditional Taekwondo Blog | Subscribe | FAQs | Sitemap | FaceBook] And help us rank on Google by clicking the '+1' icon, why don't you? How much do you know of Taekwondo? Come [..]

Making the Taekwondo Upset Punch less Upsetting

Published on 2012-04-07 06:00:00

Why would an upset punch would be called 'upset' and when calling it an uppercut seems so much more natural? Maybe because it's upsetting when someone does something like this in a less than desirable manner?Alright, I'll go on record to say there's no one 'right' way to throw a punch. If you see an opening, swing your hand, manage to hit the opponent where you wanted to hit him and not break your hand in the process, hey ... congratulations.But I do reckon that there are ways to do a punch bett [..]

You're Invited to Participate in the Anti-Bully Blogging Carnival

Published on 2012-04-05 09:49:00

Martial Art Bloggers and Website Owners are invited to participate in the Anti-Bullying Blogging Carnival scheduled to go live on this blog April 15 2012. More information is at Anti-Bullying Blogging Carnival Proposal.The idea is to get bloggers together to develop and promote anti-bullying articles through our respective blogs and social network pages. Where I know some bloggers draw thousands of views a month, together, I am confident that we can pull ten times that amount in a relatively sho [..]

Historical Lessons Beyond Historical Facts

Published on 2012-04-04 16:30:00

Totally Taekwondo Issue 38I fabricated the truth. Cooked up details. Repurposed Yul-gok's philosophical debate, attributing it to someone else. And then I even used an aged photo of myself for an article I submitted to Stuart Anslow's highly respected Totally Taekwondo. I did!There were many ideas that were floating in my mind when I thought about what I needed to write. But the main issue that kept popping up for me was, and has always been - as it is for even a majority of practitioners, to lo [..]

I fear for my students

Published on 2012-04-03 20:54:00

It started many years ago when I was developing my women self defence program. The realisation hit me all at once - that after a short course I was sending these participants back into the world armed with what? A few techniques, new awareness of the risks they faced, and some words of wisdom.What are you waiting for?It's more intimate for my martial arts program. I see their strengths, but I also see many of their weaknesses. No, I'm not talking about the crap internet warriors spew about taekw [..]

Yul-gok Taekwondo Pattern Step 36 as Take Down

Published on 2012-04-01 09:23:00

This is one of our resident 5th gups practising Step 36 of Taekwondo Pattern Yul-gok which is a High Side Back Fist in X-stance from Jump. What you are seeing is a left hand (the backfist) grabbing the lapel of green belt Daniel San and lifting it up, and the right hand is used to apply pressure from the outside of Daniel San's left elbow. This video was taken just while he was acquiring this technique, so you can see him processing the move in his head. A really strong lift is important - as is [..]

Choong-gun Mid-reverse Knife Hand Block

Published on 2012-03-30 02:32:00

That's like our Mid-Reverse Knife Hand Block in Choong-gun - just with a little more girthDuring the Smash with Your Foot Workshop Feb 2012, I wanted to show what we would do if and when our leg gets caught by an opponent. The move requires you to drop to the ground and take out the front leg of the person who's 'caught' your leg. After my turn, I then had one of my students kick me so I could talk about what each partner had to do.As the roundhouse kick speeds toward me, I push my cover slightl [..]

Never Let an Analogy Get the Better of You

Published on 2012-03-27 01:47:00

Water is fluid, soft, and yielding.But water will wear away rockwhich is rigid and cannot yield.As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yieldingwill overcome whatever is rigid and hard.This is the paradox: what is soft is strong.Let us take advantage of that paradox.The above was inspired by Lao Tsu’s Tao Te Ching – Classic of the Way and the Power - I merely rewrote the end to reflect the opportunities Taekwondo has as a 'hard' style. This work is part of a historical fiction series I'm wri [..]

Karate v Taekwondo

Published on 2012-03-20 20:48:00

I practice Traditional Taekwondo. And it looks like Karate.Over in this corner, it's Taekwondotaken from http://www.visiontkd.co.uk/patterns.htmSo when my online buddy Charlie from Bunkai Jutsu came up with a post What's the Difference Between Karate & Tae Kwon Do? (Part 1), I was happy to review it and give him my two cents worth.I'd agree that Karate and Tae Kwon Do are "related styles". The founder of Taekwondo Gen Choi Hong Hi plus a number of other pioneers were all Korean Karate trained. W [..]

Vaughan Jackson takes Martial Arts to Avoid an Abusive Parent

Published on 2012-03-19 00:52:00

Vaughan is a recent internet martial arts acquaintance of mine, referred by Charlie from Bunkai Jutsu because of my interest in starting up an anti-bullying carnival amongst martial arts bloggers. Vaughan tells me of his early experiences and how that has pushed him into martial arts - to become a stonger person and to become a positive role model. Very admirable traits. Please help me welcome Vaughan to Joong Do Kwan.Starting on the Path by Vaughan Jackson, Jujutsu, ShodanWhat would it take for [..]

Taekwondo Spear Hand

Published on 2012-03-12 20:30:00

Do-san Step 6 is an open palm block and spearhand - which we talked about previously vis a vis opponent height. I'd like to take a step back and talk about the weapon itself.Just the other day I was showing a bunch of 7th kyu students how to form the hand. In order to demonstrate exactly what I could do with it, I proceeded to use the spearhand to strike their chest region. They were shoved backwards, some grunting was in evidence, and they started covering and guarding against further strikes. [..]

Martial Arts Parables

Published on 2012-03-12 06:04:00

Story-telling is a powerful skill and has been used by many cultures to share knowledge and culture with both young and old. Stories allow us to reflect on difficult issues, help us draw our own conclusions, and give us a sense of comfort knowing that others before us have used those same stories.The Tea Master and The Roninhttp://danjutsu.hubpages.com/hub/The-Tea-Master-and-The-Ronin Some advantages of including the use of the parable in martial arts training:The parable allows us to transmit k [..]

1967 Choi Hong Hi meets up with Mas Oyama

Published on 2012-03-07 23:20:00

In 1967 Choi Hong Hi meets up with fellow Korean and Karate Master Mas Oyama. By this time, Master Oyama had already opened his own Karate dojo in Tokyo and was already working on expansion plans for what is now known as one of the toughest karate systems ever. The story from what I have read online is that Choi had requested for Master Oyama to return to Korea to help his fellow Koreans, and to invite him to support Taekwondo's establishment as a new martial art. Master Oyama declined politely, [..]

Biting the Hand that Feeds You

Published on 2012-03-06 19:51:00

If you've got a dog you might know how unpleasant it is. You are offering some food and snap - it all happened so quick - you get a nip on your fingers. Of course the mutt didn't 'mean it.' It's just your fingers got in the way and I suppose teeth can be pretty sharp. You nurse your hand for the rest of the day cursing under your breath.As beginners to Taekwondo we are typically challenged with landing strikes - both punches and kicks - on the opponent's body or head. The targets are large, stan [..]

Striking with the Top of Foot and the Ball of Foot

Published on 2012-03-06 07:18:00

The Smash with Your Foot Workshop (I come up with the best names) was a smashing success, and it was fun to host other practitioners at our school. One question that was posed early on was from my Goju Ryu instructor friend - who was very interested that I was kicking my target with the ball of the foot during a short range roundhouse exercise. He might have seen more top of foot strikes if this was any other Taekwondo school.Kicking with the top of the foot applies impact stress perpendicularly [..]

The Striking Post

Published on 2012-02-29 09:37:00

The makiwara is a traditional martial arts striking post which allows you to practice your techniques with good focus, posture and breathing. Beginners to the martial arts might look at an expert practitioner and marvel at calloused knuckles and gape at their powerful strikes. And then some might associate the pain of training with the ultimate prize of attaining the secrets of this lethal 'killing blow'. Do people think that the idea is to disfigure your hand, to create deadened nerve endings, [..]

Smash with Your Foot Workshop Feb 2012

Published on 2012-02-26 22:49:00

Kicks have literally run away with themselves. You've got yourself up against how Hollywood represents kicks, the association of kicks with fitness and flexibility, and then your own poor aching hamstrings and inner thigh muscles.I held a workshop this past weekend to talk core concepts of basic to advance kicks - to look at parameters of movement, basic power generation ideas, tactical pros/cons, and strategic usage of kicks. The idea wasn't to change stylistic approach for the guests participa [..]

First Know Yourself by Mireille Clark

Published on 2012-01-07 17:31:00

The Fourth Precept of Sensei Gichin Funakoshi is "First know yourself before attempting to know others."This may sound like a simple plan, but it is deceptive. Many of us believe that we know "who" we are, but in honesty, we wear so many masks, take on so many different roles, and convince ourselves that we are who we are not. My husband once told me "No one wants to be the bad guy. Everyone wants to wear the white hat." This is so true, and can be seen in the dojo over and over again. We ca [..]

Our Super Power

Published on 2011-11-20 23:10:00

My Super Power - ability to destress through weekly training!There are way too many instructors, schools, and clubs in this industry who brag about how good they are, oftentimes with very little to back them up. How many times have I heard: "Our style is the best." "Our black belt gradings are so tough." "Our syllabus is so complete." "Our instructor is so awesome." Yawn.Several years ago, against this grain, a very accomplished martial artist friend of mine posted that he has even more of a rea [..]

Allowing Rank to Simplify Our World

Published on 2011-10-24 20:46:00

Nice belt, Dude.A beginner feels anxiety going for a grading to win his next rank.A senior student feels like he needs to put the brakes on because he's 'ranking' too fast. A shodan feels unworthy of his rank. A black belt young in the arts feel the weight of expectations to get his next rank. Qualifying instructors compare the 'quality' of their rank against their peers and others in the arts. Teachers suddenly become aware that they're climbing the rank structure and start to look around for p [..]

Taekwondo One Step Sparring

Published on 2011-10-12 01:55:00

One step sparring is the 'defacto' application of techniques found in patterns and drills of most hard style Taekwondo or Karate schools. For one steps, you have two practitioners facing off, the opponent or 'attacker' steps back into a down block, lunges forward in a forward lunge punch and leaves his striking arm in place. The defender's task is to respond to this attack by using some manner of block and strike, and an appropriate sidestep. You could get very inventive and in fact most Taekwon [..]

Basic Taekwondo Kick a Misnomer

Published on 2011-10-11 07:23:00

The basic Taekwondo kick is a misnomer. It is an undervalued short range powerful technique. Let's talk about the basic kick in terms of the front kick and the roundhouse kick.A front kick is done on a vertical lane where the roundhouse kick is done on a horizontal plane. It is a short range kick and thus 'compresses' the body, generating power because the upper body and the lower body come closer together. The roundhouse kick does the same but rotated 90 degrees.The long range version of these [..]

I see Hwa-rang on the Lawn

Published on 2011-10-08 10:48:00

A couple of senior belts and I met to go over requirements and specifically trained in Hwa-rang on the lawn at College Park today.I wasn't dressed like anything resembling the flower warrior youth group- with a baseball cap and my 'competition' gi from century ma. But we sure looked at techniques that were hard hitting indeed.The few that I'd like to mention quickly are - a counter against a front lunging technique using a deflect then choke associated with a cross body punch; an attack to the n [..]

The JDK Sparring Program

Published on 2011-10-03 01:47:00

One of the few things I wanted to accomplish for the Joong Do Kwan was to introduce a sparring 'program' in which students, especially beginners, would learn sparring skills and would steadily improve in their abilities. Last week, we had a few friends visit our kwan, and we took the opportunity to look at the beginner to intermediate stages of our program.The main problem when it comes to sparring? Sparring should only be part of your entire bag of exercises. Everyone however equates great spar [..]

Taekwondo History

Published on 2011-10-02 22:12:00

GM Choi Hong Hi was requested in 1952 to train the entire army in the martial arts. In 1955, 'Taekwondo' was accepted as the name to unify the kwans in Korea. --Colin WeeChung Sah Nim (Principal), Joong Do Kwan Tae Kwon DoSchool of the Middle Way - the point between old Okinawan predecessors and modern Korean innovations. Started as HRGB April 2000, reborn as JDK Sept 2011.Traditional Taekwondo Techniques, Patterns, and Applications at the Traditional Taekwondo Blog. [Subscribe using email or RS [..]

How to Improve Reaction Time

Published on 2011-09-27 20:59:00

I assume because of the V neck uniform these guys are doing WTF Taekwondo - specialists in kicks (that's why they're not using their hands). The How to Improve Reaction Time video discusses a few solid ideas that can be applied even by traditional practitioners. Improving Taekwondo Reaction TimeI really don't like the use of this term. Many people have a set reaction speed, and no matter how much training will not really significantly improve their ability to react to a specific external stimuli [..]

Toi-gye Jams the Leg and Throws the Opponent

Published on 2011-09-27 00:35:00

Taekwondo Toi-gye Step 29 and 30 - jump into a low X-block in cross stance and then execute a high double augmented forearm block. We do this predominantly as a side drop ala Aikido's Sokomen Uchi. The following video will show you what I mean. Taekwondo practitioners however don't move like Aiki practitioners and thus the tenkan or the turn may not be accessible from our kit bag. What we do have however is this 'jump into X stance' - which means rather than slipping past and turning the opponen [..]

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