This young woman has obviously worked long and hard to achieve the level of speed, flexibility, balance and strength demonstrated in this clip. Additionally, the creativity of the form was very nice, she most definitely deserves applause and significant credit for her performance and dedication to her art. In answer to those who would knock this practitioner's skills, I would ask that you post videos of yourself performing forms so that all of us can criticize your skills.
Now thats what I'm talking about 10 perfect kicks in a row without putting her leg down. This is a wonderful demonstration and explains why I love TKD so much for it's dynamic kicks and chicks. Peace.
A remarkable demonstration of devotion to excellence and commitment to the art form. The kicks are so rapid, many are not fully captured by the video. I was stunned, inspired and mesmerized.
ive done TKD, and ive been doing capoeira for a couple years. and one of the things i like about certain master and people in my martial arts is that theyve taught it doesnt matter always what the master thinks. it matters what u think. in other words u dont need a belt to show off who u are. and like i said. on camera and on tv u go for whats flashy and looks good. when ur fighting its a different story. your form and power will be different, u must go for what works.
Wow!!! Amazing control!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just showed my sister this and I hope she's more amped about getting into this sport now. She loves it and even asked to watch this over again! Great video! I love it when they show control over a difficult-to-balance moves! Great technique!
Continued from below: karate, a martial art he had learned while studying in Japan." Taekwon-Do is, in other words, a 52 year-old martial art, but it is based on ancient knowledge. By the way: Initially, TKD was written Tae Kwon Do (Tae: Foot, kick, break with foot. Kwon: Hand, punch, break with hand. Do: Art, method, way. TKD is often said to mean "The way of foot and hand" or "Art with foot and hand combat"). Later, General Choi wanted the name of our martial art to teach us the
I train ITF Taekwon-Do, and we do not perform musical patterns. I can still appreciate the artists great demonstration of power, speed and flexibility, even though I did find a couple of technical flaws (such as her wrist while performing the punch in the beginning -- a bent wrist like that would snap at the moment of impact). -------- Ryna07: You're quite correct. This is why our ap cha busigi (front snapping kick) has it's medium height
Thank you. For a while I thought I was the only one who thought that way. I do Tae Kwon Do, and I judged these forms once and had no idea what to do as they made no sense.
Agreed. There was some old karate master that said if you do a kata without power and meaning, then it is no more than a dace... or something like that. the quote's on the web somewhere.
TKD is a mix of Taek Kyon(the actual ancient style of korean foot fighting) and Karate made by General Choi when he was younger, it was establish in the 1950's, however he spent several years before hand perfecting the best he could before he taught anyone. That's no secret to my school. Look it up.
Continued from below: set to your own solar plexus height, whereas all other medium techniques are set to your own shoulder height. It especially applies to kicks. A kick straight from the hip has the maximum amount of power, since it allows you to get more mass behind it (even though speed is the most important factor for energy, don't forget mass). I myself am only 62 kg/180 cm, but I still won't perform techniques without putting my body behind it. ------------
I never said criticizing someone is not allowed. re read my comments. But to blatantly put her down is not a justification of pointing out something INCORRECT! Alot of respect goes to some one like her for what she can accomplish.
obviously some of the comments from some people have no idea on the work and skill level of this pure athlete. Brilliant! Keep up that superb work. Where are you from?
taekwondo is great! i do it myself for already 9years..although this is just a demonstration to show how flexible she is, this is cool;D to bad i can't do this myself (yet):p
First off im a black belt 1st dan in t a g b tae kwon do, and i have to say this girl is amazing! Wish she was in my club. Also the music is by "DJROSS" "LONELY"
Forms were originally done to help with muscle memory. By doing forms, your body would become used to punches and kicks you would do in a real fight, thats why most traditional forms aren't flashy; they helped one to respond to an attack without having to think and be effective. By doing a form like this, you body gets used to doing flashy moves (not neccisarilly aerial kicks) so therefore you are less able to respond to an actual attacker, I think.
the name of this song is: Emotion by Dr Ross if you don't believe in me see the information of this song, are next to the windows of the video... see you
Continued from below: importance of practicing both physically and mentally. He therefore changed the romanized writing to Taekwon-Do. Thus, he showed us that while both are important elements, one cannot be without the other. -------------- Muaythaimarc: Patterns aren't about how you fight in the street. We train patterns to increase our strength, speed, precision, balance and focus, to mention some aspects. It is stylized. I don't train WTF Taekwon-Do, as this performer does.
Good call, Keslerkaiyu, I hadn't quite picked up on that. Though that's hardly surprising, in my years of competing and watching competitions, a lot of competitors favor one leg over the other. You are definitely correct about training each leg equally. I drill my students in sparring once in a while by picking which leg or type of kick they can use during their match. Helps wean them off of using the same leg/kick every time they spar.:)
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TKD was made as it is 2day when japan invaded korea so TKD also owes some of its roots to Karate which was taught during the japanese control over korea. The koreans then took all these styles and combined them to create TKD. and when it was originally created it was designed as a fighting method but due to sports regulations etc they had to change a few things else they wouldnt be allowed to compete to improve their skills.
I dunno, the split second of a lower riding stance looked pretty solid. Though, you are right, her leg was very very straight in her back stance, broken >< ouch. Though, it is a very impressive display of movement. Taking the speed and flexibility to a new level. I wouldn't suggest the one where she's continually kicking with one foot though. Held too long, it loses power, most kicks come from the hip, not the leg.
depends completely if you r an ITF or Kukkiwon student imb,master grade in the ITF's or ITF style is 7th dan the kukkiwon does indeed say 4th dan but the connotation of a master in korean is different to its meaning in english.sabumnim is "instructor" and "nim" indicates the person is your senior and you are using polite / honorific language. in my humble opinion 4th dan does indicate an expert but does not warrant such a lofty title so early on esp when the individual may only be in their 20s
that is tae kwon do from korea and the girl can that perfeckt i do it tha same and i now that, she have very good perfomance and flexibily and koncetrazion and she is a nice girl is send 1000000 bravo´s to this girl
I train in Moo Duk Kwan also but we refer to them by Hyungs. However, the Moo Duk Kwan we practice is more Tang Soo Do then Tae Kwon Do. However, we do practice some Tae Kwon Do Forms such as Koryo and Keumgang. The term for Forms depends on the Organization your school comes from. Most Tae Kwon Do schools practice more modern Forms called Poomsae while most Tang Soo Do based schools practice more traditional Forms called Hyungs. Least thats want I found to be true.
Katas are based on balance and power first. As i said, she's proforming an artistic kata (whose are more like dancing and gymnastic) and she didn't show any power. She has static strenght for holding her leg so long and I recognize she has worked hard for this, but i am wondering about the efficiency of her kicks.
Don't get me wrong I've been following her since I saw her at a comp back in 1999. I used to like patterns back then but she's still doing the same pattern and the kicks are the same.... I'd just like to know if she can fight as well as dance.
and warrior202040, i agree with u that real martial arts does not depend on how pretty it is, but if u are really good, the lil demonstration like this just shows how fast and ur speed or flexibility, its just a show of ur skills. if she were to fight, it would look only 5% of wat she showed here
I want to see TKD teachers talking about fist attacks I've heard there are some really good ones. In my opinion it kinda sucks that they focus so much on it as a sport and less as a martial art. They always want the points so they just kick they forget about a bunch of things... kinda like what's happening with tai chi chuan, many ppl think it's a healthy relaxing activity but they forget it's a martial art that can cause serious damage. Nice to see a TKD vid about something else thancompetition
I am not sure if I would call her a fighter from watching that form. All I can say is that she is amazing at forms, but that doesn't always carry over to fighting. Forms only go so far in helping you fight someone (not that far in my opinion), but if I can see a vid of her actually fighting someone, then I will retract my statement. Great form by the way. I sure as hell can't pull that off.
Very nice kata! Just one thing the girl in the clip is not a taekwondo stylist. She's Chloe Bruce a tang soo do black belt from England. So technically it's not a tkd kata.
Continued from below: We cannot judge her fighting skills based on the performance we saw here. But we can assume that she is extremely fit, and that she's got excellent discipline for training. On that basis, why shouldn't she be good in sparring or traditional patterns? Whether she is or not -- it really doesn't matter. Appreciate both the yin and the yang, the "taekwon" and the "do" in the world, and the balance between them, and you'll find it a better place to be. --END--
Taekwondo is mostly about the kicks, doesn't mean you can't get a lot out of it. Still as a big build you may be better suited for ju jitsu or maybe judo, as these involve throws and grappling where large body size comes in handy. Try it anyway, no one is flexible when they start! It takes time and slow constant effort to get high kicks!
i tihnk some people are being a little harsh with the comments here, she is pretty damned good, just cos u tihnk u could beat her in a fight or sparring match doesnt mean ur better than her. what she just did was ace and i seriously doubt any1 who has left a comment could do anything like that.
Precisely! The heart of any martial art: Karate, Gung Fu, Tae Kwon Do, lie in their kata/forms/poomse, tul, hyong, whatever the Chinese designation is.. It's up to the practitioner to study and apply where those techniques are to be used and how effectively to utilize them. Each technique and sequence has what I call "obvious" and "hidden" applications to them. The obvious are learned as a beginner, and the hidden are learned at advanced/black belt/master levels.
there are TKD kicks in the movie; you are all naps; im practising TKD now for 4 years and im already Red(2) its 1.kup(one before 1.dan) and there are many TKD kicks
