Kicking Height Mobility Drills: Compression Strength & End Range Exercises Tutorial (Follow Along) 

Will work on that!

Glad they’ve been helpful. You’ll get there as you continue to practice for sure!

Glad to be of help!

Thank you 🙏

That used to happen with me and roundhouse kicks. I’m not sure if it’s the same thing but mine went away as I built up more muscle around my hips (glutes), hip flexors, and adductors. Also developing my controllable range of motion too

@@HwarangSam now if I do this everyday will this be over doing it or will I be completely fine? I’ve heard so much conservatives about overdoing can destroy muscle growth and do more harm than good.

@GhostPlayZ797 it’s possible to be able to do it every day. It depends on how much you do, how intensely you do it, and what your body can tolerate. For example, if you’re someone is already very strong in these kick-holding motions, doing it every day would be normal, but if you’re new to it and then after one day your muscles are very sore and in need of recovery then training them again would lead to a very ineffective session. Or if you do the routine with mild intensity, you could maintain more frequent training sessions (although this can lead to the problem of under training for many people who are unaware of their lack of training intensity). General rule is, just be aware of your body and what it needs and can handle.

Typically yes. Sometimes it doesn’t really matter. In the context of training compression strength, the exercise is found in the kicking leg. If training the strength of the base leg hamstring then it should be straight. If simultaneously practicing for sport poomsae, then it should be straight. If the focus is more on sparring application then it doesn’t matter so much.

@@HwarangSamthank you sir

Training the muscles involved in ap chagi are still relevant because even in a sideways stance you will have to rotate (laterally) and engage the same muscle groups for axe kicks and crescents (these are usually still thrown from squared hips in clinch range in modern games). It’s still quad and hip flexor compression strength

Also there are a ton of ap chagi in poomsae competition. Sparring is only one dimension of taekwondo, but its entirety. Even in sparring, there are techniques in taekwondo, like knee, strikes and elbow strikes (used in poomsae) that are not allowed

It's true that cut kicks / side kicks are more "meta." But regardless of which kicks are meta, it is advised to practice every form of kicks available. Cut kicks also go into so many variations (cut to skip axe inner, cut to skip axe outer, cut to skip cut to take space, etc) and you need every muscle refined to manipulate your leg efficiently. No kick is ever that simple. DH Lee was telling one of his students to weave his foot in through guard when he was cut kicking at closed stance, and that one simple instruction already requires more than just cut kick practice (need to account for opponent movement, potential leg extension, body twisting, followup, etc). In the end, the better you can manipulate your foot in any way possible to strike at the opponent, the better you'll be.