I'm almost a third degree black belt, so to prepare for becoming one I wanted to watch different kinds of sparring techniques. This Cory guy has a really interesting technique, he keeps his front leg up and extended to gain distance with his opponent, as well as having a better chance at faking him/her out or using short hop kicks. Really interesting!
as someone who doesn't train tkd, when why and what are they supposed to yell out during the fight? i understand that they should yell when they think a kick connects, but that's about it.
How are people taught in TKD to avoid loosing their balance when throwing head kicks? Or how to avoid getting your kicking leg caught by an attacker? I've learned that some kicks used in tournaments and dojo sparring aren't the best for street self defense. Low leg kicks may be better for real fights. You can maintain your balance and avoid having an attacker catching your kicking leg.
why don't they have their hands up? I'm a blue stripe and pretty short but my instructor tells everyone to have their hands in a position ready to block a kick
your a blue belt so you're taught to spar like a blue belt with your hands up. for older higher belts sparring becomes more strategy and baiting for countering.
You don't really want to block a kick with your hands. The best defense against that is simply not being there. Some kicks are good to block with your hands, but you mainly want to lean your body into the kick to reduce the amount of torque on the kick, absorb most of that impact, and to get close in to counter.
the i have nothing against taekwondo, but in almost every move of theirs I have seen ap opening, im in shotokan and from dragons den MMA, they did well though
I having done traditional and competition Teakowndo myself for some time now tend to find people that share your poiint of view. If that is the case then maybe sport taekwondo was not for you, you can explore other more traditional styles of taekwondo, after all there are nine of them! WTF or the modern olympic system is a combination of all nine kwon's (traditional forms of taekwondo) which have been standerdised in a manner to take advantage of the greater reach of the leg as opposed to the arm. So just keep in mind that the taekwondo you see on the interent or TV, etc. is just one aspect of the greater whole martial art, which incorporates all methods of striking.
I’m in Taekwondo. And we mix our punches with kicks in our combos. So at least at my school it doesn’t feel too kicking based. We obviously practice our kicks a lot. But we still practice everything else
-increases the force of your kick in power -distracts your opponents -boxers make the "shush" sound so they don't get gassed out if they get hit in the stomach. We do the same but instead with yells. -and if you're in a tournament to keep track of each kick landing
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I know this is just sparring but this kind of sparring would be considered lazy & not much effort put into. A simple yell while tryna look cool with your hands down won’t win tournaments.
