Bertol the great I will tell you one thing and stop the «conversation» here because personally I respect the master that made this video and it’s content. So the only thing I want to tell you is that I hate irony...
Great video Master and explained in exceptional detail. Correct stances are the foundations necessary for powerful taekwondo. A dream of better stances, learn't quicker for my own students led me to create the 'StanceSetter' range of mats where all sizes of student can practice repetitions of the commonly used stances either in the dojang or at home without the need for corrections.
GM @@DonatoNardizzi Thanks for such a positive comment. The large mats are suitable for any size student from 3 years old to the largest adults. Just determine which colour to use and that is your colour for every stance you perform.
Brilliant videos, so clear. I'm recommending all our students subscribe. BTW It was a pleasure to meet you in Dublin for the IIC and hope to train again with you soon.
There are 3 different angles we should consider in Attention Stance as compared to Parallel Ready Stance. First is the bending angle at the elbow, which is 25 degrees as clearly stated in Forearm Low Block. Second is the forward abduction of the humerus at the shoulder joint, which is a prerequisite for internal rotation of the shoulder. This one is 0 degrees in Attention Stance, but 20 degrees in Parallel Ready Stance. Third is the internal-external rotation angle of the arm, again at shoulder joint, but on another plane, vertical to the former. Full ROM is 90-80 degrees respectively, but in Parallel Ready Stance it is around 45 degrees internal rotation (absolutely no reference for the exact number, therefore highly debatable) and in Attention Stance around 45 degrees external rotation. These 3 angles do not add up, because they are situated on the 3 separate planes of the human body, namely frontal, sagittal and horizontal.
This is interesting, you obviously have some detailed knowledge about anatomy. Perhaps it is your profession? I want to make sure I understand your statement. Firstly, are you saying that the elbow should be bent 25 degree in Attention stance because it is the angle used in Forearm Low Block. The encyclopedia makes no reference to the elbow angle for Attention stance. It just says "Drop the fists down naturally, bending the elbows slightly." (E, V, 79). I am not necessarily disagreeing that it is 25 degrees, just trying to establish some evidence for it.
@@DonatoNardizzi I am an Orthopaedic Surgeon and an International Instructor in another ITF partition. Together with Master Balabanos from Greece we are writing an "Introduction to Genuine Taekwon-Do" (in Greek). Master Balabanos has produced some short videos on RU-vid, but not at the level of your extensive, systematic approach (which btw is almost unfair for other GMs...)
