Mine is ITFs reverse turning kick. Spinning the leg with no chamber is slower and with weaker momentum. It's like swinging a log stiffly rather...
Closed chamber is when your knee is raised straight up and turned over. Open is when there is a semi circular motion before the knee is in...
Are some techniques exclusively to certain styles? Also, is there any general difference in terms of cardio or other things that goes around in...
I happen to agree with him that the way we are taught side kicks in intermediate patterns are illogical. The knee should not take a two...
Unfortunately not very good, which seems to be a trend. Sine wave is an up and down movement that was added into ITF patterns somewhere in the...
I can do the mechanics of some of the techniques but I can't stay off the ground, so it becomes only a step-in, not an actual lift-off. Are there...
There's a first for everything I guess. All historical account of Hapkido that I've read documents that above the waist kicks in Hapkido were...
Unlike the Korean martial arts of Taekwondo, Hapkido generally does not use forms & patterns as part of its training. Hapkido - Black Belt Wiki...
Oldest trick in the book: Jab, right hand. Yet it accounts for at least half of the KOs at all levels. Even as with the jab as a feint, the...
I don't think it's standard for Karatekas to do in the older styles of Karate but not sure...
My hunch feeling says yes. And by capoeira kick I mean one of those grade mark with hands on the ground wheel kickS
My hunch feeling says yes.
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And it's not TaeKwondo! 10/10 [MEDIA]
In other words kicking the same as when you didn't have full range of motion... Chuck Norris was only able to do the full vertical splits in his...
I read somewhere that ITF black belts are put in the green belt division, but that is contradicted by this: Does the replier only refer to...
Having watched my fair share of KB and Muay Thai, it's evident that they don't have footwork in their vocabulary, with the exception of a few...
I just looked at them more closely and I'll be darned, they have an EKF logo on them. I bought them from the instructor so I would assume a former...
It was determined that head gear does not ease chock trauma to the brain and actually induces more impacts due to the greater target area that...
Just wanted to give a heads up for my ITF brothers and sisters. We finally have a Youtube channel covering all topics regarding ITF. [MEDIA]
Who on earth told them to punch like this when they split from the ITF? There's a reason TKD has a well earned reputation for sloppy punching,...
[MEDIA] Adkins for those who don't know is from an ITF-style background (TAGB) but these days mixes things from other systems I have never seen...
My former club used to be ITF (North Korean branch). It now states affiliation with EITF. Does this mean any difference in practise?
How do you approach the situation in which a pattern prescripes a high kick that a student finds challenging? You could argue that it's better...
Is the difference in Karate style reflected in the point tournaments? I watched an elite Goju Ryu competitor at the European Championships and...
You see some of it here. [MEDIA]
I was born in 89. What do you you guys think? I still have it. Same chief instructor and school. I'm a red/brown belt in TaekwonDo as well. Note...
In Judo atemi waza, there's a lot of similarities to very early pre war Karate with kicks only to the groin or knee, and ball of the foot as point...
Someone who did Judo claimed this. It's not a huge deal missing out on ground game first 6 month or year but I was surprised. Is this really true?
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