This is a good thread necro! There are a lot of differences between how I've been taught the patterns on how the 'british standard' supposedly is....
Damn kids, no respect for each other. Nice kick though!
It looks much nicer with the punches to the head I'll definitely agree. I also agree that kicking does come with greater risk which is why I like...
People often say (our TKD section included!) that kicking isn't practical, that in self defence situations we should use our hands rather than our...
My main focus out of class is cardio and strength training. I'll practice a lot of kicks and punches on my heavy bag too, but I run everyday...
Nice, she read the situation well. Probably the only time it's safe to disarm someone with a kick though.
Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you have a great day.
I liked it! I've always said that taekwondo is taekwondo to me, and having now had some, albeit small, experience of it, I do see variations in...
It was the follow foot, I've trained it endlessly on every kick, and where I can't quite do it on some kicks (mainly crescent kicks (which i like)...
Well it's been a while since I posted here, some of you may recall that near the end of August I got a shoulder injury at Judo (I cross train). I...
My Nephew actually started and my sister asked if I could take him one week and so I said I would. At this point I'd been 4 years out of training...
Just a question, are there any detrimental health effects to fit, healthy children cutting weight? I would have though that through the developing...
This is exactly what we are taught.
Black Belt Seven Samurai (does that count?) Ip Man Best of the Best 1 Ong Bak
It does, and it's a good one!
That is way too fast for my liking. Is that how the pattern is supposed to be done?
Good news, I look forward to watching this!
Good to see your thoughts coincided with mine Andy, I had pretty much the same experience. What days and sessions did you go to? I was there for...
Crap day for GB today. Stevenson loses in the opening round, although this is her first competition in a long time, there's no way she could have...
It gets easier as you learn more techniques. My ground game has become the strongest part of my Judo fighting now, it compliments my Taekwondo well!
BJA do it better, fight to grade for your black belt, every fight you win gives you 10 points, you need 100 to get your BB, each competition costs...
Exactly that, I was using Mr Jeffreys own terminology to describe the same stance.
No, you're right Mr Weiss, and i now remember Joon Gun and Yul Gok where the chamber is more like the 'correct' one in the scans.
We're the opposite way, in all the coloured belt patterns we have to stay in crane stance before executing the kick then its in the Black Belt...
I wasn't at first, but I've been trying it out for myself and it works fine, in fact it allows me to kick a little higher, but the return isn't...
Sorry about that guys, here are the scans [IMG] [IMG]
After some 'technical' problems, I am now finally back online! Does anyone here get Black Belt magazine? I got my copy through the post the other...
Wow... I mean... What? Did these people not go to Manchester? This is just beyond ridiculous.
I like the look of this, I may start training it myself. I have read that you shouldn't have to lift more than your own bodyweight though, is...
He pulled a hamstring quite badly while sparring one of the young competitors at his Dojang, I did the same last year just after I got my first...
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