After 2 years of watching competitions with them now, I have some interesting observations.
I have noticed that the more aggressive fighters have trouble scoring on them and that counter fighters tend to score more.
In the past the fighter that attacked and made a loud thud would get scored by judges regardless if they hit the target or not. Many times the thud noise came from the arm pad being hit and not the hogu at all. We have all seen the arm hit scored. Also the back shoulder would also be scored in the past as well as the hip or butt area from time to time. This seemed to favor that attacker as the counter kicker would most times score but the judges either did not see the point or were not in sync when scoring the counter kick. Blocking seems to be a valid technique now.
Also the fist pump in the air after every kick would some time coax a point out of the judges as well. That and the coach in the chair fist pumping and yelling "yeah!!!!" also. Now this is just for show.
Also another thing we would all see are the phantom points. You know the points that would go up even though no one even kicked or punched at all. Sometimes you would see 3 or 4 of these phantom points in one round. I can remember on time thinking, "what are they doing holding down the trigger?". I kid you not, I saw a 21 to 23 round once. I don't even think either kid threw 15 kicks a piece.
Well now with the e-hogu, I have notice that many that never got their counter kicks scored are now getting them scored and they are now winning. I say this because my daughter is not a fist pumper, nor does she kihap (yell) very loud if at all, with her kicks. She was deemed a boring fighter by our master and was told that she would not win being that way.
Well ever since using the e-hogus she has been winning and beating people she never came close to beating before. She lost multiple times to Peak Performance competitors and many others that are considered the at the top of her division. Girls she would lose to by 1 or 2 points she is now beating by double digits. She still fights the same but shots that would not have scored before by judges are now being scored. And shots that would have scored against her are now not being scored. She love to block and counter.
Now just the opposite is happening with my son. He is still winning but not by the 20-1 scores anymore. Now they are 8-0 and the likes. He is clearly not getting all the arm shots scored that use to score for him.
From my observation it seems that the e-hogus have helped the so called boring fighters and forced what I call crazy kickers to adapt.
Anyone else have any observations?
I have noticed that the more aggressive fighters have trouble scoring on them and that counter fighters tend to score more.
In the past the fighter that attacked and made a loud thud would get scored by judges regardless if they hit the target or not. Many times the thud noise came from the arm pad being hit and not the hogu at all. We have all seen the arm hit scored. Also the back shoulder would also be scored in the past as well as the hip or butt area from time to time. This seemed to favor that attacker as the counter kicker would most times score but the judges either did not see the point or were not in sync when scoring the counter kick. Blocking seems to be a valid technique now.
Also the fist pump in the air after every kick would some time coax a point out of the judges as well. That and the coach in the chair fist pumping and yelling "yeah!!!!" also. Now this is just for show.
Also another thing we would all see are the phantom points. You know the points that would go up even though no one even kicked or punched at all. Sometimes you would see 3 or 4 of these phantom points in one round. I can remember on time thinking, "what are they doing holding down the trigger?". I kid you not, I saw a 21 to 23 round once. I don't even think either kid threw 15 kicks a piece.
Well now with the e-hogu, I have notice that many that never got their counter kicks scored are now getting them scored and they are now winning. I say this because my daughter is not a fist pumper, nor does she kihap (yell) very loud if at all, with her kicks. She was deemed a boring fighter by our master and was told that she would not win being that way.
Well ever since using the e-hogus she has been winning and beating people she never came close to beating before. She lost multiple times to Peak Performance competitors and many others that are considered the at the top of her division. Girls she would lose to by 1 or 2 points she is now beating by double digits. She still fights the same but shots that would not have scored before by judges are now being scored. And shots that would have scored against her are now not being scored. She love to block and counter.
Now just the opposite is happening with my son. He is still winning but not by the 20-1 scores anymore. Now they are 8-0 and the likes. He is clearly not getting all the arm shots scored that use to score for him.
From my observation it seems that the e-hogus have helped the so called boring fighters and forced what I call crazy kickers to adapt.
Anyone else have any observations?
