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So what are the key points to note when executing this technique? and during which point of the kick does the supporting leg actually slide? and do you actually push your supporting leg to slide, or do u use the force of throwing ur kicking knee up to sort of "pull" your supporting leg to slide...

no video replay?

Taegeuk 7 has it too

damn today had school selections for poomsae and i bummed it because i was NERVOUS. i know i can definitely do better than i did, WAAAAAY better. same thing happened for the last 2 (thats all i went for anyway) poomsae tournaments. i can enclose myself in my own world while doing poomsae during...

ok i cleared my double side kick, now i realised another problem wjhile practicing against a mirror. my horse stances end up facing DIAGONAL! like is there a trick to it? duno if its the steps or the horse stances itself =\ crap

hmm ok more specifically, my loss of balance would occur during the re-chamber of the low side kick - which is also the chamber - for the solar plexus kick and the extension of the solar plexus kick.i thrust too hard i fall backwards. is shallowing the chamber for the 2nd kick an alternative...

well basically im having trouble with the double(or low-mid/high) side kick(the one in Koryo poomsae). i either over-pivot and end up unable to recover into the next step, or i lose my balance. is there something specific that i should be paying attention to to pull off this move with more...

there are drama serials revolving around tkd too, like rising spirit and wind warrior, but they're in mandarin though, taiwan films. so far havnt seen any with english subtitles.

lol i dont have an old beat up 1 =\

Will doing this damage any part of the hogu? Like especially the shoulder area and the strings? I want to get used to kicking a hogu as well as reduce abrasions on my insteps but my hogu cost me ~ $100 [SGD], wouldn't want to damage it other by other means than kicking.

http://www.ehow.com/video_5214438_perform-koryo-poomsae-stepbystep.html

blazing fast and smooth footwork. wish i could do that.

thing is my pants are turning black instead of yellow. lol. and apart from the butt part, even the thigh part of the pants have black lines when they dont touch the floor. in full dobok they cant be seen yes, but its kinda unsightly when wearing a tshirt with the pants.

so does any1 here wash their uniforms right after they get back home from training? just curious.

but i come back late after training [coz its at night] so theres no time to wash it until the next day. i leave it in an aircon room throughout the night though. =\

any tips on how to maintain the whiteness of a new dobok, especially on the butt part of the pants?

i want to watch the SIN vs USA -54kg M match... but they didnt upload it =\

are ALL the matches going to be uploaded? it appears there are many missing.

anyone has the fight schedules for this championships?

ok i shall do it everyday then. hah if he ever comes to singapore ):

high kicks aside, it seems accoding to what he says, it strengthens the muscles required to lift the leg up? so does this mean that this exercise helps in improving the speed of knee-raising?

Ehh.. but how do u launch front-leg round kicks with the hips? my back leg round kicks have enough power, but not enough speed. my front leg round is the other way round =\

i blew my first ever sparring tournament [WTF-style] 17-0 on sunday. I didnt know what the hell i was doing. My kicks just softened up, leading me to a score of 0. It's like i went back to my first-ever sparring lesson, frozen up, not shifting etc. I just wasnt focused at all, but i dont know...

500 squats if one falls down add another 500 >_> lol

this video is that of a sparring match in the sport. lets keep it at that. stop preaching about how its gonna or not gonna work in real situations tyvm. if i had to say wahts gonna work in a real situation id say a front kick to the groin/knee or an elbow to the temple or a punch to the throat -...

unfortunately yes. i find boxing mma and stuff extremely boring though. dont ask me why.

this might be rude but this is ridiculous. -.-

well actually in Singapore the STG isn't recognized nationally, the Singapore Taekwondo Federation [STF] is the official and only national body for the sport recognized by the Singapore National Olympic Council and everything else in relation to Taekwondo in Singapore. And in all tournaments...

Just thought I'd share this unfortunate incident here since it's related to Taekwondo. http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_401474.html

even with a cup it hurts enough -.-