Taekwondo has many moving pieces and can seem very compartmentalized, especially as aspects of it become more molded to finicky tournament requirements and organizational mandates. ![]() Instructors and masters, this is what students are looking for, and this is what you can easily provide. My purpose is to help current practitioners and instructors think critically about how they are using the tools of their trade. I’m not here to persuade anyone to take up taekwondo or argue that it’s better than other martial arts (I don’t believe it is). Unfortunately, modern taekwondo has received criticism (some deservedly so) on its lack of technique integration in training practices: forms, sparring, one-steps, hand-to-hand, board breaking, and kicking drills… They can feel like disconnected pieces that end up not forming a comprehensive whole. After clobbering his younger brother, he proclaimed he was inspired to do the move from the taekwondo black belt form Koryo.Īs a poomsae nerd and someone who loves the integration of concepts, I couldn’t have been prouder, even if it was at his brother’s expense. ![]() A pair of teenage brothers were sparring in a class I was teaching, and the older one did a sliding side kick into his brother’s chest.
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