The over exaggeration of the sine wave is immature and needs to be developed. If you are a black belt and are still teaching, or only understand, the over exaggeration then you should not be a black belt. No offense. So where is the power coming from. Over exaggeration would teach it one of two ways. One; the power is originally generated at the strike. Ex, the fist is what you want to hit with so the power originates at the fist, for instance when the move is pulled back. Two; the power originates at the ground and everything else would be added power to the delivered strike. I think both are right but still don’t give justification to the over exaggeration of the movement. The true power comes not from the momentum itself but from the very most, last split second of the move (the delivery), located inches away from target added to the momentum. Look at the one inch punch, Bruce Lee was illustrating this concept; it is still the “Sine Wave”.
One version of the wave looks as though a dragon’s tail is swooping, power is a wave like motion that crashes in the end, but a mature sine wave is more like this. Power is already in motion, regardless of how, rather it be from sine wave or just straight force, but the force is already behind the move. The sine wave technique would not come in until right before the delivery. This can be seen clearly on an upset punch but is really in play on all moves. In writing I would describe it as the twist of the punch or the snap of the kick.
One major problem that I see when teaching the sine wave is that most of the moves in the patterns are focusing on move to move technique not consecutive motions. My point can be made as early as Do- San, moves one and two, high side block with outer forearm followed by a reverse punch. I don’t really care what anyone tells me, regardless of rather or not they are a Master instructor. Teaching the sine wave on both techniques is impractical.
I go to the ITF website for this;
“4. The exercise should be performed in a rhythmic movement with an absence of stiffness.”
No what in this video is rhythmic?
I am not bashing the creator of the this video as if I don’t think he can or can’t beat me, that is not where I am coming from, but as a protector of my art I will try and point out what I see as a weakness.
Think of a water balloon.
To the balloon the face is the object that obstructs its way, but to the water the object of obstruction is the balloon itself. So when looking at a block that leads into a strike, for all practical purposes, they must imitate this motion. The only chance, with an immature view of the sine wave, for the sine wave’s origination of power would be at the beginning of the block. For instance someone throws a punch at you like Chuck Liddell’s signature knock out punch, you move to block it with your outer forearm, and let’s just say you do block it then what?
“Then what” is that you better have generated enough power to follow straight into your counter punch, because you don’t have enough time to freak’en Sine Wave up!
The only way you could realistically sine wave on the second move would be to apply it at the end of your move not the beginning. Learning how to apply the sine wave technique within inches of your target is the only way you can be advanced in sine wave theories. Practice the 1” punch because it’s the only way you are going to learn this.
PRO TAEKWONDO HYON LEE
I post this so that you can view what happened at one min and 17 seconds into the video. Red does a diagonal kick from a right foot back fighting stance, then he throws a reverse hook kick with his left foot. Guy in blue, who is obviously a front foot fighter, also has his right foot back. Blue holds his ground, ducks the kick and then lifts his front foot and roundhouse kicks him right in the face mid turn. Great counter attack! If you are watching this and reading this post you should also be teaching it to someone.
steven lopez taekwondo beijng 2007
This is exactly what is wrong with the current state of TKD. This is "the best" TKD fighters in the world but they are afraid to get close enough to fight because they are terrified of the point game. This is not what the founders had in mind.
Sine wave
Sine wave
What is a sine wave? For this answer I, being of a pragmatic nature, must turn you
to Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sine_wave
I have read over the years so many descriptions of the “sine wave” and how you’re not doing TKD unless you are using it. I really find this topic boring and unintelligent based on the mere fact that so much time is wasted in the conversation. It’s pretty basic and easy to understand. Power is generated from somewhere, amplified, then delivered…wow what a concept. I don’t even see how this can be attributed to TKD when it was a topic in Chinese Boxing centuries before. It does not compute to have your students discussing it outside of class as if it’s some spiritually intellectual conversation piece, when they could be using that time to research the rise of obesity and its direct correlation with the rise in use of artificial sweeteners. Or how Aspartame and Acesulfame Potassium are seeping into all our drinks, meanwhile the lobby behind such products are moving to schedule sugar as a drug.
Those are topics that matter. However sine wave does not matter. It’s not hard to teach and I guess my real frustration is how so many TKD (ITF) instructors make it out to be something magical. There is nothing magical here, it’s a basic concept of where power originates. You practice it not discuss it. It’s not a philosophy it’s a law of physics. So read the Wikipedia article and apply the same concept to your kicks and punches, knees and elbows.
FIN
"Steven Lopez sucks" on Google
So yesterday I searched “Steven Lopez sucks” on Google and this article came up.
http://rachelinperu.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/the-newest-olympic-event/
It’s a pretty good little article so I thought I would share, because if you have ever been frustrated at a tournament it’s always by people like this.
Then I had a dream last night that I was at a ski resort and Steven Lopez was there and he was actually cool, so then I felt bad for searching “Steven Lopez sucks”. But I still wonder if he would ever try his hand at MMA.
http://rachelinperu.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/the-newest-olympic-event/
It’s a pretty good little article so I thought I would share, because if you have ever been frustrated at a tournament it’s always by people like this.
Then I had a dream last night that I was at a ski resort and Steven Lopez was there and he was actually cool, so then I felt bad for searching “Steven Lopez sucks”. But I still wonder if he would ever try his hand at MMA.
ITF vs WTF = ICTF
http://www.etutaekwondo.org/news/2006/Articles/WTF-ITFMergerisNear.html
I read this article and I think this guy is a moron. It does not matter who is more popular, the bottom line is WTF style is a joke and the ITF style is right behind it. You have to go back to the forms in order to learn the real TKD system. Now with that being said ITF & WTF tuls have great moves, but the sport is dumb looking. I can’t understand why people can’t see that. It is not a martial art sport. It’s just a point sport and it is full of unpractical maneuvers. Sure I know, like one out of ten sport guys can maybe pull those moves off in a real fight, but that amounts to nothing significant. Learn the patterns, and learn them good. I say learn ITF & WTF forms and teach the real systems of TKD. Stop making it out like this is a merger of the sport and not really a political and financial move.
Take note of the ICTF because that is pretty much the best TKD masters still alive walking out on ITF & WTF during the merger. That is where we all should drift to, if not to another art entirely.
Today let’s talk stretching.
Today let’s talk stretching. This guy has some awesome stick figures. http://www.fightingarts.com/reading/article.php?id=16
You can pretty much learn what he is trying to say by looking at his stick figure drawings, is that not awesome. I wonder how long that took him.
I read this book a long time ago and it was pretty much what my TKD instructors taught me growing up. It’s all basic but that, in the end, is all you really need. The point of stretching is either to kick higher / be more limber or to prevent injury. I have learned many great stretches in the past but dynamic stretches have been the most useful.
You can pretty much learn what he is trying to say by looking at his stick figure drawings, is that not awesome. I wonder how long that took him.
I read this book a long time ago and it was pretty much what my TKD instructors taught me growing up. It’s all basic but that, in the end, is all you really need. The point of stretching is either to kick higher / be more limber or to prevent injury. I have learned many great stretches in the past but dynamic stretches have been the most useful.
You think thugs like this are only in Jackie Chan movies
These guys are just like a Jackie Chan movie, I like how they all walk off defeated.
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Silva vs Sonnen or Vitor
Well if you watched the Silva vs. Sonnen fight on Saturday then you know now, for a fact, that you can never predict a fight. I thought Silva was getting a huge wakeup call I just hope he answered it. With as much raw talent as he has it seems like he takes it for granted. I just hope he does except a rematch, not because I want Sonnen to take the title, but because I want to see Anderson Silva improve his take down defense. I want Silva to rematch an win in the first round that way there is no question.
I also noticed, where I was at, many people were cheering for Sonnen. I could not agree, I don’t think he is an entertaining trash talker, but he did back up the hype. They just turned on Silva because of his fight with Damien Maia. I don’t like Anderson Silva because of the marketing though, I like him because of his martial background. He is a black belt in Taekwon-Do, Judo, and BJJ, three great martial arts giving him good kicks, superior take downs, and good ground game. I really just have to cheer for these kickers.
Over all, Saturday, he threw one back kick. It was good but one is not enough to satisfy my kicking thirst. If something happens and November gets too close and him and Sonnen have not fought yet, then I don’t care to see them fight again, loose victory or not he won and I would much rather see him fight Vitor Belfort than Sonnen.
Just my thoughts.
BigMac has great kicks...
BigMac is in the white, he trained un
der the same TKD instructors I did. On top of having great kicks he is extremely dedicated, and with that dedication comes a ton of loyalty. I asked him, after not seeing him in 5 years, to meet up and spar and he did. Like it was nothing, he eat, sleeps and breaths this stuff.I am not a huge sport TKD guy but sparing is the best way to get in shape. I am going to have a sparing section come up in the future that will have basic drills and some hybrid style strategy, so stay tuned.
For right now check out the two new sections, one is for nutrition and the other is fashionish. If there are any other topics I can think of that are prevelant martial art conversation I will get that going as well. Don't hesitate to make a suggestion.
Peace.
MrMustache
Photos by: Megan O'sullivan
The Fight for Survival
I really believe that TaeKwon-Do will be rendered obsolete within the next ten years if we, as practitioners, don't make a stand to further understand the teachings. With that being said I should mention that I have tremendous respect for a lot of "sport" TKD fighters. Think of it like this; if someone could become the better than you at the sport, then all they would have to do is re-aim those kicks and punches, then they would be better than you at street fighting too. Now I also must stress that this is only true in theory, it does not always work this way.
The fix is simple. TKD has great punching technique, but how often is it taught. I know it's not taught in WTF style. I know this because they fight with their hands down. Now I am not going to get all ITF on you here I am just going to say that when I transitioned from TKD to boxing I got whooped. I had great punches but I was never drilled heavily on them. Typically when I tell someone this they say that, that was just my school and that they did. I don't believe you. Bottom line is no TKD class I have ever seen takes the whole class to have each student throw punching combos for one full hour. You want your class to get real fighting skills, have them punch a bag for thirty minutes after they are already tired from throwing one hundred kicks. Real fights are unpredictable and no amounts of drills are going to make them good. But what is, is learning the exact same punches TKD teaches and have them throw them past the point of exhaustion. Real fights are like that.
Kicks in TKD are the best around but what kicks are you teaching. I understand that if the money is made in TKD tournaments, then you have to run those drills, but how often do you step away from that to show someone how to kick for defense? Probably never. I don't believe you. If you do it at least once a class that's not enough. If you take one class a month and focus on it, that's not enough. You have to make it the cake not the icing. You have to switch the way of thinking from we are an AAU/ Olympic school, to we are a vicious form of martial arts that also participates in this sport.
Every kick in TKD is used in the octagon but how often do you break down how to do them appropriately in that situation? I'll bet never.
Back kicks must be taught from front facing, sidekicks should be taught with a downward motion, front kicks should be taught with toes pulled back and diagonal kick should be taught on the inner thigh or the standing front facing sweep. I will break these down for you in photos.
I am a firm believer that you can make one class a week focused on the sport and still produce the same amount of AAU talent. That's because the ones that want to take it that direction will come to you. Private lessons can at that point become really effective fundraisers.
Have you ever taught TKD on the ground? Didn't think so. But think about it. If most fights end on the ground then you might want to cover this. These things can be discussed during stretching. Since portions of stretching are done on the ground then it won’t interfere with class at all to explain TKD concepts from the back. Take for instance the concept of generating power from your back foot. When you are standing up that is easy, but when you're on your back it might not have to be created at the feet. Although the more advanced you get the more you will see it still is, you can show how to create power from your back to the point of contact. Give it a try yourself then if you can do it make your students throw punches from their back, who knows you might save someone's life.
I could probably rant on this topic for days, but since I have a blog about it I will let it flow slower than that. Just keep in mind that TKD is an amazingly well thought out form of martial art and if we as instructors just let it become our businesses we will one day wake up to find low enrollment due to how lame it is. We don't want to lose out to MMA and we don't want to lose the culture of the Masters. So be a good teacher of the martial art and think beyond what you were taught and help bring TKD home.
The fix is simple. TKD has great punching technique, but how often is it taught. I know it's not taught in WTF style. I know this because they fight with their hands down. Now I am not going to get all ITF on you here I am just going to say that when I transitioned from TKD to boxing I got whooped. I had great punches but I was never drilled heavily on them. Typically when I tell someone this they say that, that was just my school and that they did. I don't believe you. Bottom line is no TKD class I have ever seen takes the whole class to have each student throw punching combos for one full hour. You want your class to get real fighting skills, have them punch a bag for thirty minutes after they are already tired from throwing one hundred kicks. Real fights are unpredictable and no amounts of drills are going to make them good. But what is, is learning the exact same punches TKD teaches and have them throw them past the point of exhaustion. Real fights are like that.
Kicks in TKD are the best around but what kicks are you teaching. I understand that if the money is made in TKD tournaments, then you have to run those drills, but how often do you step away from that to show someone how to kick for defense? Probably never. I don't believe you. If you do it at least once a class that's not enough. If you take one class a month and focus on it, that's not enough. You have to make it the cake not the icing. You have to switch the way of thinking from we are an AAU/ Olympic school, to we are a vicious form of martial arts that also participates in this sport.
Every kick in TKD is used in the octagon but how often do you break down how to do them appropriately in that situation? I'll bet never.
Back kicks must be taught from front facing, sidekicks should be taught with a downward motion, front kicks should be taught with toes pulled back and diagonal kick should be taught on the inner thigh or the standing front facing sweep. I will break these down for you in photos.
I am a firm believer that you can make one class a week focused on the sport and still produce the same amount of AAU talent. That's because the ones that want to take it that direction will come to you. Private lessons can at that point become really effective fundraisers.
Have you ever taught TKD on the ground? Didn't think so. But think about it. If most fights end on the ground then you might want to cover this. These things can be discussed during stretching. Since portions of stretching are done on the ground then it won’t interfere with class at all to explain TKD concepts from the back. Take for instance the concept of generating power from your back foot. When you are standing up that is easy, but when you're on your back it might not have to be created at the feet. Although the more advanced you get the more you will see it still is, you can show how to create power from your back to the point of contact. Give it a try yourself then if you can do it make your students throw punches from their back, who knows you might save someone's life.
I could probably rant on this topic for days, but since I have a blog about it I will let it flow slower than that. Just keep in mind that TKD is an amazingly well thought out form of martial art and if we as instructors just let it become our businesses we will one day wake up to find low enrollment due to how lame it is. We don't want to lose out to MMA and we don't want to lose the culture of the Masters. So be a good teacher of the martial art and think beyond what you were taught and help bring TKD home.
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