Every one be safe and I promise I will have more stuff in January.
Asian fight club: S Korea vs Taiwan
With the news breaking out of South Korea today I wanted to post this interesting article I came across.
http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2010/11/23/asian-fight-club-s-korea-vs-taiwan/
Leave the ITF for the ICTF
If you are in the ITF lineage of any of the Masters listed below then you and your school should look into leaving the ITF and Joining the ICTF.
-mr.mustache
Stuart Anslow: What do you think of the ITF organizations now?
Grand Master Kong, Yong Il: Since General Choi's health began to deteriorate, many of the senior instructors of Taekwon-Do appeared to be maneuvering for positions of power and favors. Now that the General has passed away, the ITF has split into three different organizations all claiming to be the "true" or "rightful" one.
Stuart Anslow: What do you think of the current ITF situation? What is going on there with 3 organizations claiming to be the ITF?
Grand Master Kong, Yong Il: I think it is obvious that with three organizations all fighting for power, they certainly cannot be focusing on the members needs. The focus of an organization should be in supporting, educating and servicing its membership.
Stuart Anslow: Is that why did you left the ITF organization you were in and formed the ICTF?
Grand Master Kong, Yong Il: I did not leave the ITF to from any organization. I left the ITF along with many other faithful members due to the disappointment in how it was being lead.
Stuart Anslow: Whose idea was it to form the ICTF?
Grand Master Kong, Yong Il: Grand Master CK Choy and Grand Master JC Kim (both from Vancouver, Canada) and Grand Master Nam Tae Hi (presently living in LA, USA) and I all felt that the existing organizations were not "true" to its members. As pioneers of Taekwon-do and all members of the original Taekwon-do Demonstration Team with General Choi, we felt it was time to form an organization for the members to carrying on the General's legacy.
Another good friend of mine from Spain, Master Kim Mu Won, who was my student in the 60s, also came on board along with Grand Master Park Bu Kwan from Texas and Master Kong, Young Bo (from Pennsylvania - who was the first ITF World Champion in 1974). Together we had to tools and experience to ensure a very strong organization which focused on its members and further Taekwon-Do techniques.
We all got together and had a meeting in February 2003 and formed the WITF and then went on to change the name to the International Ch'ang-Hon Taekwon-Do Federation. It was officially established on October 23, 2003.
Pine wood board breaking,NO SPACERS!!!
I love this, it's just some guy in his garage. (Car hole)
But for real. This guy could use that strike effectively I'm sure.
Does Taekwon Do Suck?
This is what they are saying out there, do you agree? If not then what are you doing about it?
http://freakychinaman.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/why-taekwondo-sucks/
http://strikingthoughts.wordpress.com/2007/05/11/taekwondo-sucks/
It’s a common view in the martial arts that Tae Kwon Do is worthless or useless as a martial art for self-defense. This is because tkd is not properly broken down, analyzed, or even taught in most dojangs, not to say that there are not some exceptions. The sport side has pretty much taken over every aspect of tkd. While it has become a popular sport real self-defense is rarely if ever taught in wtf or itf. So it’s easy to see why people would think that it wouldn’t be useful for self-defense.
If broken down and analyzed correctly tkd can be more than useful for self-defense. It’s not that what is taught that’s wrong but how it’s taught. Take front kick, punch, side block or a parry you could take just those few moves and teach different ways to do them. Then learn how to use them to defend against most other moves, techniques, concepts and principals of attack you almost wouldn’t need to learn anything else. Just think if you did that with every move from white to black belt, you’d have a great arsenal of self-defense moves. Every martial artist knows that black belt is just the beginning, with that in mind one could come to the conclusion that tkd might not be so useless.
Tae Kwon Do just needs to be taught correctly for self-defense, it needs to get back to its origins. After all the word martial in martial arts means: inclined or disposed to war; warlike; of, suitable for, or associated with war or the armed forces; characteristic of or befitting a warrior. So how did tkd go from brutal martial art to sport? It was all politics that made tkd popular and got it to the Olympics. Now that it is so popular more of its origins should be taught. For people that want to keep training in the sport that’s fine but self-defense is much more important in whole as a society to keep ourselves and families safe.
C.Carnage
http://freakychinaman.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/why-taekwondo-sucks/
http://strikingthoughts.wordpress.com/2007/05/11/taekwondo-sucks/
It’s a common view in the martial arts that Tae Kwon Do is worthless or useless as a martial art for self-defense. This is because tkd is not properly broken down, analyzed, or even taught in most dojangs, not to say that there are not some exceptions. The sport side has pretty much taken over every aspect of tkd. While it has become a popular sport real self-defense is rarely if ever taught in wtf or itf. So it’s easy to see why people would think that it wouldn’t be useful for self-defense.
If broken down and analyzed correctly tkd can be more than useful for self-defense. It’s not that what is taught that’s wrong but how it’s taught. Take front kick, punch, side block or a parry you could take just those few moves and teach different ways to do them. Then learn how to use them to defend against most other moves, techniques, concepts and principals of attack you almost wouldn’t need to learn anything else. Just think if you did that with every move from white to black belt, you’d have a great arsenal of self-defense moves. Every martial artist knows that black belt is just the beginning, with that in mind one could come to the conclusion that tkd might not be so useless.
Tae Kwon Do just needs to be taught correctly for self-defense, it needs to get back to its origins. After all the word martial in martial arts means: inclined or disposed to war; warlike; of, suitable for, or associated with war or the armed forces; characteristic of or befitting a warrior. So how did tkd go from brutal martial art to sport? It was all politics that made tkd popular and got it to the Olympics. Now that it is so popular more of its origins should be taught. For people that want to keep training in the sport that’s fine but self-defense is much more important in whole as a society to keep ourselves and families safe.
C.Carnage
White Belt Pattern
If I remember correctly this was my white belt pattern. They are showing it as yellow. Either way, what a killer pattern for a novice to learn. Lot of material covered. The fact that it has back kicks and knife hands in it is great.
Joe Rogan teaches GSP the Spinning Back Kick
Joe Rogan teaches GSP the Spinning Back Kick
This is a great video if you watch it. It's kind of long, but GSP praises TKD back kicks. That is awesome. Joe Rogan is shown on GSP's video phone teaching a back kick. Great stuff! It's a good kick too.
This is a great video if you watch it. It's kind of long, but GSP praises TKD back kicks. That is awesome. Joe Rogan is shown on GSP's video phone teaching a back kick. Great stuff! It's a good kick too.
ProFC-"Union Nation Cup" Stage-4 Adlan Amagov vs Maskhat Akhmetov
This is an awesome step over, reverse turning kick. Muai Thai guys would probably have no problem defending kicks like this, but this guy couldn't get it.
Flying Knee Strike from Class Setting to Street Fight.
Flying knee strike:
Have you ever actually seen a flying knee strike in person? Not many have. I have twice, once in a street fight and once at a local MMA event. They are spectacular in fact I would venture to say majestic when performed correctly.
The one I saw in the street fight was from a running start, 15 yards or so but the MMA one was only a few steps. Both were equally as effective but very different in technique.
Knee strikes are all over TKD patterns, rather you are ITF or WTF style so how often do you work on them? I like to work on them a lot because they kill three birds with one stone.
One, you get an amazingly dynamic cardiovascular work out and great for kids that tournament spar. Two, they are not easy to perfect so if you ever wanted to use one you need to get the muscle memory going. Three, they are extremely fun and the students look forward to them.
They can either wrap up class or start class it's up to you but after 20 on each side you will probably be pretty worn out. Keep that in mind.
Break down:
Assuming you want to strike with your left leg, you have a couple of options. Say you are going from a running start then you can either jump with you opposite leg (right leg) and fly straight into your target with your left knee. That option sometimes includes a short skip step where the body weight pauses to center on both legs the a bounce ensues. This should be avoided in practice, but for some it's difficult to avoid. If they can't avoid it then that's fine they just need to practice making it good. But essentially that's the same as a standing still jump knee strike it just has some collected momentum.
Have you ever actually seen a flying knee strike in person? Not many have. I have twice, once in a street fight and once at a local MMA event. They are spectacular in fact I would venture to say majestic when performed correctly.
The one I saw in the street fight was from a running start, 15 yards or so but the MMA one was only a few steps. Both were equally as effective but very different in technique.
Knee strikes are all over TKD patterns, rather you are ITF or WTF style so how often do you work on them? I like to work on them a lot because they kill three birds with one stone.
One, you get an amazingly dynamic cardiovascular work out and great for kids that tournament spar. Two, they are not easy to perfect so if you ever wanted to use one you need to get the muscle memory going. Three, they are extremely fun and the students look forward to them.
They can either wrap up class or start class it's up to you but after 20 on each side you will probably be pretty worn out. Keep that in mind.
Break down:
Assuming you want to strike with your left leg, you have a couple of options. Say you are going from a running start then you can either jump with you opposite leg (right leg) and fly straight into your target with your left knee. That option sometimes includes a short skip step where the body weight pauses to center on both legs the a bounce ensues. This should be avoided in practice, but for some it's difficult to avoid. If they can't avoid it then that's fine they just need to practice making it good. But essentially that's the same as a standing still jump knee strike it just has some collected momentum.
Secondly you can jump off of the leg you wish to strike with. This motion looks more like a jump front snap kick. The jumping leg propels the opposite leg up and in mid air you switch the knee strike over to the leg that left the ground last. This one is more powerful and can be taught in a number of ways.
On a move like this you need to hone in on mussel memory training. For class purposes you can simply have them skip back and forth in lines, having them craft the skips into flying knees. This again is fun and the students get a great work out while they play. Another way is to use Muay Thai arm pads and hold them about shoulder level, the students can form a line and practice the jumping knee from standing front facing. Lastly, another good one is walking in lunges. This will, if consistently done, build their jumping and kneeing muscles, ie the Gluteus Minimus and the quadriceps. There are many more ideas floating around, these are just a few, but feel free to make up your own.
Work on this with your class more and see how they like it, don't make it a treat type of thing, make it a part of the monthly training plan. If it's a treat they wont get all the benefits and neither will you, because it will make them stronger, faster and increase their vertical but moreover it will keep the classes energy level up.
Mr.Mustache
Work on this with your class more and see how they like it, don't make it a treat type of thing, make it a part of the monthly training plan. If it's a treat they wont get all the benefits and neither will you, because it will make them stronger, faster and increase their vertical but moreover it will keep the classes energy level up.
Mr.Mustache
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