The different Taekwondo Kicks

Hi everyone! Today i will be sharing with you more about the different Taekwondo kicks.

1. Front Kick

#1 Starting Position

#2 Execution Position

The front kick is the most basic kick and white belts usually start off by learning this kick. This kick starts off by tucking up your knees to the front of your body as seen in picture #1. It is followed by snapping out your foot, where the ball of the foot is used to execute the kick.

2. Turning Kick 

#3 Starting Position

#4 Execution

#5 After the kick 

The turning kick is often used in a sparring match. It is first started out by tucking in your knees like picture #3 followed by the execution of snapping your feet out (#4) and then snapping your feet back like in picture #5. The kick uses the instep of the feet to kick the target.

Instep

3. Side Kick

#6 Starting Position

#7 Execution Position

The Side kick requires you to turn your body to the side while executing it. To prepare for the kick, you first bring your knee close to your body just like the front kick but this time you have to turn your body to the side (90 degrees) as seen in picture #3. The kick is being executed by thrusting your foot forward as seen in picture #4.

4. Back Thrust/Kick

#8 Back Thrust

A back thrust requires you to turn your body to the back and then execute your kick.Picture #6 shows you step by step as to how to execute a back thrust.

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5. Slamming/ Axe Kick

#10 Slamming kick 

The Slamming Kick is used to slam the opponents face. To execute this kick, you have to first tuck your knees to your body followed by extending it up to as high as you can like a front kick and finally executing it by slamming it down, using your heel to attack.

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There are many different kinds of kicks in Taekwondo and the few mentioned above are the most basic kicks. There are many other high level kicks such as the reverse kick, the 360 degrees kick and the 540 degrees kick but learning the basics are the most important as it will help you do higher level kicks in the future.

Below is a video to help you visualise the different Taekwondo kicks!

Part 1

Part 2

Once again thank you for reading and i hope you have learnt something! See you again next time! (: