Hi everyone, I'm Nicole and i'm back again to share my last post with you on Taekwondo.
Today i will be sharing with you more about a different aspect of Taekwondo which is Demonstration. Demonstration is to show the different skills that can be taught through taekwondo to others. It usually happens in a skit where there will be kicking of planks and unarm combat.
The korean Tigers are one of the most famous Taekwondo Demonstration Team in The world and here are some of their pictures:
Of course the videos of the korean tiger's performance must be shown and here it is:
This act was done during a Taekwondo Demonstration Competition.
This is another demonstration done by the Korean Tigers in Paris in 2003.
As the Olympics are around the corner, here is a demonstration done by korea during the Olympics in 1988.
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Hi everyone, I'm Nicole and i'm back to share with you more about Taekwondo.
Today, we are going to focus on a different part of Taekwondo which is Poomsae or as you know it, pattern. Just to recap, pattern is a series of movements joined together. The movements involves kicks and punches. At each belt level of Taekwondo, there are different training patterns called "Taegeuks".
There are different meaning to each Taegeuk and the table below will explain it all.
In Singapore, for the white and yellow tip belt, the pattern is created by the Singapore Taekwondo Federation (STF) which is not a taegeuk and called "Introductory and Preliminary poomsae".
As videos are easily to picture the different patterns, i shall show you the different patterns needed for each grading in Singapore.
Introductory Poomsae (above)
Preliminary Poomsae (above)
Taegeuk 1 (above)
Taegeuk 2 (above)
Taegeuk 3 (above)
Taegeuk 4 (above)
Taegeuk 5 (above)
Taegeuk 6 (above)
Taegeuk 7
Taegeuk 8 (above)
Thank you for reading and hope you have learnt something new about Taekwondo! (: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *The videos were taken from : Cheng San CC (click) -----------------------------------
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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! (:
Hi everyone, today i will be explaining more about sparring in Taekwondo.
For Taekwondo in Singapore, only the red/brown and black belts are allowed to do sparring due to safety reasons. There are various weight categories and in each competition, the weight categories changes according to the organiser. Below is an example of a weight category.
There is a total of 3 rounds and each round lasts for 1.5 minutes with a 30 seconds break in between. The person with the highest accumulated score at the end of 3 rounds or the person who manages to knock out their opponent, will be considered the winner.
Now i will be talking about how to get points during the match! There are two methods in which you are able to score points:
1.By Punching
Even though taekwondo focuses more on the legs, a punch is still able to get you points. The only location you are permitted to punch is at the trunk area of the body, which is from the bottom of the neck until the waist.
2.By kicking
Only by using the parts of your foots lower than the ankle bone are allowed. By using your foot, the permitted area is opened to one more area, which is the face. You are permitted to kick both the trunk and the face to score points.
Each valid kick will earn you points and different kicks will gain you different amount of points and below is the list:
Point System:
A normal turning kick to the trunk : 1 point
Backthrust, 360 degrees turning kick: 2 points
A kick to the head: 3 points
For back hook, back thrust or any kick that requires you to turn your back and kick your opponents head: 4 points
Below is a picture of the permitted scoring area of the trunk:
Prohibited acts:
There are rules in Taekwondo sparring and breaking them will result to you having a Kyong-Go penalty or a Gam-Jeom penalty. A Kyong-Go is like a yellow card and a Gam-Jeom is like a red card except that you don't get kick out of the match instead, if you have 2 Kyong-Go's or 1 Gam-Jeom, your opponent will earn 1 point.
Here are some examples of the prohibited acts.
Kyong-Go:
-Grabbing/holding/pushing the opponent
-Intentionally falling down
-Faking injury
-Both legs out of the alert
-Punching/slapping the opponents face
-Attacking the opponents groin intentionally
Gam-Jeom:
-Attacking the opponent even after he/she falls
-Attacking the opponents back intentionally
-Both legs out of the boundary line
When you receive a total of 4 penalty points from adding up both Kyong-Go and Gam-Jeom, you will be declared as you have lost due to penalties.
Below is a video which shows the best of kicks during sparring in Taekwondo!
If you wish to get any of the sparring equipment, you can head down to Liang Seng at Marina sqaure to get it!
Thank You for reading and do leave a comment below (:
-Nicole Tan
Thursday, 12 July 2012
Introduction toTaekwondo
Hello everyone, I'm Nicole Tan From Ngee Ann poly's Information Technology. Throughout the next few weeks I will be sharing with you more about Taekwondo.
Taekwondo is a sport that originated from Korea as far back as 18.B.C. It is a combination of combat techniques, self defence,sport,meditation, philosophy and exercise. Taekwondo is well-known for it's emphasis on kicking techniques rather than punching.
Today,Taekwondo is practised by many all over the world and here is a short video to introduce you what you would do in a Taekwondo training:
Taekwondo is divided into 2 main sections:
1. Kyorugi (Sparring)
Kyorugi is the fighting section of Taekwondo. It is to test your opponent's ability using your skills by fighting it out in the court. You win a match by either scoring the most points or by knocking out your opponent.
2.Poomsae (Pattern)
It is a series of movements joined together.
In order to promote from one belt to another, you would have to go through a pattern tests where you will demonstrate your proficiency of your pattern
Learning of the fundamentals starts here where you will learn basic kicks, punches and blocks which can be used to improve your flexibility and develop sparring techniques. Patterns are also used to increase your belt level. You will go through a promotion test called 'grading' which is held once every 3 months. In each grading you will do a different pattern for different belts.
Below is a picture of the different belt colours:
White belt being the lowest belt
Black belt being the highest belt.
Do leave a comment and look out for my next post to find out more about Taekwondo.
