Taekwondo- Poomsae (Pattern)

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.

Taken from: Golden phoenix Taekwondo

and for each of the character, here are the meanings behind it: 

Taken from: Golden phoenix Taekwondo

Below is a summary of the different taegueks for the different belt levels. 

Taken from STF 

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) -----------------------------------

Muay Thai "8points of contact"

Hey guys! It's Marcus again hope you have been enjoying my previous and my friends posts. Thank you for your time and support. The previous post i shared was about the first "2 points of contact" the fists. Today I am going to share about 4 more "points of contact", the elbow and knee.

First I am going to share about the elbow which is known as "Ti sok" in the Thai language.

The different elbow technique are as follows similarly to the previous post I will also share the Thai romanization.

Elbow Slash(Sok ti)
Horizontal Elbow(Sok tat)
Uppercut Elbow(Sok ngat)
Forward Elbow Thrust(Sok phung)
Reverse Horizontal Elbow(Sok wiang klap)          
Spinning Elbow(Sok klap)
Elbow Chop(Sok sap)
Double Elbow(Sok klap khu)
Mid-air Elbow Strike(Kradot sok)
Adapted from:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muay_Thai


Next is the 2 other "points of contact" the knee, "Ti khao" in the Thai language.

The knee techniques are as follows. I'll also provide the Thai romanization.

Straight Knee Strike(Khao trong)
Diagonal Knee Strike(Khao chiang)
Curving Knee Strike(Khao khong)
Horizontal Knee Strike(Khao tat)
Knee Slap(Khao top)
Knee Bomb(Khao yao)
Flying Knee(Khao loi)
Step-up Knee Strike(Khao yiap)
Adapted from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muay_Thai

Here are 2 videos. One on elbow techniques and the other on knee techniques I hope you enjoy them.

I DO NOT OWN THIS VIDEO AND I DO NOT TAKE ANY CREDIT FOR THIS VIDEO. IT IS ONLY AN ADAPTTAION. Thank you for reading my post! Hope you enjoyed the videos. Tune in again soon. Please comment on this post down below. See you again.

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.

                                                                              #9

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.

                                                            ------------------------------------------------------------------

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! (: