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Fight Club Goes to North Leamington Club

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Fight Club Goes to North Leamington Club

Tonight we took fight club on the road to North Leamington TKD club. Some students might find the thought of Fight Club intimidating, the aim of this session was to show that there’s nothing to be worried about.

After a thorough warm up and dynamic stretching session we went on to utilising games to practice and rehearse skills and attributes needed for ring craft and fitness. This was followed by learning and practicing the basic foundation set up techniques of sparring, front leg kicking techniques and then we explored technique options to keep momentum going to win points.

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Taekwon-Do Lesson #25: Knife-Hand High Inward Strike

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Taekwon-Do Lesson #25: Knife-Hand High Inward Strike

This video shows you how to perform a Knife-Hand High Inward Strike. Recommended for 7th kup grade students and above, the video explains, in detail, how to practice every aspect of the technique including positioning the arms before the strike, positioning the arms at the end of the strike, sine wave motion and how to develop more power.

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Power training for Taekwon Do

Continuing on the theme of power training, essential for Taekwon do jumping and flying kicks but also generally for kicking and explosive hand attacks when sparring.  Here's a video to give you some training ideas to improve this part of your armoury:

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Bi-phasic stretching for the adductors

Adductor muscle group flexibility is essential in a kicking martial art.  Static stretching is fine for achieving flexibility but it doesn't prepare the body for the dynamic and ballistic activity that it is subjected to, and thus you could be at risk of injury.  Watch the attached video to add an excellent stretch to your repertoire improving performance and reducing injury.

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