Is it possible to so Taekwondo without Jumping ?

[KickChick]

hmmmm....I take it youre a 'jumper' .... and I just love the mac & cheese there too ...

 

 

[CTpizzaboy]

Are we still on the same subject? How did my analogy about jump kicks turn into a subject about foo...ummm glazed doughnuts....ughghhghhgh

 

 

[three60roundhouse]

i love the flashy aspect, but in a real fighing situation, they are hard to use. a lot of training involves getting "air" on your kicks, and tkd is known as one of the flashiest arts!

[Hwa-rang]

even though TKD involves alot of jumping techniques youd never use them in real life situations. the minute your airborn your offbalace

[KickChick]

The jump adds height to the kick but caution and perfect timing are required so as not to get caught off balance. Jumping and spinning kicks are usually defensive kicks. They are usually used in offensive situations when the opponent is weaken.

 

The beauty of Tae Kwon Do I feel is in the jump/spinning kicks integrated within the TKD hyungs. Tae kwon do fighters are known for their kicking expertise. To encourage more kicking in TKD sparring competitions, more points are awarded for jump kicks because of their difficulty.

 

 

[SBN Doug]

That's interesting. In Kuk Sool Won, we aren't awarded more points for jumping kicks. We only get more points for a kick to the apponent's head.

 

As far as the hight of the jump, isn't this all stemming from the old need to knock someone off their horse? A lower jump kick still can give your kick the same force as a higher one. That's probably why they have no problem promoting those of us that can't jump.

 

I can't jump either. However, I'm pretty tall, so even a small hop gets me up there.

[SaiFightsMS]

I try to offset the height difference with extra flexibility.

 

 

[SBN Doug]

I loose on flexability too.

[Gorgoth]

while i was in TKD, my sensei put a HUGE emphasis on jumping kicks...

 

my sensei (master whatever the hell you TKD ppl call him..) was a relatively small man... and had an ENORMOUS vertical... he also had incredibly powerful kicks... i once made the mistake of holding the heavy bag while he delivered a cross-step sidekick... sent me against the wall... he had an INCREDIBLY powerful spinning back kick... (i'm talking about the sensei i had for the longest time... i had him from green belt until i stopped going...) hehe... he looked a lot like chuck norris... he had the same hair style and gotee and mustache and stuff... he was cool... he taught us a lot of stuff that wasn't necessarily Tae Kwan Do... i watched him participate in a lot of tournaments... he kicked very much booty... hehe... he taught us a lot of tournament techniques for scoring easy points... he taught us one technique to pull down the person's guard and deliver a downward punch to the nose... makes a lot of opponents quit... hehe...

 

-Gor

 

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[ This Message was edited by: Gorgoth on 2002-01-18 15:10 ]

 

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[taezee]

okayyyy first of all if you were even stodying korean martial arts you would not reffer to your instructor as sensei....and as for all the other giberish youre talking youre describing moves of a video game..for those of you not familiar with me yet on this site..i go by taezee..and as you can see right away im one that is quite direct and forth coming on my experience and opinon on whats going on in my sector of real taekwondo..what i have just read here is totally and exageration if not dwelling on the realm of fantasy..soo while i continue to play my "immortal combat" game on my tv..please..where are you coming from with this garbage?...ive been on quite long enough and listening to all you new jacks here...and without sounding too high and above..let me tell you something straight up,,i AM the most experienced member here on korean martial arts..and will continue to distinguish what is real here and what is straight out of a fantasy martial arts movie..you guys are really taking thngs too that next level and im here to say stop it allready....you want facts and not fantasy on korean martial arts..ask me!!