Kicks only found in TKD

[orion82698]

What are some of the kicks only found in TKD?

I know that there is a front kick, side kick and a round kick in probably almost every style, but what about some of the spin and aerial kicks?

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Tornado

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butterfly

What are some more that I'm forgetting? And what other styles of MA are these in.... Karate, Kung Fu?

[scottnshelly]

What are some of the kicks only found in TKD?

I know that there is a front kick, side kick and a round kick in probably almost every style, but what about some of the spin and aerial kicks?

Like...

Tornado

360

540

butterfly

What are some more that I'm forgetting? And what other styles of MA are these in.... Karate, Kung Fu?

I’ve studied Tae Kwon Do for over 15 years and I’ve never done, or seen an Instructor do, any of the kicks that you listed. Those may be part of a curriculum for other classes, but none that I’ve attended. I think that this is a good example of the fact that Tae Kwon Do has gotten a bad reputation for having an excessive amount of jumping and spinning kicks.

In answer to your initial question, I think that most of the kicks found in Tae Kwon Do are exclusive to Tae Kwon Do in some aspects and common in some aspects. Most styles have similar kicks, but there may be some elements that separate them from Tae Kwon Do’s. For example, in some Tae Kwon Do classes, the front kick is chambered with the knee coming straight up; then the foot is extended with the toes stretched back so as to kick with the ball of the foot in a snapping motion. This is intended to snap out and back swiftly and hit a small target. Some other styles, sometimes, use the front kick as a push with the entire bottom of the foot to a broad target.

Another example: I studied Tae Kwon Do under my Instructor for several years, and then he started teaching me Kenpo. In Kenpo we had a wheel kick which was very similar to Tae Kwon Do’s roundhouse. There were differences outside of the name though. In Tae Kwon Do, the kick was chambered the same as a front kick, then the base foot pivoted and the hips rotated for the kick to extend. In Kenpo, the kick was more of a swing. In the chamber, the knee was pointed a little more downward.

There are many different styles of Tae Kwon Do. I can’t speak for all of them, but the ones that I have never been taught any of these aerial, spinning kicks. I think that these types of kicks are more likely supplemental to a style, rather than a part of the curriculum. I don’t know why they are more associated with Tae Kwon Do, maybe because Tae Kwon Do does include more head kicks than some Japanese and Okinawan styles.

[tufrthanu]

I think any style that involves jumping will have those kicks. So that would probably be mostly korean and chinese styles.

[Drithen]

I practice a Japanese art, and we have all of those kicks, so I doubt anything these days are really style specific. We also do side kicks with the heel insead the blade of the foot as is common in Korean MA's

[orion82698]

Cool Thanks for your comments!

[Rokusho_Tao]

Aren't most of the kicks in TKD repeated in other styles, just with other names? I have seen a wheel kick in TKD used in other styles... But one style calls it a "Dragon Kick"....

[theadric]

While reading some Tae Kwon Do history, I have found one kick that I have not herd nor seen anywhere else.(thats not to say it isn't) The Scissor kick.

Some others that I have come across are the:

Cut kick(hybrid if the front push kick and side kick. Sport oriented)

Narabam(Kinda like a turning kick)

Turning kick

Twisting kick

[Drithen]

I had to do a scissor kick for 3rd kyu, its a take down move for us.. not sure if its the same one as you're talking about, but it has the same name

[Goju_boi]

well I'm guessing that probably kung fu has a lot of these kicks,butit also depend on what tsyle of kung fu.Because some won't even do kicks for the most part.

[orion82698]

True. A friend of mine is taking Wing Chun. He has told me that there are kicks in the art, but not like TKD. I agree with a lot of what everyone has said. It does seem that TKD has gotten a bad rap. Perhaps most of these kicks that I'm looking into are more of a "student created kick" then a technique passed down.