Punctuate your pattern

[bushido_man96]

Yoo Sin - Suska: http://youtu.be/iWCaMPfq0cI#t=1min17s

Just to clarify on this form, at 1:16, from that slow circular punch, left leg side kick, to the left, knee level, followed by U-shaped punch. Draw it back, and then at 1:19 to 1:20, a right leg knee level side kick to the same location, followed by the U-shaped punch. At 1:40, at the nine-shaped blocks, I turn to my back to the second one, not to the front.

[Archimoto]

Thanks for sharing !

Fascinating. Fun to watch and listen to his form.

Do you guys use sound to punctuate your patterns?

[DWx]

Thanks for sharing !

Fascinating. Fun to watch and listen to his form.

Do you guys use sound to punctuate your patterns?

The breathing? Yes in ITF we are supposed to sharply exhale on every technique with a couple of exceptions. To grip the core. The started getting louder and louder because of people wanting to emphasize it at tournaments but more recently it's been going back the other way to more subtle exhaled. You can now get penalized in tournaments if you over do it. It's worth bearing in mind that that video is an exaggeration of what most people do. It's from a seminar where he was demonstrating all the patterns.

[Archimoto]

Gotcha thanks

[Hawkmoon]

Nice article love its honesty and open directness!

It I feel can be easily transferred to other arts easily IMO.

There is no mysterious or magic conjuring of some secret power, kata/patterns/forms what ever you call them is a training tool for the student to learn to learn what, why and how!

Each pattern has unique characteristics that serve as special learning tools to the developing students. If these moves are mixed, or arbitrary, a pattern loses its effectiveness as a development exercise.

If alterations are made on an individual basis or on a whim, standards will be lost and with them, the essence of .

Pattern performance must be true to fundamentals and must not be altered to make them easier to maintain control for appearances sake. The validity of the movement is lost to theatrical value. Perfection of movement and perfection of character are the focal points of pattern performance.

The article maybe short, but to me, it needs to be little more than what it is, open, honest and direct.

No need at all for any padding, any artistic flare, that I feel is what the western world has implied and been adding over teh years!

Can't say I agree with that direction but development and evolution have a habit of correcting themselves over tiem.

[Archimoto]

That's an interesting quote. While I'm new to TKD I am a lifelong martial artist and am thoroughly enjoying the learning of a new art - it's like learning a new language. In this regard there are constant revelations for me - almost on a daily basis. Being someone that - while practicing other arts as a youngster - scoffed at the very notion of a pattern, I'm pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoy doing them now and further how valuable they are to my overall development. At a very basic level, I'm enjoying the refinement of coordination, body control and awareness that results from practicing a pattern repeatedly. I think I know what you mean when you say a pattern can be open, honest and direct !!!

[kinetickick]

Power without tempo is more martial than art.