Light Kick Training Session 11-22-11 (Kwonkicker)

[TheKieran81]

what did you fill it with sand or water

[taekwonchos]

Hey mate, what is that type of kicking bag called? Do you recommend it for this type of training? thanks.

[simon121233]

How do you call the thing that you are hitting ? (it's not really a punching bag like those used in boxe)

[chatanwarrior]

wow...fast kicks, how did you make your kicks so fast?

[594Indiana]

Your Kwan Jang Neem would be proud. =]

[EPIC8ball]

do you have dans in tae kwon do or is it just karate

[LookitsLolWizard]

@EPIC8ball taekwondo has dan's  as well.

When you reach black belt you have your first dan

[jeso383]

speak spanish please

[maist87]

какие смешные шлепающие удары))))

[TheMarvinJoseph]

0:33, iLike.

[jabmalassie]

What do you call that kind of bag. How much do they cost?

[jaqdudley]

What muscle did you tear?

[rockytheafg]

Bro u got good videos but u need to work on ur views...I mean ur videos deserve more views but u need to find a way to attract people for example by putting title that can attract people...

[bqureshi21]

on doing multiple roundhouses, i can pull off three clean ones, but after that my landing seems to get too hard on the ground and i feel slow and weaker with my kicks... any tips?

[dsnLV]

@bqureshi21 keep on practicing. no other way. good technique, speed, and power while you train. if you can only hit 3 while training, than train harder to hit 4,5,6,etc.

[drsnowmon]

God damn are you training for London Olympics?

[1luispanda1]

Me podrían decir como aumentar la velocidad en las patadas

[isrj01]

keep up the good work

[demodome]

You are my favorit TKD fighter. Very good video.

[buffnloco]

Looking good sir. Sorry to hear you had an injury.



[Meetretvets]

you are really good at this :O

[ssjanime250]

will you have another fight anytime soon? if you do i wish you all the best!

[BeatRider44]

kicking around the bag in a circle must be tiring as hell

[Yogamartial]

Great videos you have Repect!

[pfassett]

Yo! That circling kick is sick. How do you continuously move like that circling without breaking rhythm? Is there a particular place you land with your feet when you side step?

[dsnLV]

@pfassett No. You have to feel it. You have to be natural. You have to PRACTICE. Kwon is actually not fast when he does the circular kicking.

[ambassadorofpain1]

Are these type of freestanding bags alright to leave in the garden with just something covering it?

[bentinho]

@ambassadorofpain1 Yes, as long as you don't live someplace that gets cold enough for the water to freeze. You may have to periodically refill the water due to evaporation. I leave my bag out all spring and summer, then drain it and move it to the basement when it hits around 40F outside at night.

[MARRBENNN]

Can you put up a video about a training routine for us Taekwondo people?

[eddieflashfoot]

Nice leg work

[pleasehelpme1020]

good to see you back in uniform :)

[xRothkox]

Nice to see you back in form, Kwon. Digging the uniform. :-)

[ShikamaruTKD]

great

[826kmilo]

@kwonkicker was my brother but I said if it continues so tkd knowkicker;)

[perrymikey2]

very beautiful technique. u are very skilled ive been training taekwondo for about 2 years now and i am currewntly a red belt i test for my first degree in 8 months:) but i wanted to say that you are one of my great inspirations to keep training and that people like u give me and many others the strength to push ourselves to the greatest of heights. u are a wonderfully talented and dedicated martial artist and u make me proud to be able just to witness ur skill. thank you for being awesome:)

[rickames]

I told you i practiced Hapkido for years. We were not exposed to low kick drills or conditioning like the Muray Thai fighters. What can i do to make my shins tougher? A former co-worker & I in the morning used to kick each other's shin's before work. I couldnn't stand a light tap!!!! I saw you kicking a banna tree & it bent over. What can i do to get the conditioning? PS, I could only think of getting out of the way if multiple kicks were thouwn in this exercise. Is there a defense technique?

[elchacal31]

you're a badass

[TheTmnt1fan]

hope you've healed up you are the GREATEST keep up the good work and thank u for the lessons

[kizilable]

Being a heavyweight I find it hard to recover my stance when kicking, when doing rapid round kicks I get tired fast (I'm very fit and quite strong) as I really have to strain to turn my body over for the next kick. And with a roundhouse kick I find it hard to stop the circular motion even if I hit my opponent/target (If I miss I almost expose my back, or spin right round).

So I was wondering could you do a video about where to have your bodyweight when kicking to recover quickly?

[darklordfry]

@kwonkicker is it possible to train double/multiple kicks w/out any sort of target? When I trained, I had the benefit of multiple bags to kick, but now I have no targets of any sort to kick (and VERY limited space)... Is there any way for me to be able to kick faster multiple times (e.g. up to as many as 20 consecutive kicks in a combo)

[pkhamidar2com]

Wow nice stuff there kwon. I like your style, mixing up kickboxing, taekwondo, muay thai etc... :) BTW what do you think of Pomsaes or Katas etc... do you find them good, bad? I dont get the idea of Kata punches, why are they so rigid. Anyways i dont realy mind them, but i dont find them useful for sparring! But i might be the ignorant one. :S

[Akaserfer13]

I love when you do the tornado kick!

[tkddiuryl]

That belt it REALLY long. Nice uniform btw.

[kwonkicker]

@tkddiuryl Yeah, it's super long. But it's my original black belt given to me by my sah bum nim, so I'm gonna try and keep training with it until I'm an old man.

[tkddiuryl]

@kwonkicker True! stick to the original belt.

[HermesDo]

@kwonkicker why dont you shorten it? it will be still the same belt your sabunimm gave to you!

[GrizzledPenguin]

This is really helping me just started Taewondo on Halloween doing the other one from wtf can't remember whats it called though

[JcZorro3000]

@Slimmy1017 yeah I just wasn't sure why I see some people throw their arms back and I have to keep mine in but thanks :)

[Slimmy1017]

Finally in the Gi ! :)

[Scott111188]

Come on, Micah, only 1 minute 2 seconds? How about giving us a 5 minute video of your kicks?

[visiting31]

good stuff man

[jorel650]

hahahahahaha U CALL THAT LIGHT THATLL KILL ME

[quentintheox]

holy crap u have a dobok with ur name on sooo koool :)

[GuitarHeroArtist]

haha u finally wore your GI!!! isn't winter a bitch :D

[igordz]

WTF style do-bok. represent

[justinweithers]

hey kwon kicker, when did you start your martial arts training. i like your tae kwon do uniform, i used to do that but i was impatient so i quit. ps i put some of your vids in my fight science playlist

[Imhim247]

i want to be like you

[JcZorro3000]

@albusfr yes he is a 4th Dan in both taekwondo and combat hapkido but when I kick he says to try to keep my arms in but he shows how to do it without losing my balance and it has a lot of power

[MrFlyingKicker]

u may wanna strenght up ur teared muscle

[BananaWeedTurtle]

how do you manage to kick that fast, while change legs? i am currently a Karate practitioner with a little TKD experience but i have no idea how to do that...

[kwonkicker]

@BananaWeedTurtle You start off by learning the double round kick. I've already posted a tutorial on it and it can be found in my tutorials playlist on my channel profile.

[BananaWeedTurtle]

@kwonkicker Thankyou so much, just watched the tutorial now, and i'm planning on watching it again tomorrow so i can practice it, i had no idea that you made a tutorial for this, and i've been searching for it for about 2 weeks now.

[JcZorro3000]

@kwonkicker oh ok thanks because I wasn't sure

[SilentHunter939]

wow ur awesome and by the way i finally succid to do a tornado kick

[TazBazMagic]

I saw 1 kick then hell alot of kicks then alot more kicks and even more kicks in 1 minute.. plain awesome

[JcZorro3000]

@kwonkicker I have a question. When you kick I've noticed that you throw your arm back and the other in front, my taekwondo teacher says to keep my arms in because when you throw your arm back your upper body is going in one direction and your hips are going in the other direction which(he said) will cut your power by almost 50% but what is your opinion on that?

[kwonkicker]

@JcZorro3000 Counter balancing (what I am doing with my arms), allows a fighter to kick harder without throwing himself off balance. If I were keep both arms in, then after my kick extends to my target, there would be too much body weight shifted to just one side, throwing my balance off and making it slower to recover my stance. Plus, it is only my arm and shoulder that shifts over to balance my weight, not my torso. My hips and my torso still follows the same direction as the kick.

[Evamarie41]

@kwonkicker I went through the same thing here. I trained with one school and was taught to keep my arms in close for balance, then I moved and joined a new school and now they want me to throw my arms back for more power and as a block for my back/side.

[albusfr]

@JcZorro3000 is he a real tkd teacher?

[Slimmy1017]

@JcZorro3000 in some cases it generates power by you pulling your arm while throwing your hips then releasing your kick and its sometimes its used to counter balance. Mostly seen in muay Thai

But it can also lose power if done correctly .

[ToLazy4Name]

@JcZorro3000 Your instructor is full of it. As Kwon already said, it's counter balancing, which allows you to kick alot harder and keep your balance.

[kungfusnoopy1]

Sweet I love your vids

[nhoxmafia]

hey man i am still nervous when im going to fight

[Caeviens]

@nhoxmafia Its good to be Nervous - It keeps You Training Hard. :)

[Jehuty989]

yay dobok!

[InTheWeedz]

i would love to see Kwon Kicker in MMA.@ 135. . do it. .

[wmpyr]

awesome as usual man! TKD and Muay Thai, awesome and deadly combination!

[kwonkicker]

@wmpyr Actually, I don't mix TKD and Muay Thai techniques. To claim I did, would be incorrect. I train traditional, modern & modified TKD techniques for use in multiple types of kickboxing style competition, not just Muay Thai competition. It may look similar to Muay Thai, but my techniques, footwork and strategic emphasis is different from that of Muay Thai. My personal style of TKD is as different from Muay Thai as Lethwei, Pradal Serey, and Muay Lao is different from Muay Thai.

[wmpyr]

@kwonkicker I understand man, I also have to specify that I don't teach pure Filipino Martial Arts, to avoid politics, I just call it "stick fighting", like you say, TKD for "kickboxing".

[bornwarrior07]

Hey bro, why don't you upload those video which you went for the fight in Thailand

[kenseisato1989]

looking at your dobok am i aloud to put kwon kicker on my sprawl shorts for my next fight?

[kwonkicker]

@kenseisato1989 Up to you!

[kenseisato1989]

@kwonkicker

I"M GANNA DO IT!!

[Bachforest]

Today, 11-22-11, I did exact same training at hwangs tkd. We had 2 bags and 3 masters held 2 clappers. We did kicks on 2 clappers than another set of clappers than the bags with triple kicks and another with 6 kicks and final clapper, master Hwang had us do 10 flying kicks. I loved it!!!

[Flash4712]

thanks kwon for wearing a true taekwondo uniform!

[AznPr1des]

looking good in that dobok bro lol

[BartosTKD]

What kind of floor are you training on?

[Caeviens]

Out of interest Kwon, arent You meant to lean into those repeated Kicks more? You seemed to be leaning out of it a bit :)

[kwonkicker]

@Caeviens If you don't lean away, you can't turn your hips over fully. Therefore, if your goal is power, you need to lean away. Plus, it also keeps you upper body further away from your opponents punches.

But unfortunately in this session, I couldn't even add full power, because if you noticed, the bag kept flopping around wildly anytime I did alternating kicks too hard/fast. It's much easier to train alternating kicks on a 6ft heavy bag, or an XL wavemaster.

[TheMismatcher]

@kwonkicker ur as fast as most of the black belts that i train with :[]

[Caeviens]

@kwonkicker Fair enough - Obliged for the Detailed Reply -- Incidentally, since You have pretty much everything else, it kinda surprises Me You dont have a Heavy Bag along with everything else;

[kwonkicker]

@Caeviens I do, I just don't have anywhere stable enough to hang it from.

[arkonastriborg123]

when are you going to fight in a full contact match?

[kevan321321]

@arkonastriborg123 he has had full contact fights when he was training in thailand..the first of which he won by knock out...or tko...i....cant...remember....­.

[arkonastriborg123]

@kevan321321 is it on youtube

[manuelschindler]

@arkonastriborg123 yes its on his channel

[Kahizumi]

Great !!!

I wish you get over the injure =)

[Ecromicus1]

goog kicks, but like fly kicks

[chamillonaire32]

when r we gonna see in the ufc :)

[rhsu123]

good to see you in uniform!

[PyroVK]

that looks very nice on u :)

[ShaolinViolin]

great stuff man! what is your warm up routine?

[HermanHermes]

Beautiful kicks.

[fighterguy1988]

missed you bro great stuff keep it coming!!!

[NerdyAndJerkish]

I see you're rockin that dobok kwonkicker lol.

[kwonkicker]

@NerdyAndJerkish It was too dang cold for shorts haha

[LegoWorldCrisis]

@kwonkicker

dobok? I thought it was called a gi? or is dobok a korean word? it sounds Korean... but yeah, in my martial arts training, our uniform is reffered to as a gi.

[intimom]

@LegoWorldCrisis

Gi is in japanese and dobok is in korean.

[stayfly12]

third

[dsnLV]

second

[VTMB2]

first first X_X