How to Improve Reaction Time in Taekwondo (taekwonwoo)

[ENGLISH3LITEWARRIOR]

he should be quiet.

[whateverwhenever11]

he looks like sammo hung

[ParcourProduction]

sounds like tekken^^

[fermin94]

He drops his hands when he kicks that gives the opponent a clear shot at his face I learned that the hard way.

[MrKenjang96]

@fermin94 if you can see, his back hand is higher than his front. The front stays down most of the time to protect the chest, while the back stays high to extend to the face if necessary. You can see him switch heights between hands as he steps forward and backwards.

[myxxmichuki]

This is the reason why basic technique wins the sport.And for the idiots who dint get it,its not streefight technique but sparring techniques

[MrManoftheatom]

its not the martial art thats makes u a good fighter its all on the person

[ShaolinRyan]

these are all counters useful

[guitardaddy6]

i'm sorry for anybody that thinks this is self defense. :) and for quicker sparing...wouldn't it be faster to just kick with the front foot if the opening just showed itself?

[weakfrontkick]

@guitardaddy6 I'm a karate agree but just take it at face value because everything has a use in martial arts and you can always what if any situation to death im just getting tired of negitive comments and yours wasnt that bad it just cought my attention.

[weakfrontkick]

@guitardaddy6 I'm a karateka agree but just take it at face value because everything has a use in martial arts and you can always what if any situation to death im just getting tired of negitive comments and yours wasnt that bad it just cought my attention.

[guitardaddy6]

@weakfrontkick I did taekwondo for 5 years as a child. I got bored and strayed away to boxing. I got in a fight with a group of people and was confident in my ability to fend them off because I had done taekwondo for so long. Well that failed quickly. I almost got hurt pretty bad because of my false confidence. I switched to boxing. I smashed them into the ground. All 3 of them. I was 12 and they were all a grade ahead. taekwondo is not for self defence. not anymore. people need to know.

[SoulUltima597]

@guitardaddy6 WTF TKD has strayed away from realistic self-defense/street fighting. There are a handful of schools that focus on more traditional techniques that Koreans used in post war Korea to fight off bands of wondering youths who loot. See Hee Il Cho. I got jumped once and found Tae Kwon Do effective but wanting. I use more Muay Thai based moves now. If you could perfect your old kicking skills and combine them with boxing, you would truly be a formidable foe. Just a thought

[russianbear0027]

@guitardaddy6 The main problem with TKD is that you have to be quite fast to really be effective. And yes, you can use front leg kicks too. I think he may have done a front-leg roundhouse kick at one point.

Outside of sparring, e.g. self defense, if you choose the right strikes and where to strike, you should do all right. Like any other school, you must use your head, practice, and remember your limits.

That said, training in multiple arts is a fairly good idea no matter what your main is.

[Kanganator1996]

@DevindaSenarath96: hey I go there too :)

Which Dojang?? Oo

[TheArronlight]

on this picture there, stance are too high and leg would be like a noodle if i were him, stance that is low is better, better for move the feet like ice skate and better for defense....

[DevindaSenarath96]

My Master Is 9th DAN Black Belt :D

Hyung Kook Kang :P

[TheDomodel]

Awesome drills..

[McDave1312]

does your son compete? if yes, how does he do? is there a chance of winning for overweighted taekwondoins like him or my best friend?

[KyosaNimGe]

Very nice video master woo!!!

[kiwisdad1]

That's a great vid Master Woo... I was just in a class the other day where the instructor started target training and 'moving' target training for sparring without even covering basic footwork first. I saw more frustration in the class than I did accomplishment. First things first. Thanks Master Woo.

[PyroVK]

cant wait to see him grow up and become a gold medalist olympian :)

[TheKillerJok]

@PyroVK what do you mean grow? he is over 30 years old.

[PyroVK]

@TheKillerJok im talking bout his son O.o

[TheKillerJok]

@PyroVK LOL sorry *facepalm*

[justinhasproblems1]

how come in WTF you keep ur hands down to fight? it seems very unsafe and easy for the opponet to get head kicks off. but in ITF we keep our hands up?

[kwonkicker]

@justinhasproblems1 Because instead of blocking, your opponent will either evade, counter, or evade and then counter. The fight is also on an open mat, so your opponent is never cornered by ropes. And you usually don't get points deducted for moving backward, as long as you are countering or setting up a counter. Head kicks are rarely successful as a basic attack in olympic style sparring because of the advanced evasion skill of the fighters. They are usually the result of a counterattack.

[tdparisi]

@kwonkicker also, some masters consider blocking head kicks to be largely ineffective due to the power of the kicks. One master in Korea explained to me, that even if blocking a head kick you'll still get rocked. I disagree with that mindset, especially since I'm focused on a real world combat and kickboxing application of TKD, much like yourself.

[wolf666666666666666]

@kwonkicker i take wtf and i keep my hands up to block kicks and punches to the mid section, but u can keep ur hands up if u wanted to right? The officials never said anything to me about it

[visiting31]

@wolf666666666666666: Of course, but you'll probably be telegraphing your kicks a lot more (at least in my experience). I think that's one reason why most WTF TKDers don't keep a high guard and bounce.

[KobraKai2]

@kwonkicker Excellent answer

[Andres230795]

@kwonkicker I just found a kwonkicker's comment **_**

[Champl00Boy]

@justinhasproblems1

In WTF you're not supposed to put your hands down. Many people do because they forget and feel like you don't have to worry about head kicks. If you go into any WTF tournament and spar against a high level opponent with your hands down you will get kicked in the face.When practicing, like in this video, it isn't necessary, but in sparring it is.

[TaeKwonKeogh]

@justinhasproblems1 ITF allow punches to the head, WTF don't. This means the two sports take very different approaches to defending yourself and attacking your opponent with respect to sparring. I'm not trying to say anything for or against either style, just that there is a big contrast between them.

[bklyncosanostra]

Very cool dudes.

[JordyBT]

WOW Kenneth is very successful, you must be proud.

[markanthony069]

Thanks master woo please keep uploading some more tutorials