Taekwondo Sparring: Roundhouse Kick Counter

Sang H. Kim teaches a simple counterattack to a back leg roundhouse kick. More taekwondo instruction at http://www.turtlepress.com and on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=AC1B6D9A5DC176E9

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• taekwondo
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• sparring
• Sang
• H.
• Kim
• roundhouse
• kick
• kicking
• martial
• arts
• karate

[CplusplusCronus]

Move out the way? No shit??

[shaolinmantis77]

LOL.. Huh....A-HOAU!! The sound effects make it alot better.

[REDMARS2112]

@WisemanRAX On average i'd just go to the side instead of backwards. I guess thats just part of my muscle memory. I really cant complain for the fact that this is a diffrent style of martial arts. Oh well.

[mattrR678]

@beersmash1 This is taekwondo, not karate. And what do you do if you don't have pepper spray?

[WisemanRAX]

@REDMARS2112

He is doing a simple and a very effective counter against someone who will commit to only one kick. Yes you can move in, and that's called clinching which just shuts down the kick. You can do many things when your opponent attacks and skipping back to be just out of his reach can be frustrating to him/her.

[beersmash1]

Karate is such bull shit you know you will get hit if you try to fight in close range attacks.I just use pepper spray,so the attacker wont get close to me. Karate rules sucks

[REDMARS2112]

Also in karate I have learned to never go backwards. You go sideways or forward.  You dont wanna get kicked move in so close that they are unable to move their leg up to kick.

[REDMARS2112]

I do karate. We learned to spar by experience. I went from holding my arms together like an idiot (In a vertical-horizontal possision) to just holding up my fists in possisions so that I may block and counter when necsesary.

[594Indiana]

@CplusplusCronus He did say simple technique, did he not? =P

[DoralWolves]

Awesome!

[panda59043]

TKD kicks can be used to hit low on the body also. Front kick to the groin or side kick to knee, does this work? I think so ! p.s. there are punches in TKD also.

[IHOPEYPULIKEPAIN]

I love that stuff.