Taekwondo - Koryo

This was on a competition, we were doing Koryo...
EDIT: Okay, I've seen a lot of people commenting on a bunch of stuff... I want to say that a bunch of stuff are just how we did it at the time... Rules change all the time, and even the guys in Kukkiwon can't agree on every technique, let alone people in some distant small country. As for other stuff, I know that my side kick sucks and there are stuff that we all need to work on, but I never said we did it perfect. And for the record, we were supposed to do this in a competition, but we were alone in the category so we weren't really giving it our best... So yeah, I know there's stuff we screwed up, but most of the comments refer to stuff that is just different and doing it here now is an error, but doing it like that then and there was correct...

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Sports

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• Taekwondo
• korea
• martial
• art
• poomsae
• taeguk
• koryo

[FatmanC4123]

This may have been the way I was taught, but please do take these criticisms into attention. First of all, like many people have said, you rushed it. Slow down a little! Second, don't hunch your back during the wrist lock thingy. (Reference it at 0:33 ) Third, I'd like to inquire; Where's the kicking ready stance after the sidekick at 0:39 ? Also, I belive the downwards palm block requires a side-kicking stance instead of standing straight up. (Reference at 0:42) Hope this helps you and others!

[Bikonja]

Thank you for the criticism, but I do not do taekwondo anymore, that's first, and second, one of the reasons I don't do it anymore is exactly that - everyone has their own interpretations of it, so maybe we did it exactly the way we were taught, maybe we didn't, but the point is, someone else probably has a different opinion then we have, there is no absolute truth. And third, this is a group, so we have to adjust to every persons abilities from the group so it would be united.

[BringBackBlink182]

Ok. Thanks!

[Bikonja]

You are welcome

[BringBackBlink182]

Sweet! Im going for my black belt this February in Kang's TKD. the only thing i noticed was the knife-hand strikes. i thought you were supposed to go Reverse knife-hand neck and ribs the knife hand to the neck four times, twice with each hand. please correct me if im wrong

[Bikonja]

I'm not sure what the rules are now and in your counry/town/club, but at that time, in my country, this is how Koryo was done (ofcourse, minor errors are there, but in general, it's how it was done)

[lolomg69aids]

@MarioBro2K6 You see, at my TKD school we do a drill with the patterns where with every kick/punch/knee break, we break a board... maybe im just not drinking enough water:P haaha

[MarioBro2K6]

@lolomg69aids Well...If you do not use your muscles fully in order to create acceleration for a fast and hard strikes, and if you do not utilize the hips and upper body even for hand strikes...then it is no doubt you would not break a sweat. The point is that you should. When you start to break a sweat after doing a single pattern, then you know you are starting to push yourself hard enough on each strike. We do not take Taekwondo to learn pattern, we do patterns to learn Taekwondo.

[lolomg69aids]

@MarioBro2K6 I understand all that, but it doesn't quite answer my question. Unless we were practicing strength drills right before, i dont even break a sweat when im done with my form...

[MarioBro2K6]

@lolomg69aids

Watch the video again and notice the speed in which the hands travel from their starting point to their target. You see a constant speed which means strikes are not accelerating and then snapping to the impact point. I cannot think of almost any moves in Taekwondo where their is not some form of snap, in with the hands their is also rotation of the hands during this snap to create the best impact. And kicks is the same, should be acceleration and final snap on lat moving part

[lolomg69aids]

the broseph closest to the camera needs deeper stance

[lolomg69aids]

@MarioBro2K6 Thats what my instructer says, but even if i'm giving my absolute ALL i do not lose a single breath from doing ANY of the forms. i use snap and power and i've been told my koryo looks great

[MarioBro2K6]

In my eyes, if you are not dripping wet with sweat by the end of your first run through any pattern..then you have not given it all you haver to give. Think about the mentality from a common sense point of view of training in a martial art to look pretty rather than be effective. I choose to lose a little prettiness and focus on intensity balanced with speed and power.

[MarioBro2K6]

Yes, the form was very 'nice'. As pointed out by others, the problems I see are mainly power and intensity. But, I see this in most clubs with most members on most patterns...like they are saving their energy for something else...not sure what. It is up to the individual to realize that you can teach a pattern, but you cannot teach intensity and drive...this is something you have to decide upon.