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Scoring with the Reverse Hook in my 2nd Dan grading

 

Tim ( in white chestpad with blue rings ) performs a front kick.

 

I ( in red chestpad ) check it with a downward forearm block
 
 

As the kick finishes and the leg returns to the ground, Tim is committing the weight of his body forward ready for the next technique.

 

Sensing that he will come forward,

I spot an opportunity – Tim keeps his guard in the middle of the body.
 
 

Tim commits his forward movement. All of his weight is in his front foot, there is no weight on his back foot.

 

As this is happening, there is no threat from Tim, I have enough time to enter into my technique. I pivot on my front foot.
 
 Tim realises something is up and checks his forward motion 

 Moving faster than Tim who is still trying to slow down, I start my technique.

I look back to see where he is and chamber my knee at the same time I raise my leg 

 
 

Tim suspects that I will perform a back kick but I had intended a reverse hook kick.

 

Tim blocks low with an X-block. I snap out the kick from the knee and the trajectory of the kick passes over his block.
 
 Keeping my weight properly balanced on the supporting leg, the kick lands on Tim’s jaw. 
 Too late, Tim’s changes his block and attempts to deflect the kick upwards with the top of his forearm but the kick has already landed. 

 End

PostScript : Tim was not injured 

 

A video of this sequence is in http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=AI7o0CLi-Ls

Comments


  • 2 years ago

    Bodhidharma

    gokumma, I suspect you are a Taoist ! All that talk about water and flowing ! Laughing

    I caught so many people with my left foot reverse hook - now the problem is when everyone spars me, they watch for it ! ha ha ha - got no more advantage ! Laughing

  • 2 years ago

    gokumma

    be like water and just flow

  • 3 years ago

    Bodhidharma

    I don't want to knock my own martial art, sparck but there are things that I wish it can do better. If you are foot slow with fast hands and strong, I certainly want to be careful if I meet you in a dark alley. OK - why ?

    I used to do Karate before - and Karate place a lot of emphasis on hand techniques ( as does Kung Fu ). Their philosophy is based on a number of reasons :

    1) hand techniques are deadlier - because the hand is shaped differently from the foot, the range of damage the hand can deliver is greater than the foot.

    2) the hand is closer to most of the targets - hence faster. A punch to the head is delivered faster than the foot to the head owing to the distance. As for targets, the foot is only close to the opponent's foot - a hit there can be delivered fast but a foot injury doesn't really stop the opponent.

    3) the feet belongs more often to the ground - providing balance and stability - a good platform to launch hand techniques from. If you are a kicker, once you lose your balance, game over - your attacker can kick the crap out of you whilst you can't. Furthermore you are less mobile - your attacker can dance circles around you on his feet. One thing you will always notice with Karate - it is precisely because of this understanding, they always want to bring their man down on the ground - that's why there is a lot of sweeps, throws in traditional Karate. You seldom see the same with Taekwondo.

    Taekwondo players rely too much on their feet - I on the other hand, always mix it up with hand techniques. Some of TKD people say "Foul" but heck, my emphasis is self-defense, not sport. Grabbing sleeves, arms, takedowns are also frowned upon - but I don't really care - I see myself trying to bring TKD back to the centre.

    Sparck, yes - Taekwondo is glamorous and spectacular. It requires speed, flexibility and control but just because you think you don't have them, doesn't mean you don't have your own strengths. And what you think are your "weaknesses" may not necessarily be real ones. If you have more questions, feel free to shoot me a line.

  • 3 years ago

    sparck

    that video is amazing! makes me want to find a local instructor really. You and those in the video have an amazing level of skill and speed. I'm foot slow with fast hands and strong, so grappling, wrestling and boxing are more my speed. I wish I had the control and flexibility to do those things!

  • 3 years ago

    Bodhidharma

    Thanks sparck ! I think Tim was too stunned to press his advantage. Had the kick connected higher ( that is at the temple rather than the jaw ), he could have been knocked out. A high number of knockouts at Olympic levels are achieved by this kick. See http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y3-STuMbVE&feature=related

  • 3 years ago

    sparck

    that is really impressive, but can't he continue to come forward and attack the exposed body? I guess that might be me thinking in wrestling and brawling terms :D

  • 4 years ago

    Bodhidharma

    Thanks everyone....I do Oh Do Kwan Taekwondo and the patterns ( or hyungs in Korean, kata in Japanese ) are International Taekwondo Federation's
  • 4 years ago

    littleman

    Well done nice kick! But u should have kept your gaurd up better during it though. Tims choice of block is a bad one he should have either come in on u faster to cut out its effectivness if the kick or done the up-down block instead. but im sure u done it to fast for him to choose wisely in this case so well done on the kick and well done on achieving 2nd dan its quite an accomlishment....Cool

    P.S. What style of TKD is it that your doing?


  • 4 years ago

    Hammers

    excellant
  • 4 years ago

    Pof

    I didn't know it involved such tactics, that's impressive.
  • 4 years ago

    taxman224201

    nice form...i like how you explain every aspect of your technique and judgment...
  • 4 years ago

    OneShotKill

    great stuff uncle al
  • 4 years ago

    Rael

    Awesome!!!!!!
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