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Kick (Chagi) All kicks can be executed as jump kicks, spin kicks, jump spin kicks or multi-rotational spin kicks. Also, all can be performed by the front or rear leg in a given stance. Some of the best-known Taekwondo kicks include: Front Kick (앞 차기 ap chagi): This is a very linear kick.
A jumping reverse hook kick. See also: List of Taekwondo techniques. Taekwondo is characterized by its emphasis on head-height kicks, jumping and spinning kicks, and fast kicking techniques. In fact, WT sparring competitions award additional points for strikes that incorporate spinning kicks, kicks to the head, or both.
Also known as: Charyot Seogi [1] In this stance, the arms and legs are straight and touching each other, with toes pointing forward. The arms are straight and held stiffly at one's side. In ITF style Taekwondo, the feet are put at a 45-degree angle as opposed to straight in WTF style. This is the stance that all bows come from.
A roundhouse kick (also known as round kick or turning kick) is a kick in which the practitioner lifts the knee while turning the supporting foot and body in a semicircular motion, extending the leg striking with the lower part of the shin and/or the instep (top of the foot). The ball of the foot can also be used to strike the target and is ...
International Taekwon-Do Federation. International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) is an international taekwondo organization founded on March 22, 1966, by Choi Hong Hi (Korean: 최홍희) in Seoul, South Korea. [1] The ITF was founded to promote and encourage the growth of the Korean martial art of taekwon-do. [2][3][4]
Tang Soo Do. Tang Soo Do (Hangeul: 당수도, Hanja: 唐手道 pronounced [taŋ.su.do]) is a Korean martial art based on karate and can include fighting principles from taekkyeon, subak, [f] as well as northern Chinese martial arts. [8][9] From its beginnings in 1944 to today, Tang Soo Do is used by some Kwans to identify the traditional Korean ...
Butterfly kick. An amateur video of a basic butterfly kick. A butterfly kick or horse kick (Chinese: 旋子; pinyin: xuànzi; lit. 'circle') is a jumping kick in martial arts such as modern wushu, taekwondo and capoeira. In certain changquan styles, this kick is known as Swallow Kick (Yianzi tui). [1][2][3]
Taegeuk Ee Jang (also romanized Taegeuk Yi Jang or Taegeuk I Jang) is the second of eight taekwondo forms practiced by the Kukkiwon and the World Taekwondo Federation. A form, or poomsae (also romanized as pumsae or poomse ), is a choreographed pattern of defense-and-attack motions. Taegeuk Ee Jang is considered a beginner form, often (but not ...