Everyone has ever seen taekwondo wrestling. With a kick in this same style, you can put an entire armed army on the shoulder blades ... judging by the plots of spectacular films. Well, no one could ever put an entire army with one foot on their shoulder blades, but really good damage can be done. You just need to know what, in fact, you need to do with this very foot. And for this you need to read this article to the very end.
A Few Words From Taekwondo History
Taekwondo is one of many martial arts. Taekwondo is one of the most popular fighting styles, today more than forty million inhabitants of the planet are already familiar with it.
From the very beginning, taekwondo was developed as a form of self-defense for the army. The founder of this type of martial art is General Choi Hong Hee.
Who is Choi Hong Hee?
The founder of a new kind of Korean martial art is himself a karate master himself.
Choi Hong Hee was born on November 9, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen. He, while still very young, studied Setokan-karate-do. After long and hard work he received a black belt. A little later he was a member of the national liberation movement of Korean students, which is why he spent several years in a Japanese prison. Choi Hong Hee was released only after the surrender of Japan.
In one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, Choi Hong-hee became a karate instructor in the new Korean army. During the training of karate soldiers, Choi Hong-hee constantly improved certain techniques. Thus, it came to the point that he developed a new type of martial art - taekwondo.
Taekwondo Kicks
The most effective in this type of struggle are kicks. Nevertheless, kicking in Taekwondo is very difficult and dangerous for the one who inflicts them. The reason for this is the transfer of the entire body mass in the process to the supporting leg, due to which the position of the attacker becomes less stable. The names of kicking in Taekwondo are very diverse, incomprehensible and at first glance do not carry any meaning. This is because they sound in Korean. If you use the translation, then everything will immediately become clear. Now let's move on to the types of kicks in taekwondo and analyze each of them in more detail.
Source rack
All kicks in taewondo are from the same rack. It is called Ap Sogi. Hands are in front of you, slightly bent at the elbows. One leg in front and the other slightly behind the torso. Impacts should always start with the right foot. In order to change legs, just make a small jump in place and, being in this movement, change the location of your legs.
Kick Up Chaga
This is a straight kick in taekwondo. Before you strike, you must accept the original stance. After that, the right knee rises forward, and the whole leg straightens up. The blow should be performed at the level of your head, which is pretty high. At the “end” point of impact of Ap Chaga, the leg should be fixed. Similarly, this blow can be applied with the left foot.
Kick Tole Chaga
In Taekwondo, this is called a kick from a U-turn. Start from the starting position of Ap Sogi. Now your knee rises in front of you, after which it turns so that the leg is perpendicular to the floor line (or almost perpendicular). During a U-turn, it is imperative to deploy the toe of the support leg, which you are standing on the floor. Without this, you will not be able to deploy your body, and this is also very important. After the turn is completed, a blow is applied with the legs straightened forward. Now that the strike is deemed to have been completed, you must return to the starting position. And for this it is necessary to turn the body body again, turning around on the toe of the supporting leg.
Kick Nere Chaga
This is another straight leg kick. While in the original stance of Ap Sogi, lift your straight leg up, and lower it after striking. At that moment, when the leg rises up, its toe should be pulled on you, and vice versa, when your it drops, its toe should stretch down towards the floor. Raise your leg to the level of your head. In this case, the housing must be kept level. When you lower your leg down, move the body back a little.
Kick Ildan Ap Chaga
This strike is performed in much the same way as the first strike called Ap Chagi. But in this case, we first raise the right leg with the knee up, and after that, bouncing on the other, left foot, we strike it with the Ap Chaga at that moment when the body is still in a jump.
Kick Nere Chaga
Kicking the Nere Chagi is a double kick of the Tole Chagi in the air with two legs. That is, first a right kick is applied to the Tole Chaga with the right foot. After this, a jump is made, and the attacking leg changes in the air. Also, in the air with the left foot is repeated the hit of Tole Chaga.
Kick Chag Kick
This is a Taekwondo kick from the U-turn. To begin with, as usual, we take the initial stance of Ap Sogi. Now our right leg is at the back. Raise the beating leg forward in front of us and press the foot of the attacking foot to the supporting knee. After that, we direct the heel of the beating foot forward towards the opponent. The foot should be parallel to the floor. All fingers should be pulled over themselves (especially the thumb). From this position, you must make a pushing move forward on the opponent. After striking, you need to return to the starting position.
In this article, we have provided for you only some of the total number of kicks in taekwondo. Now you know more and can even practice your taekwondo fighting skills, if you had any before. Good luck and a pleasant continuation of the study of the technique of this type of martial art!