If you are a beginning TaeKwonDo Student and are starting to learn One Step Sparring then you have probably wondered what is the purpose of it. Having been studying TaeKwonDo for a few years now, …
What are The Benefits of Taekwondo For Adults?
The idea of starting TaeKwonDo as an adult is pretty straightforward: you sign up at a TaeKwonDo School, put on the uniform and go to class. But what about all the kicking, stretching and punching? …
Punches and Strikes in TaeKwondo: A Complete List
TaeKwondo is a martial art thought to be predominantly kicks, but quite a variety of hand strikes are taught. We’re going to list most of the punches taught in TaeKwondo and the mechanics of each …
What Are The Basic TaeKwonDo Stances?
In the art of TaeKwondo, there are numerous stances taught to the students. Each stance has a purpose that either provides different attacks, defenses, and builds the physical strength of students. What are TaeKwonDo Stances? …
How Much Do TaeKwonDo Classes Cost?
Let me just say from the outset that when I went to join my first TaeKwonDo school I had no idea how much it as going to cost and at that time, I could not …
TaeKwonDo Sparring Strategies and Advice
When you start off learning to spar in TaeKwonDo, you will more often then not be shown short 2 step combinations which are usually the foundations on which to build more complex 3 step and …
How Martial Arts Can Prevent Bullying
Bullying has become an epidemic as each month 282,000 students are physically assaulted in some way in secondary schools throughout the United States; and statistics suggest that revenge due to bullying, is the number one …
TaeKwonDo Terminology: Essential Words To Know
If you learning TaeKwondo from a Master who is from Korea and who perhaps learned Tawkwondo at a university such as Yong University, then you will probably be spoken to in class a mixture of …
TaeKwonDo Warm-Up and Stretching Exercises
One of the most important things you can do before training for your kicks or poomsae’s, regardless of your age, when practicing Taekwondo is to make sure you warm up and stretch properly whether you …
What Are TaeKwonDo Numbers 1 to 100 English to Korean
Lets face it, if your native language is English , learning even the most basic numbers in Korean is no easy task. At my Taekwondo School the master is Korean and is always changing between …