5 Most Dangerous Taekwondo Kicks

[FearlessFreep]

5 Most Dangerous Taekwondo Kicks
Let’s face it. Everyone loves martial arts. From Bruce Lee to Chuck Liddell, people go just about crazy for the chance to see a good fight.

Korea’s Taekwondo, known for its colorful and elaborate kicks, is one of the most recognized forms of martial arts today and below we will showcase 5 of the most exciting and dangerous kicks in the Taekwondo Martial Arts Master’s skill set.

http://english.tour2korea.com/content/taekwondo.html?kicks

 

[e ship yuk]

Yeah, just saw that on Digg. Pretty bad article, really. The front kick pictures look like ax kicks; one of the side kick pictures is a hook kick; and "flying kick" and "low kicks" (which apparently "are the most feared kicks as they normally results in a heel coming in contact with your crouch at a very high velocity") make the cut. Lame.

 

[FearlessFreep]

Yeah, just saw that on Digg

Same here That's where I got it..

 

[arnisador]

The article is awful. The KO highlights video clip is interesting!

 

[terryl965]

There front kick is differently a Ax kick, there jumping back kick is a back swing. Man who and what did this article it is lame and does not showcase what truely powerful kicks TKD has.

 

[zDom]

I agree with the above comment. Lousy article. There are SO many gifted writers who ALSO know about TKD — how did THAT guy get the job??

"From the Taekwondo Martial Arts Master’s skill set" ?? Shouldn't any chodan know and use these kicks?

Sigh.

 

[YoungMan]

Not that different from TKD Times getting some subpar black belt Instructor to illustrate the power and beauty of Tae Kwon Do kicking and making me wish I practiced something else.

 

[AceHBK]

I agree with everyone above..not good and pictures don't seem to match the kick I thought it was just me when I looked at it.

 

[Balrog]

I had to laugh when I read this:

Side Kicks require less flexibility to reach head height than any other standing kick.

 

[IcemanSK]

I had to laugh when I read this:

Now that is funny!

 

[Decker]

I wonder why so many of the knockouts in the video were from a back hook, with the kicker losing balance after kicking. Despite the definite victory, I'm sure that's not a good thing, right? The loss of balance I mean. And is a KO-worthy back hook really more powerful and easier to throw than a good roundhouse?

The second vid looks a lot like an XMA performance to me... He's good though.

 

[kaizasosei]

i saw an amazing kicker.. i pretty sure his name is midori. he is not taekwondo but in my opinion an excellent kicker. real kicks here. kyokushin karate

 

[Kacey]

I agree with the above comments about the pictured kicks - the "front" kick looks like a downward or axe kick, the "side" kick looks like a hook kick, especially the second one with the toes extended (which is highly unlikely to work as a knock-out kick), the "back" kick, especially the second picture, looks like a reverse [turning backward] hook kick; I can't say as much about the flying kicks because they don't identify which flying kick is being performed, but they are off the ground; as far as the "low" kick goes, if I were going to kick someone low who had a gun, I doubt I'd drop to the floor quite that much, but I certainly hope I'd do it a little faster (even realizing that the pictures are for demonstration, the middle one looks incredibly awkward).

I couldn't make myself watch the videos after the first few seconds; the repetition in the first one was too annoying.