Kicking and kicking and more kicking
- Thread starter Manny
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Ah! so sorry!!!! I thought you were referring to your Taekwondo Dojang as Dojo...
This reminds me of something that the president of the German Taekwondo Union, Dr. h.c. Park Soo-Nam said:
"You have two eyes and two ears, but only one mouth. So look (watch/read) twice and hear (listen) twice before you say something once." ;-)
Gwai Lo Dan
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Since I often travel for work, I looked for a club that either had weekend classes, or would let me pay as I go. I have now trained a couple times with the one club that lets me pay as I go, and it's a "kicking, kicking, and more kicking" type of club.
After warm ups, we do line kicking in the air, so many times in so many combinations, and I find my technique falls apart as I get out of breath from high kicks. Kids don't seem to get out of breath though, as they don't do the high kicks as instructed - they just stay mid-section.
I'm not sure if it is good to kick until technique falls apart. What do you guys think? On the one hand, I like focussing on technique. On the other hand, kicking over and over is good for conditioning.
On the plus side, it's not a Korean club so KKW BB testing is $250, rather than the $600 at the Korean clubs.
Since I like kicking, and it's the only club that's meets my schedule, I plan on going once per week, for fun, with no pressing need/desire to test beyond my current 1st geup belt.
After warm ups, we do line kicking in the air, so many times in so many combinations, and I find my technique falls apart as I get out of breath from high kicks. Kids don't seem to get out of breath though, as they don't do the high kicks as instructed - they just stay mid-section.
I'm not sure if it is good to kick until technique falls apart. What do you guys think? On the one hand, I like focussing on technique. On the other hand, kicking over and over is good for conditioning.
On the plus side, it's not a Korean club so KKW BB testing is $250, rather than the $600 at the Korean clubs.
Since I like kicking, and it's the only club that's meets my schedule, I plan on going once per week, for fun, with no pressing need/desire to test beyond my current 1st geup belt.
