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May 14 |
reviewed | Excellent Impact of being smaller(shorter arms) and how to overcome this |
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May 14 |
reviewed | Satisfactory Are there any benefits to Sitting Seiza? |
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May 14 |
reviewed | Excellent Training while exhausted |
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May 14 |
reviewed | Excellent What can i practice to remove tension from my movements |
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May 14 |
reviewed | Excellent Mawashi Gheri Vs Dollyo Chagi |
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May 14 |
reviewed | Excellent Measuring the foot when buying Tabi (and giving the size using the japanese convention) |
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May 14 |
reviewed | Satisfactory What is Fa-jin? |
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May 7 |
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Designs for a Board Breaker / Board Holder? I have one of these - absolutely love it. The only complaint is that it isn't as great for snap front kicks because of the need to angle the board downward. |
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Apr 28 |
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Which disciplines involve smacking away opponents' strikes? Most blocks, when executed correctly, are effectively parries (there are exceptions like high blocks and cover ups [cant remember what this is technically called in boxing]). To the author's point, in most cases, intercepting a strike head on is a recipe for hurt (which is why they are generally taught as part of a sweeping motion). |
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Apr 26 |
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Which disciplines involve smacking away opponents' strikes? Are we essentially talking about parries? Pretty sure nearly every striking martial art has the concept of a parry. Bruce Lee just made it look easy (cinema choreography helps there ;) ). |
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Apr 18 |
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Choosing a Target When Cornered by Multiple Attackers Position-based defense is what we teach as well - the advantage of it is that if you are able to dictate position (which is a bit easier against aggressors who want to press forward), you can essentially use the attackers themselves as shields (which tends to create confusion and frustration for the attackers). Easier said than done (which is why we practice it and actually test it as part of senior-level belt testings), but immensely useful in giving yourself a chance to escape. |
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Apr 18 |
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What are the key changes when moving from TKD-based point-break to continuous sparring? Just to clarify for those who might not make the connection: Olympic TKD is what is also referred to as WTF Taekwondo (which has different rules from most ITF-based organizations; for example, most ITF-based styles live off the front leg round kick and base strategies off of both closed and open sparring stances). Love the perspective from this answer, just wanted to clarify for others (since I mentioned ITF in the question)! |
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Mar 22 |
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Mawashi Gheri Vs Dollyo Chagi I think this answer is great, but I would like to throw out that from the Taekwondo perspective, traditional styles use both the instep and the ball of the foot for striking - different techniques for different activities (flat foot for training/sparring with partners, ball of foot for breaking things and opponents). |
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Mar 20 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Mar 5 |
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How do I determine which pieces of wood I can safely attempt to break with my fist? There's a lot of truth to @slugster's comment... |
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Mar 5 |
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How do I determine which pieces of wood I can safely attempt to break with my fist? Few typos corrected and some extra explanation added. |
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Mar 5 |
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How do I determine which pieces of wood I can safely attempt to break with my fist? Hrmmm...did not set out to write a mini-dissertation... |
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Mar 5 |
answered | How do I determine which pieces of wood I can safely attempt to break with my fist? |
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Feb 19 |
awarded | Promoter |
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Feb 10 |
asked | Is there any information on pre-19th century Irish weapons-based martial arts? |
