The best block

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Here’s a quick tip going towards the end of the training week – the best block for your sparring and self-defence.

 

That’s right – get out of the way!. Moving sideways to take you out of the way of attacks is a crucial skill in your sparring and self-defence, and opens up windows for you to counter strike most effectively. A good exercise is to practice moving your rear foot towards your back while blocking inwards with a front, palm or reverse low block and pivoting on the ball of your front foot. This will redirect your attack and put you in an excellent position to counter attack. Moving backwards can also be highly effective as it allows you to exploit an opening created by a missed strike.

Keep training hard and think about where you move when you spar!

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Grading August 2014

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Congratulations to all Melbourne students who graded last Sunday 31 August. All students demonstrated an extremely high standard in their training and there was an excellent turnout.

Make sure to attend training this week to receive your grading results and take your training to the next level. Remember that nothing can stop you achieving your goals except yourself!

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Front Snap Kick

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The front snap kick will be one of the very first techniques you learn in Tae Kwon-Do and will be one you practice and improve constantly throughout your training. It is delivered with the ball of the foot, pushing explosively into a target. The correct position is with the foot pointed and the toes pulled back so that the ball of the foot contacts the target. In this way, all of the force is concentrated into a smaller area.

On your front snap kick, make sure that you pull your knee up in front so that you can explode outwards and push directly into a target. A common mistake, especially when first learning this technique, is to kick in such a way that your foot travels out and up in an arc, rather than directly into a target – most of the force is going upwards, rather than into the target. Trying this out a couple of times on a kicking bag will quickly show you why kicking upwards has less of an effect than kicking in – you will glance off the bag instead of delivering a strong kick.

Having a strong and fast front snap kick is incredibly useful both in and out of the gym. It can be used in a self defence situation if somebody is approaching you – drop away, then kick hard towards the solar plexus, ribs, knee or groin. In the gym, it will be one of your most frequently used techniques in sparring.

To improve your kick, do plenty of squats to improve your leg strength and practice pointing your foot so that you strike with the ball of the foot.

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