Short Sparring Reminders 1.1

by Adib

"Whenever we spar lightly with our friends, what is the MAIN thing we are aiming for?

When fighting in the streets, fighters would aim for Speed and Powerful moves to kill each other. But what about light sparring matches?

What do we aim for? What SHOULD we aim for?

The answer is simple. We aim for TECHNIQUE. "

About Taekwon-do (Malay)

by Syamel (Instructor)

"Saya semenjak kecil lagi pada mulanya saya memang tidak berminat langsung pada taekwon-do. Tetapi bila saya menceburi sukan ini baru saya faham dan tahu yang taekwon-do ini bukanlah satu sukan yang extreme tetapi ia untuk mendisiplinkan diri. Sukan taekwon-do ini bukanlah seperti yang disangkakan ganas tetapi ia mendidik kita supaya menjadi seorang yang berdisiplin. Dan berkeyakinan tinggi."

English translation,
"Ever since I was small I was never interested in Taekwon-do. But when I took part in this sport I understood and knew that Taekwon-do is not a sport that is extreme but it helps in disciplining oneself. Taekwon-do sports is not a violent art like what many people think but it teaches us how to be disciplined and confident."

Short Sparring Reminders (1.0)

by Adib (assistant instructor)

"I've been training with EMAN taekwon-do club for a few years up until now. I have a degree n black belt. But although Syamel and Syukur say that I have been improving my sparring skills as time passes, there are still some things that I forget to improve on, that is to improve your weakness. This may be a small thing Taekwon-do trainers forget to work on"

Excel Martial arts Network,
Taekwon-do,
Sri Gombak,
Malaysia.

About Taekwondo sparring 1.0

Taekwondo sparring

Extracted from http://tkdtutor.com

As previously stated, Taekwondo is a martial art, a self-defense system, and a competitive sport. To test their Taekwondo skills in a realistic context, Taekwondo students spar. Sparring is one-on-one combat between two Taekwondo students using controlled techniques. Students test the offensive and defensive techniques they have learned through hyung and class practice against an actual opponent in controlled circumstances.

The "founder" of one of the "realistic" martial arts states that he has "No idea what those martial arts instructors are trying to accomplish." In his opinion, when you see sparring in a martial arts school, one of three things is happening:

• The instructor did not prepare a lesson and is just killing time.

• The instructor does not like his students.

• The instructor does not realize that he is not teaching street self-defense.

In his opinion, any self-defense style in which you may spar is just a game and is ineffective. Of course, his style is effective and cannot be used in competition. He is right about one thing, he has no idea of what sparring is trying to accomplish.

During sparring, students demonstrate their ability to effectively defend themselves using Taekwondo techniques. They must demonstrate effective, well-defined, and controlled punches and kicks, in a manner that demonstrates an understanding of Taekwondo principles. The techniques should be executed in a manner that, even if blocked, they display power and a understanding of strategy and placement. Technically perfect techniques that lack power and placement are useless. Sparring should been as realistic as possible without causing injury to the opponent.

Extracted from http://tkdtutor.com

Stretching Tips 1.0

What benefits can be reaped through stretching?

www.trickstutorials.com

Here's your quick list again:

Well, obviously increased flexibility would be one. Haha!

Relaxing stretches can help speed recovery post training. Now, I'm not saying it will prevent soreness! It has nothing to do with that. But, after training your muscle lengths can be shortened through strenuous contractions. It can take several hours for your muscles to return to their pre-training length. Doing a series of relaxive stretches post training can return them to their pre-training lengths much sooner, reducing the occurrence of chemical and metabolic damages: Hence, facilitating recovery.

Stretching is essential as a preventative measure of injury relapse. Just as your muscles are shortened after a training session or after recovering from soreness, your flexibility is even more adversely affected after an injury is resolved. Because an injury, such as a strain, heals at a shorter length after recovery - it is more susceptible to relapse. Regaining lost flexibility through stretching is crucial for preventing future occurrences.

Stretching is an effective warmup for tricking or any other type of training. Oh, and I'm not talking about static stretching. Static stretching has no place in a warmup, we'll talk about that later if you plan to read ahead in the later sections of the flexibility tutorials. But, dynamic stretches are a great way to prepare your body for more dynamic actions such as... Tricks! (Wow, amazing! Dynamic stretches for dynamic actions! Who woulda' thunk it?)

(Extracted from www.trickstutorials.com)