June 1, 2008 Wyoming Black Belt Class
at Master Martin's
Wyoming State Director Mr. Robin
Johnson, VI Dan from Sheridan was Black Belt Instructor for June.
The lesson for the day was a practical study of the Training Secrets
of Taekwon-Do.
1. To Study
the Theory of Power Thoroughly.
The Theory of Power consists of 6 parts:
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Reaction Force-
Two kinds: 1) from the opponent (large object) coming into your
attack (small tool) either to land a devastating blow or to simply
redirect, or to use your attacker's momentum and a minimum of you
own power to throw the opponent off balance.
2) your own, created when a punch with one fist is aided by pulling
back the other fist to the hip. Hear the fist hit the hip.
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Concentration -
Can mean mental or physical. Mentally, simply give your attention
to the task at hand. Physically, more pertinent to the Theory of
Power, mobilize every muscle of the body into the tool, and apply
the technique to the smallest target area. Focus at impact.
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Equilibrium
- Balance is crucial. It's important to keep your weight low in
your body to maintain balance. There is dynamic and static stability
- we must work on both. Maintain good posture. Keep the pelvis in
a neutral position. Imagine your pelvis as a bucket of water, and
don't allow it to spill in any direction. To control rebound, the
heel of the rear foot must be on the ground at the moment of impact.
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Breath Control
- Must come from the lower abdomen. Breathe in as you draw yourself
to center. The breath should be exhaled throughout the
delivery of a techinque, with a slight burst at the moment of impact.
It may be a more quiet exhalation than what we are accustomed to.
The burst should expend nearly all the air in your lungs, from the
bottom up.
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Speed
- Acceleration: This must be done smoothly and without hesitation.
We are often prone to a pause about halfway through the delivery
of a technique. Start slow, and continue the acceleration to the
point of impact.
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Mass
- Our mass doesn't change (much). However we can utilize mass
more effectively by executing sine wave, and using hip twist
to deliver the most power into the smallest tool.
2) To Understand
the Purpose and Meaning of Each Movement Clearly.
When learning how to execute a technique, knowing these gives a reason
for the movement, how to move, and an understanding
of why it is executed in a particular manner. This is what
allows us to execute a technique with realism.
3) To Bring
the Movement of Eyes, Hands, Feet, and Breath into a Single, Coordinated
Action.
4) To Choose
the Appropriate Attacking Tool for Each Vital Spot.
In Taekwon-Do this is decided on a scientific basis, according to
the structure of the human body.
The proper tool to vital spot achieves the desired result with a minimum
of expended energy.
The tool when blocking should intersect the attack at an angle to
create the most advantage, generally at a right angle. When attacking
the tool should be delivered at a right angle so the power does not
deflect.
The size and shape of the tool is selected to contact the vital spot
effectively.
5) To Become
Familiar With the Correct Angle and Distance for Attack and Defense.
Step Sparring - Position yourself in a proper stance with striking
or blocking tool appropriate to a vital spot.
6) Keep
Both the Arms and Legs Bent Slightly While the Movement is in Motion.
Allows the body to relax and move fluidly.
Gives the leg greater flexibility to use momentum and speed.
Aids in dynamic stability.
Encourages one to pivot on the ball of the foot.
7) All
Movements Must Begin With a Backward Motion With Very Few Exceptions.
However once the movement has begun it should not be stopped or slowed,
then restarted before reaching the target. Begin slowly and accelerate
smoothly through the technique.
8) To Create
a Sine Wave During the Movement by Utilizing the Knee Spring Properly.
Sine wave must have motion along with up and down.
Sine wave increases mass and speed.
Helps maintain rhythm in patterns.
We
did several drills to work on these ideas:
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Bring the hands up towards
the shoulders, then turn the palms down and press past the hips
and down, pressing and keeping the weight low in your body...all
movements begin in the lower abdomen, which is the center of the
body.
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Dynamic stretching against
the wall - We gain from both dynamic and static stretching, and
while they are both necessary parts of our training, Taekwon-Do
primarily requires dynamic flexibility. These stretches can mimic
Taekwon-Do techniques.
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Walking stick drill - this
drill works on several points...stability, maintaining good posture,
focusing on the lower abdomen, sine wave, balance, stepping smoothly
into a stance, maintaining consistent stances, moving with your
partner, i.e. reading and reacting to your parter's (opponent's)
movements.
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More partner drills:
1) Attacker steps in, defender sidesteps, blocking the attack and
throwing the attacker off balance, using the attacker's momentum
against him - reaction force.
2) Backfist to the opponent's open hand - shorten the technique,
working on speed, relaxing/tensing the correct muscles, execute
at 90% so that antagonist muscles are not working against protagonist
muscles.
3) Knife hand guarding blocks to the inside as well as the outside,
also the same blocking drill with the double forearm and the double
arc hand - works on understanding the purpose and meaning of each
movement; make sure you set the attack to correspond to the desired
level of the block you want to practice. This drill can be used
to work on almost all of the Training Secrets of Taekwon-Do.
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Patterns while concentrating
on one or another specific idea such as hip twist, or drawing back
to the center of the body after each movement, then moving from
the center of the body outward to execute the next one, or accelerating
smoothly throughout each technique.
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We even had a little bit of
time for the tennis ball drill - front, side, turning, 180 back
kicks! What a fun way to work on timing, coordination, focusing
on a small target, hitting the moving target. Hand techniques work
well with the tennis balls too.
There was some discussion of the
World Camp dates backing up directly to the Wyoming Color Belt Test,
so the date of the testing was moved back to July 26.
* Master Martin invited all those
training to stay for lunch, and he provided sandwiches, chips and
drinks for everyone! It was great to stay and visit and catch up with
folks from all over the state. That was a real treat - THANK YOU Master
Martin!
Upcoming
dates to remember:
Next Black Belt class will be July 26, after the Color Belt Testing.
Sereff World camp July 13-18.
Wyoming Color Belt test Sheridan July 26.
Referee Course @ HQ August 23.
Wyoming Invitational Sept 20. Demos welcome.
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