Kicking High without warning

[HighKicker]

Hey I'm in TKD and im going to a tournament in a month... i need to train my kicks so i can kick high fast and without making it look obvious ne exercises or advice would b cool thank ppl. This is for sparring by the way

[BadgerFu57]

Hey I'm in TKD and im going to a tournament in a month... i need to train my kicks so i can kick high fast and without making it look obvious ne exercises or advice would b cool thank ppl. This is for sparring by the way

Most people around here don't take kindly to TKD, but all I could say is get flexible and learn combos to catch people offguard. Do you do ITF or WTF and how long have you been doing it? If your instructor can't teach you his style, then go get a new one.... no matter how cool your instructor is, your paying him to teach you to fight or win tournaments or whatever. But anyway, how long have you been in this system?

[Tom Yum]

How about practicing more kicks.

[TylerDurden]

The key is setting the kick up. Kick low to start out, watch for your opponents hands to drop. If they do, fake a low kick then go high. Let your opponent think he has you figured out right kick low three or four times. Watch for the hand block and blast him in the head. Simple.

[HighKicker]

Ive been in it for almost 6 yrs. I am good at sparring i just dont get alot of headshots and i want too im already flexible i guess i just dont no how to time it right?

[HighKicker]

oh yeah by the way its WTF... i dont think theres alot of ITF schools in the states

[seany85]

whats the difference between WTF and ITF?

[HighKicker]

WTF- World taekwondo federation mostly found in the states and its in the olympic games
ITF- International taekwondo federation.. not alot in the states but found almost everywhere else founded by General Choi hi Hong i think? (correct me if im rong)

[Nick]

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One, use feints to redirect your opponents attention and slow their reaction time. Two, kick over and over again.

Later...

[kicker2000]

WTF- World taekwondo federation mostly found in the states and its in the olympic games
ITF- International taekwondo federation.. not alot in the states but found almost everywhere else founded by General Choi hi Hong i think? (correct me if im rong)

Your right. My masters grandfather founded ITF. I havnt been doing TKD nearly as long as you but Ive found it afective to fake a back kick and hit them with a hook kick.

[bugei]

I've been sparring for a while and I use high kicks alot. I have found that the key is speed (duh). A good way to increase speed is plyometric exercises and a lot of concentration kicks. ( I don't know what you call them, but i mean kicks where you perform them slowly and then hold them for a while.) They make your legs stronger. And as somebody mentioned in this topic, setting up your kicks is the only way you'll ever really score with high kicks.

[sirmattu]

Hey I'm in TKD and im going to a tournament in a month... i need to train my kicks so i can kick high fast and without making it look obvious ne exercises or advice would b cool thank ppl. This is for sparring by the way

i do tkd myself and never have trouble in too many tournaments, if you want to work on your kicks so that they won't be so ovious make sure that your body (shoulders and the knee of the leg your not kicking with ) does'nt dip down when you kick so that your inverted T looks the same as if you were just standing there as when you are throwing a kick to the head. Also here's is just a tip for you that i use a lot in tournaments. when you first start off and go into your fighting stance go into the stance that you are worst, most fighters figure that where you start off is your good side ( ex. if you are right handed start off left handed and switch your feet a lot, not ony does this confuse the opponinte what your good side is but most people look down at your feet when you change feet which leaves them open for a head kick.)

have a nice day

[wardancer]

Hey I'm in TKD and im going to a tournament in a month... i need to train my kicks so i can kick high fast and without making it look obvious ne exercises or advice would b cool thank ppl. This is for sparring by the way

This is a MMA an BJJ forum.
Why don't you try the TKD/Korean Forum?
You will get lot of advises!

[kuk sool won]

Feints are always a good way to make an opening, use plenty of kicks to the body at first, if your opponent gets into a rythem of blocking kicks that are relatively low then a high kick will catch him off guard and you should connect

[foofies]

Ive been in it for almost 6 yrs. I am good at sparring i just dont get alot of headshots and i want too im already flexible i guess i just dont no how to time it right?

Cant kick high, kick great low