How To TaeKwonDo

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Welcome to How to TaeKwonDo

Welcome to How to TaeKwonDo,

My name is Tad Albano, and I have been the Wednesday TKD Teacher for your child. I have sent them with information, so that they can understand a bit better about how I conduct class.

This is my way of keeping you informed on what we are currently working on in TaeKwonDo, and is a for you to keep your child's interest and learning curve at the peak edge in this amazing art.

Please use these resources and stay in touch with me as I can better instruct your child that way. I typically work in soccer via my club, Athens Soccer Academy, and this spring you may get an invitation to add to your child's athletic engagement. ASA is currently training and competing indoor teams at the Under 6, Under 8, Under 10, Under 12, Under 14, and High School Girls levels.

1st let me introduce you to the How to TKD Blog
--Here is the link to the TKD Blog--http://howtotaekwondo.blogspot.com/

Next you should be aware and maybe subscribe to
--Here is the YouTube Channel for How To TaeKwonDo--http://goo.gl/wBIu8r

Twitter@How2Tkd Twitter handle

Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/pages/How-To-Taekwondo/1533492406917596

There are two videos on YouTube to watch

One Step Defense Sparring
http://youtu.be/Wie6CIwF1oE

Open Sparring

http://youtu.be/Wie6CIwF1oE

And finally here is the Quarterly Checklist. I would like for everyone to be familiar with these terms and techniques BEFORE the belt test, we are spending class time reviewing these currently, so the sooner your child has the counting, greetings, tenets, and commands down, we can proceed learning the power generating secrets for each of these techniques.

TaeKwonDo is about--in one sense--delivering focused power to a specific point in space. As the student matures technically and physically; so, too, ought the student begin to expand their persona and psychological power. The spiritual dimension is not something that comes just about. Like anything we must work to attain this greatest gift in the Martial Arts.

Tad Albano--http://about.me/tadalbano

Athens TaeKwonDo Academy

Athens Soccer Academy

Basic Belt Testing Knowledge

Numbers 1-hanna 2-dul 3-set 4-net 5-dasot 6-yasot 7-ilgub 8-yodul 9-ahob 10-yol

Class Commands cha-ryot attention kyong-ye bow joonbi ready si-jak begin dorra about face barro return to ready gu-mahn stop

Stances Sogi
1 Attention
2 Ready
3 Front
4 Fighting
5 Horseback Riding
6 Walking

Blocks Maggi//Marki
Down
Up
Inside
Outside

Kicks Cha-gi
1 Ahp Front
2 Yop Side
3 Dolryo Roundhouse
4 Dwi Reverse
5 Bandul Crescent

Five Tenets of Tae Kwon Do
Courtesy Integrity Perseverance Self Control Indomitable Spirit

Meaning of Tae Kwon Do
Tae Foot
Kwon Fist
Do (moral culture or way of life)

Ki-hop

Conversational Korean
Goodbye stays ahn-nyonhi gesipsiyo
Goodbye leaves ahn-nyonhi gasipsiyo
Greeting ahn-nyong hasimnika
Gamsa Hamnida Thank you (for teaching us)
Chonmaneyo You are Welcome

http://about.me/tadalbano

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Traditional One Step Spar Open Sparring

Traditional One Step Sparring--

Sunday, January 11, 2015

Belt Testing Basics

Basic Belt Testing Knowledge

Stances Sogi
1 Attention

2 Ready
3 Front
4 Fighting
5 Horseback Riding
6 Walking

Blocks Maggi//Marki
http://howtotaekwondo.blogspot.com/2014/08/how-to-make-fist.html
Down
Up
Inside
Outside

Kicks Cha-gi--It is very important to remember the Principle of the Ball and Chain. Pivoting early on the support foot, provides momentum and proper joint alignment...Every kick has the circularity concept built in.

1 Ahp Front--Pivot on support foot to open up hips
2 Yop Side
3 Dolryo Roundhouse
4 Dwi Reverse
5 Bandul Crescent

Five Tenets of TaeKwonDo
Courtesy--An example is in the Salutations we use when coming and going.
Integrity--
Perseverance--
Self Control--
Indomitable Spirit--An example is in the 10 punches to 1 punch metaphor: imagine you realize your opponent will defeat you, and strike you many times in the match. Indomitable Spirit will lead you to seek out as many opportunities to counter your opponent, and land your strikes. So defending against 10 blows and not seeking the opportunity for even one counter attack against your opponent implies a passivity of spirit.

Meaning of TaeKwonDo
Tae Foot
Kwon Fist
Do (moral culture or way of life)

Korean Kimchi

Ki-hop
Externalization of Internal Energy--Internal energy/awareness can be translated into the physical, or "external" world. You are the fish in the Cup, and the boundaries of the Cup are your limits of your present energy and power. Martial Training concentrates and focuses your power, and teaches you the various dimensions through which you can access your power. Martial Training agitates the Cup, so much that the Cup tips over, and you spill out into a puddle.

The puddle has increased your field of awareness, and you can now access new limits of power to which before you did not understand. Further training is like a raindance, and the deluge which eventually flows, floods the puddle, and moves you now into a dynamic, interactive, and flowing stream. Your boundaries from the Cup, and the puddle, slowly become dim memories, as you can
now understand your progress with perspective.

Conversational Korean
Salutations
Ahn-nyong hasimnika Hello, How are you?
Ahn-nyonhi gasipsiyo: Goodbye said by the person who leaves
Ahn-nyonhi gesipsiyo: Goodbye said by the person who stays

End of Class
Gamsahabnida Thank you (for teaching us)
Chonmaneyo You are Welcome

Korean Bulgogi--불고기

Links
http://howtotaekwondo.blogspot.com/

http://youtu.be/A8AOm79BeLY

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeRuQD0FDIR5H-v4aNRSOvqUn7R7OYmVE

Monday, August 18, 2014

Whitest Belt: Core Concepts

Some learning starts with forgetting, and here we have some examples...

FIST

The Fist is a composition; a tool which you must learn to construct before you use it. Below is a tutorial on the construction of the fist.

...and here is a quick demonstration on how we use the fist.

Tae, the foot, Kwon, the fist, are mere appendages until properly composed into the striking tools and delivered with the full import of the entire body. As the Spirit is trained it, too, will become an aspect of generating power.

Training the Spirit begins with the realization the simple cotton before you has much deeper significance than typically granted any material garment.

DOBOK

The Dobok--the TKD Uniform-- is white when we start learning the art, like the belt. The material is stiff, and it will have the original creases from the packaging. Over time the dobok becomes more and and more pliable as it shapes to the individual's bodily dimensions.

Learning to care for the Dobok, teaches the student to revere the simplest things because of their value to the mind, body, and spirit. The Dobok, the simplest white cotton, transforms as it is "inhabited" by the student, and takes on a spiritual dimension.

The Dobok is not worn to and from the Dojang--the TKD training hall--because the mental aspects of training kick in as we dress to train. The mind is released from the perfunctory sphere. Every articulation must be composed along the path to perfection. No motion is wasted. No activity is simply on the physical dimension.

The mind and the body begin to synchronize in the practice of the art, and taking care of the dobok is a prime example.

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How To Tae Kwon Do YouTube Channel

http://goo.gl/wBIu8r

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http://goo.gl/9BG9Er

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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

How to make a Fist

In How to Make a Fist, we look at hand mechanics in making and delivering a compact and focused fist.

How to TaeKwonDo--http://goo.gl/wBIu8r is a Youtube channel specializing in training in the arts.

Thursday, February 28, 2013

How To TaeKwonDo: Footwork 1A YouTube Video

http://youtu.be/OJW2jrBTN8I

http://youtu.be/3vPD11GFn6c

In How To TaeKwonDo: Footwork 1A we see some basic exercises to improve speed and footwork. The jump rope is used in a few different speeds and styles and some footwork changes are covered.

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