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The Fastest, Hardest Kick In All Of Tae Kwon Do

I learned this type of kick some forty years ago in the Kang Duk Won Korean Karate. This was the forerunner of Tae Kwon Do, and the unfortunate truth is that these kicks aren't practiced anymore. Why, I don't know, because this type of kick is the hardest kick, the fastest kick I know.

I call this move, no matter what type of martial art you do it with, the pop kick. Whether you do a wheel, a side, or a snap, the basic principle doesn't change. You replace the left foot with the right foot, and place the right foot on the target...this all has to happen simultaneously.

By same time I mean that the left foot and the right foot begin motion at the same time, and the right foot hits the ground at the same time the left foot hits the target. By doing it in this fashion the whole body comes together at the same time, then the whole body explodes at the same time. This causes a very pure energy pop in the tan tien, which is a point a couple of inches below the navel, which generates energy for the whole body.

In addition to the purity of explosion you will feel in the tan tien, which will tend to concentrate energy in the kick, you will experience a sudden weight on the support leg at the same moment you experience weight in the kicking leg. This sudden weight tends to make the explosion of energy even more pure and violent, and yet tends to control it precisely. This will supercharge your technique. If you are executing this move with a snap kick, make sure you get the knee high up so that the foot comes in straight, and doesn't slide up the body of the target.

If you are doing a side kick, make sure you commit the hips so that the weight really goes into the target. If you are doing a wheel kick, make sure you get the hips up high enough so that the kick arcs in horizontally.

The fourth technique would be a spinning motion to the rear, and is done with a side kick. You would practice all four kicks against a wall, learning how to lift up at the same time, and place the feet on the ground and the wall at the same time. You don't have to hit hard on a wall, save that for a bag, control is a great thing to have that will actually give you more power in the end.

We used to have all kinds of entry moves to make these kicks work. We would angle our stance as we slapped the attacker's hands, and the we would do it subtle, and then be in the kick before the target knew what we were doing. As we invested time and sweat the explosion would get more pure and more full of energy.

Make sure you practice this kick in a variety of stances, and you will have a much larger bag of martial arts weapons. This is a great technique to practice, and it is the result of karate power and TKD kicks. Korean martial arts or Japanese martial arts, this is the hardest kick, and the fastest kick, and perhaps the most effective leg technique I know.

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How do you tie a single wrap TKD belt?

I just started using a belt at my new taekwondoe club and I'm not sure how to do it up. I have only a single wrap belt and all the things I can find on the internet make no sense or is for double wrap belts.

Thank you in advance...

I've never worn a single wrap belt, but I believe you tie it the same way as a traditional double wrap.

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