You may have felt or have heard your child say, “this is too EASY”. Let’s relate this statement to a
round-kick for a second. Imagine you are in your second week of training in
martial arts and the instructor demonstrates and breaks down a round-kick.
After a few attempts at executing this technique you determine that you’ve GOT
IT and it’s EASY. You’ve been given the challenge of performing a round-kick
and you have completed it. So you want to move on… what else you got… this
taekwondo stuff is EASY, Or is it? Sure if taekwondo was all about show me this
and show me that we would all be “black belts” correct? But showing me a technique
standing still does not show me you truly KNOW
anything! Imagine if you went to school and the teacher wrote down a
math problem on the board with the answer and said, “Ok students, copy this
down on your paper and lets MOVE ON
Empower Martial Arts is coming this fall to train LEADERS, INNOVATORS,
and MOTIVATORS, not imitators. To truly grow as a person you must have
KNOWLEDGE not copy and quote, but know the root of what you are demonstrating
or explaining. If you knew all of the applications and different ways to use
and perform a round-kick you would never consider it EASY! Take the simple
challenge of showing a round-kick during class and turn it into a TRIUMPH by utilizing that technique to
break boards, improve your flexibility, improve your sparring, and develop
strength.
Basics are KEY ! You will
never understand how to do a jump round-kick if you do not properly know how to
demonstrate one correctly while standing still. Above is Mr. Holgerson
demonstrating the basics, progression, that even HE is continually striving to
improve. For more information e-mail tj_holgerson@hotmail.com.
See you this FALL!
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