you can go full power when your doing the kicking drills using the pads... but make sure that your partner is holding the pads properly before you...
lets see swelling, bruises, muscle tear, 1 torn ligament in my knee and 1 that came loose and a sprained ankle...think thats about it for now...
simple answer ...respect
tore a ligament in my knee (ACL) and lossened another ligament (MCL)
hmm aside from the normal cuts and bruises..the more painful ones were sprained ankle (quite a few times) tear in my hamstring ripped my...
congrats man .... wish u the best in all ur future test..... keep on training hard
of course that tyoe of school exist ... if i were u i would leave ur current club and find a new one
we teach back kick at green belt
most definately go see a doctor....the last 2 times i heard a popping sound i injured myself pretty badly ... one was a torn ligament in my knee...
if everybody is doing tournament/olympic style sparring and some guy out of nowhere started street fighting with me i'd be ****ed off too..soo...
just keep doing stretching consistantly and you should improve ... even if you dont dont worry bout it... its just a warm up and since u already...
i totally agree with u MaxAdam
kicking with the ball of the foot will definately give more damage than kicking with the instep. Its simple physics the ball of the foot will give...
good for you man ... welcome back ... hope u have an even better time than u had before :cool:
as for myself im not a big fan of using higher stances or not chambering for pattern or basic techniques..i feel it takes the the beauty out of it...
i still do it the old way..
in my school if a students comes in with a certain grade in taekwondo (WTF) and has the proper certificates then he can continue from his present...
the courses offered look interesting but i find the whole thing a bit fishy.... they didnt say what qualifications u need to get in but they say...
i fully agree with what u have said.... a good teacher does not have to be a good fighter or superman/women ..... what makes a good teacher i...
over here 7th dan and above is grandmaster
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