I am an adult female taking Korean style Taekwondo. I find it challenging and very rewarding. But, I do need extra help in my balancing skills. What suggestions do yu have...Please serious answers only.
2006-09-10 06:35:34 · 8 answers · asked by glad_2beme 1 in Sports ➔ Martial Arts
I am assuming you mean you are having problems with your stances, kicks or standing leg. Not balance as in both feet are planted and you are dizzy.
Balance has many factors. Make sure your knees are always bent. Never rise up and lock your knees. This keeps your center of gravity low. In addition, the unlocked knee can make minor adjust to your shifts in weight as you move.
Always keep your shoulders centered above your hips. If they start lean over your center of gravity, you become unstable. Lead your kicks with the knee and hip instead of the foot. Knee speed is key.
Improve your leg strength by walking, jogging, bike riding, lifting weights or if you wish to remain pure to the art find out what exercises Tae Kwon Do offers for this issue.
Basics, form and bag work also help a great deal. Remember your form when you do these exercises. Focus on doing it right before you focus power or speed. Speed and power are nothing without control. You are training your muscles and creating memory in them.
Once you grasp your form, the rest will come easily.
2006-09-10 08:12:37 · answer #1 · answered by spidertiger440 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as a fellow Korean Martial arts practitioner of Tang Soo Do, I've taken inspiration from how birds balance on one leg, and started by keeping the kicking leg close to my body, pivoting from my hip, and then slowly extending my leg out. or when stretching I try to push myself to the point where I might lose my balance even when I prop my leg up on a bar or rail.
but when you practice your kicking techniques, try holding your leg out at full extention for as long as possible and get the feel of how your body is when you do this and try to adjust accordingly
it's difficult to describe, and if you have someone to help hold your balance when you perform a kicking technique it helps you get the feel of how you'll want to be when you're at the point of finishing the technique.
I hope this helps out a little, I wish I could explain it better
2006-09-10 07:13:51 · answer #2 · answered by quiksilver8676 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the main components of balance is leg strength. You need to work on building up the strength in your legs, then learning to keep your weight centered whether on one leg or two, there is a small area, about the width of where your legs connect to your hips, and you have to keep your weight inside this area. Lots and lots of practice.
2006-09-10 09:22:57 · answer #3 · answered by Jerry L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rythemic breathing with yoga will help center your mind and body making it easier for you to focus on balancing many other things in your life.
also actully sitting down and clearing your mind after a day without any music, tv, background nise etc. just deep rythmic breathing will help your body slow down at nite so you can wake up fresh in the morning, which actuly also helps with balance believe it or not.
~good luck
2006-09-10 06:43:46 · answer #4 · answered by susan s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
spin around in a circle fast and then punch a bag or do some kicks and repeat over again. also helps ur recovery after taking a shot to the head
2006-09-10 06:58:22 · answer #5 · answered by faveraus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-30 13:19:22 · answer #6 · answered by alia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what spidertiger440 typed is 100% correct, also never put your hands down it helps alot when your hands are up, also you can lock your nese (if it helps but it normaly dosent), but all you need to do is find the right position to put your leg thats holding you up
2006-09-10 11:45:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could probably inprove your balance by standing on one foot and focusing on your inner chi.
2006-09-10 08:22:15 · answer #8 · answered by sydnsalcedo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋