I want to know a good workout for Tae Kwon Do, can any of those blackbelts out there help me?

Question

I have been doing TKD for 6 yrs. and I will hopefully test for my blackbelt in April. I am an advanced brown belt right now and my form is taegeuk-pal-chang. I would like to know of a workout or practice for forms or sparring.

Answer 1

As long as your techniques are all good, work on speed for now. Do your kicks faster; practice sparring people who are faster than you. Do one minute drills where you kick the bag with as many (correctly executed) kicks as you can. Rest for a minute, then get back to work with another type of kick or hand strike.

Good luck, and have fun with your test!

Answer 2

I'll be honest with you, I'm not a big fan of TKD. Please don't take this as any disrespect of your art, you have obviously worked hard and found a good dojo since they didn't give you a bb within the first 4 years like the ones around my area seem to do. TKD can be very good when done right, but most schools I've seen teach it totally wrong.

But honestly the best workout my buddy ever had (he'd been doing TKD for 3 years and was about to test for bb when he quit) was his first day doing Kempo with me. He went back to his school and quit the very next day and started taking BJJ instead. If you have the time and money to afford it try attending a few classes at another dojo. Even if your art is good and your workouts tough, trying a different style can work other muscle groups and increase your effort level since you now have to work another set of moves into your workouts. My philosophy is that if the lesson didn't make you sweat, it wasn't good enough or you didn't give it enough energy. If everyone around me is sweating I should be too or else I'm slacking (and usually my Sensei will make me do wind sprints and pushups if he sees me slacking).

Good general workouts are good old fashioned jogging, bike riding, spinning classes if you have one near you (these are great for endurance and explosive power in the legs), up-downs (look them up in a football workout book if you don't know them), and pushups.

Answer 3

for sparring, I like to work on fast twitch muscles. Especially the one that joins your hip bone to your thigh bone. A good exercise is like doing the can-can dance, lift you knees up to your chest as fast as you can, drop it, tap off the ground and bring it back up again. This will develop the muscle needed for fast snap kicks. Also reaction drills are good. Put on a good action flick and get into a fighting stance. Every time the screen changes (like a change in shot angle), do a move. It could be just hopping back, to the side or throwing a kick, counter kick etc. This will make your reaction ultra fast.

To practice for test, I would do everything slow and controlled to make sure your accuracy and foundation is rock solid. Once you get fundamentals down, speed and power will come.

Answer 4

Congrats to you,I also will test for my Black Belt in November, And the workout that I'm following is as such,Go to a local track and keep in mind that you will get funny looks but I jog 1 lap then do 1 form full outthe jog another lap then do a form full out then after the forms I'll stop and do push ups then crunchs then I'll go thru defence.
Hope this helps and if possible try to wwatch of help out in a exam if you can

Answer 5

I'm not a TKD fighter but I like to train my forms by wairing body weights for a long time ( not to heavy or youll hurt yourself) while practicing my forms and then one day just not wair them. But if you do this make sure you practice for a time after so that you can adjust to the dramatic speed change and dont look sloppy

Answer 6

I know that by now you have seen,likely several times, what test day will consist of.
Of all of us here "You" are the one with the most information on what you should prepare for.
Test day varies little among traditional Tae Kwon Do schools but you have been there and seen for yourself what is in store for you on that day.
You should of course work,train,& practice in the areas that you already know will be on that days "Menu"

Answer 7

break down your form step by step and really practice the moves in depth. focus on where are my eyes, how is my posture, what is my weight distribution like on my feet? how are my foot movements? even go into the most simplistic of details, like how specific are your hand and feet positions. if there are any specific moves that you have difficulty with, like jumps or kicks, really train hard on that one specific move. be careful with weights, because they can train your body to strike or kick slower over time. a little is okay here and there, but you certainly don't want to do it chronically.
otherwise, just work basic kicks and strikes at gradual speeds and power until you're blue in the face. basics, basics, basics!

Answer 8

1st, good luck on your BB test.
Practice, practice, practice. Pick good training partners for sparring practice. Practice your forms at different speeds. Start slowly concentrating on maximum power & best possible technique. If possible have someone videotape you so you can study it. Increase your speed without sacrificing technique or power. You probably should also practice breaking techniques.

Again, good luck.

Answer 9

i am testing for my black belt in 3 weeks. i take soo bahk do. whick is better. soo bahk do is also harder to get your black belt. so in soo bahk do if i am a red belt with two stripes would be a 3d degree black belt in tae kwon do

Answer 10

Sorry Hun.
I am not in Tae Kwon Do.