i go to TaeKwonDo and when we spar (fight each other making contact) i kick too hard and high at the younger students (4-5 year olds) and make them cry. my teacher told my to control my kicks, but not how. anyone got any tips for me?
2007-07-12 19:09:06 · 9 answers · asked by Kashira 1 in Sports ➔ Martial Arts
When I was in martial arts, all the higher-belts would say that they would rather spar a belt closest to them than any white belt - they cannot control their kicks. Try using your leg muscles more; focus on a kick Not being simply flinging your leg at them, but tracing that arc with your toes. Practice your balance, stand one foot planted and the other raised in front of you, pointed. Once this stance is easy, shift either your planted foot or your raised foot's direction. Draw in the air. When you kick, keep your torso as vertical as possible.
Another idea is to pretend to kick, slowly (~2-3 seconds), and then stop your foot on a target (such as a punching bag), just barely touching it. Keep it there, WITHOUT your weight on it to keep you up, and count a few seconds. This is what you want to simulate with the younger students.
When your legs are able to create controlled kicks, you are able to specify their directon and speed. When sparring young children, such as the age group you mentioned, your aim is to really Demonstrate what a good kick looks like and slow it down enough to nudge them with it, even if only to make them stumble. Kinda like when playing with a dog, you only push them enough that they have to take a step to regain their balance.
2007-07-12 19:23:13 · answer #1 · answered by Janelle W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, slow down and take it easy as they are only five years old and so if you are bigger and older what seems like light contact to you is very hard for them. Their smaller stature, body weight, and age will make what is a light blow or kick to you be very hard for them and this is especially dagerous to the head since they are so young.
Second being a black belt is partly about being in control of ones self. When practicing your kicks, strikes, and punches on the pads or bag try throwing them fast but pulling them and only touching the pad or bag. Once you can do that then do it while the pads or bag moving. You will quickly learn which techniques need to be thrown slower when sparring in class-especially with younger students or should not be used. That is what your instructor does when sparring you and any technique that he can't control he won't for fear of hurting you. You should do the same.
2007-07-12 23:55:56 · answer #2 · answered by samuraiwarrior_98 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll try. 1. Axe Kick 2. Front Snap 3. Side Piercing 4. Round House with the Ball of the Foot 5. Round House with the Instep 6. Inward Crescent 7. Outward Crescent 8. Stomp 9. Checking 10. Pressing 11. Reverse Turning 12. Back Piercing 13. Side Thrusting 14. Twisting 15. Double Front Snap (aerial) 16. Back Snap 17. Scissors (aerial) 18. Inward checking. That's all I can think of, offhand Most of these, unless noted as aerial only, can be done from a variety of stances, with either leg, and in countless combinations. Expert level practitioners exhibit greater speed, power and balance, enabling them to pull off more effective combos.
2016-05-21 05:16:37 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, how old are you that you are sparring 4-5 yr olds and not able to control the power with which you hit?
And remember, it may be sparring, but its not really fighting at that age. So pull your punches and kicks to a couple inches from them. At this point, it is more about teaching the young ones to block, punch, and kick than actual sparring that two older, higher belts would be doing.
It is about teaching, not seeing who is the better fighter.
2007-07-13 02:11:27 · answer #4 · answered by Humanist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, slow down! They're only 5 - they're not going to run from you. If that doens't help, try sparring from your knees - really makes you work hard at focussing your kicks and you have very limited body weight to put behind them.
When I'm sparring my little ones, I move so slow the think I'm just being funny, and I let them hit me as many times as I can stand it. I only make contact with them when I need to reinforce blocking (like they're dropping their hands too often), and even then it's only hard enough to get their attention - which means bearly hard enough to tear rice paper!!! The point is to get them to not be affraid of hitting or being hit, otherwise they will never be able to withstand an actual fight. They won't be able to beat up someone bigger than them on the street, so why would I expect them to in class?
2007-07-12 23:09:28 · answer #5 · answered by capitalctu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In practice use large industrial rubber bands placed between your rear foot and front foot to learn to control your kicks. When sparring remove the bands and see how much your control has improved. Hope this helps--it did for me
2007-07-12 19:28:30 · answer #6 · answered by Don W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just blast one as hard as you can. None of them will want to spar you after that. (hahahahaha, just kidding)
It takes practice to learn control. Don't look at it as a competition. These four and five year olds can't hurt you. Just block their attempts to hit and kick you and you'll be fine.
2007-07-13 02:39:02 · answer #7 · answered by pm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be aware of who you're fighting and keep a distance good enough so the kick lands but not with full impact.
2007-07-12 19:17:16 · answer #8 · answered by syntheticmynd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think you have a deep seeded anger towards 4-5 year olds and need to deal with your issues before following martial arts...
If the therapy doesnt work you can slow it down, remember Newtons law states Force = Mass * Acceleration so if you slow your technique down it wont be as powerfull
2007-07-12 21:59:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋