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There are many techniques, movements and stances in
Taekwon-Do and they all have a particular purpose, many
have more than one. It is very important that you
understand what you are doing and why - it is far easier
to learn this way knowing and understanding than blindly
waving your arms around. Further it also allows you to
correct your own mistakes - you can practice on a friend
and when you realise that the techniques does not work
you can normally see where you are going wrong.
Please note that I will not list all the techniques -
I certainly don't know them all for a start - but I will
list many of the common stances, techniques etc with an
explanation of what they are used for.
You can find some very useful images of how to
correctly perform some stances at the following
website.
| Stances |
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Purpose |
Footprint |
Front View |
Side View |
| Parallel Stance |
This stance is useful for learning new
techniques, it also allows the student a moment of
contemplation before beginning a pattern/technique.
It also allows the student to attack/defend when
there is a limited amount of room for manoeuvre. |
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| Walking Stance |
Allows you to attack and to defend to your front
and rear quickly and easily. |
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| Sitting Stance |
Allows you to attack and defend laterally easily.
It can also be used for muscle development. |
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| L-Stance |
Allows you to attack with the front foot quickly
(as you do not need to move as much of your body
weight) and is also a very manoeuvrable stance. |
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| Rear Foot Stance |
Allows you to move the front foot spontaneously
and accordingly lets you move closer to your opponent
quickly, it also allows you to attack with the front
foot quickly. |
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| Low Stance |
Allows you to extend the reach of the attacking
tool, it also helps to develop muscles. |
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| Bending Ready Stance A |
Allows you to be prepared to attack with Side
Piercing Kick or Side Thrusting Kick. |
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| Bending Ready Stance B |
Allows you to be prepared to attack with Back
Piercing Kick. |
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| X-Stance |
This is generally a transitional stance - i.e.
for moving from one stance to another or from one
spot to another. It is also useful for attacking the
side or front in a jumping motion. |
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