Taekwondo

After 13 months of training Taekwondo I entered my first competition. I lost. It was the best thing that's happened to my development in the sport. Competition exposes gaps in your game that rolling or drilling never will. My jump spinning back kick fell apart under pressure. My understanding of po…

A friend dragged me to a Taekwondo trial class. I went to be polite. I was terrible. I went back because I couldn't stand being terrible at something. That was 15 months ago. The push kick I stumbled through in that first class is now something I teach to newer beginners. pattern memorisation has b…

I trained Taekwondo for 15 months and then stopped. I want to be honest about why, because most reviews only come from people who stuck with it. adjusting to the point-scoring system was a bigger issue for me than I anticipated. My gym also had a culture problem — a few people had developed an ego …

I signed up for Taekwondo expecting a straightforward fitness class. What I found was a technical discipline that demands real skill development. The jump spinning back kick I was shown in week one is still something I'm refining now, 15 months later. pattern memorisation gave me a framework for und…

I started Taekwondo six months ago with zero background in the sport. The first few weeks were humbling — I couldn't do axe kick properly and had no idea what pattern memorisation even meant. My coach kept pulling me back to fundamentals, which was frustrating at the time but clearly the right call.…

I've been competing in Taekwondo for three years now, training five days a week. I want to give an honest picture of what the competitive path looks like. The technical demands compound. dollyo-chagi roundhouse at beginner level and at competition level are almost different skills. Understanding pa…