Competitive Taekwondo

By Yong Sup Kil

Book Overview

Competitive taekwondo is a demanding sport. Participants must be quick and able to score when given an opportunity. They must understand the opponent, adapt their fighting style, and be prepared to take advantage of any weakness. Most important, they must be confident and know that they can control any match because they have trained well. Competitive Taekwondo will guide you to victory by demonstrating the proven techniques, tactics, strategies, and conditioning programs you need to become a champion. Through detailed descriptions and photos, former world champion Master Yong Sup Kil illustrates how the subtleties of technique--such as stance, foot angle, and timing--provide the foundation for unstoppable direct, indirect, and counterattacks. Fight strategies, such as creating attack openings and setting up counterattacks, allow you to dominate your opponent and score at will. From conditioning drills that increase flexibility, strength, endurance, and power to information on making weight and prefight strategies that improve focus and concentration, Competitive Taekwondo is the champion's guide to taking down even the most formidable opponent.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0736058702
• ISBN13: 9780736058704
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Human Kinetics
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.5" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Really practical sparring book

This book provides a lot of information on stepping and techniques for sparring. It covers a lot of specific stepping that isn't covered in class. A great book full of practical useful information.

Competitive Taekwondo

This is my second copy of Competitive Taekwondo. I lost the first after thoroughly reading from front to back. There is loads of information for techniques and strategy. Most of all I found the content explanations to be to the point and helpful. For anyone competing in tournaments, this book will add clarity and breadth to your understanding of Taekwondo competition. This book highly recommended.

The first book that focused on Competition that I found....

If you are looking for a book on how to spar, this is the first book I found that deals with how to apply what you learned in class. No forms and mostly techniques. It may not cover all the techniques used in competition but it's a lot more than what other books has to offer. If you find a book that deals with sparring and has more techniques than this book, please let me know.