While teaching classes, this week, it occurred to me how much the components of Taekwon-Do training can be likened to a recipe for cooking, or baking. To simplify this as much as possible, let’s compare the recipe for chocolate chip cookies, to
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How long is the duration between colour-belt gradings? It’s a common-enough question, and doesn’t have the same answer for everyone. For starters, it varies from School to School. It depends on the student’s age, skill, class-attendance, home practice-time, maturity and other developmental
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In case you missed Part 1, you can read it here: https://connacht-taekwondo.ie/training-secret-of-taekwon-do-part-1/ 3. To bring the movement of eyes, hands, feet, and breath into a single coordinated action. This “secret” is heavily linked to the “Theory of Power.” It is consistent with
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This article is the author’s interpretation of, and thoughts on the “Training Secrets of Taekwon-do” and not a representation of the opinion of any other person, institution or organisation. Introduction The “Training Secrets of Taekwon-Do” are not something that are referred to
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Welcome back. If you haven’t read Part 1 of “Why Parents love their children to excel in Taekwon-Do”, you can do so by clicking here Benefits Self-defence skills – one of the key benefits of learning Taekwon-Do. It must be understood, however,
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Introduction Parents usually bring their children to me to help them develop discipline and self-confidence, and sometimes (but not always self-defence). Of course, not having much experience in what we do, many parents are unaware of the numerous other benefits that training
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