• Front Kick
• Round-House Kick
• Fast Round-House Kick
• Side Kick
• Gibon Poomse 1

• All kicks start with the knee up
• The height of the knee determines the height of the kick
• Force of every kick comes from the hips, not just the legs
• Always look at your target when you kick
• Place your actual target 6 inches beyond the physical target to ensure that you go through the physical target, not stopping your kick at the surface of the physical target
• The knee of the supporting leg should be slightly bent, not locked, to maintain balance
• The body should be up, not leaning back
• A kick can be divided into 4 steps:

1. Chamber (this can be in 1 or 2 motions, but the motions are not distinct, but fluid)
2. Extension
3. Retraction
4. Landing

• Angle of the strike is always perpendicular to the surface of the strike to maximize force.

 
 
• If angle of strike is not perpendicular to the target, part of the force is lost upwards. Only the horizontal component of the force effects the target:

Front Kick

• Striking surface is the ball of the foot. Pull toes back as far as possible to avoid hitting the toes when you strike
• The Chamber is the lifting of the knee
• Extend leg straight forward
• Retract to Chamber position
• Land in original position for form. Land in an effective position for sparring
• Angle of the foot from the side viewpoint is 45 degrees to the horizontal, not 90 degrees
• From your point of view, the angle of the foot should be vertical, not angled to either side
• Hips are square forward with a forward thrusting motion for a front kick

• Striking surface is the instep of the foot. Pull toes back like a ballet dancer for striking with the instep to avoid hitting the toes.
• Striking surface for breaking boards is the ball of the foot. Pull toes back as in a front kick when striking with the ball of the foot
• The Chamber starts with the knee lifted, then turn the hips to open up the legs (keeping the knee up) to cock the kicking leg so the instep of the foot is perpendicular to the target
• The two motions in the Chamber are not distinct, but one smooth motion (do not skip directly to the second motion).
• Extend leg to kick perpendicular to target surface
• The supporting foot should move naturally from pointing forward at the beginning of the kick to pointing towards the back after the chamber and extension
• Retract leg to the cocked Chamber position
• Land in original position for form. Land in an effective position for sparring
• Do not drop your knee when you kick!

• The kicking leg is the front leg
• Motion is in a straight line
• Slide back foot towards front foot
• As soon as the back foot reaches the front foot, the front foot lifts to execute a round-house kick
• There is never a moment when you have both feet planted
• Feet do not cross at any time during the slide towards the target
• The resulting round-house only has the part of the Chamber that is cocked because you are already turned for this kick
• Retract your leg before landing, not drop into the front landing from the kick
• Land with kicking leg forward
• Do not drop your knee when you kick!

• Striking surface is the blade of the foot
• The Chamber starts with the knee lifted, then turn the hips completely over without opening up the legs (keeping the knee up)
• From this position, extending the leg out to kick straight sideways
• A side kick is not a round-house kick – make the distinction!
• In the striking position, the toes are pointing downwards, not upwards
• If your toes are pointing upwards, you have not turned over your hips enough
• Don't forget to look at your target when you kick!
• Do not lean too far over when you kick or you will lose your balance
• Retract to the cocked Chamber position
• Straighten your body back up when you retract
• Land in original position for form. Land in an effective position for sparring

• Start in Joon-Bee stance
• Forms (Poomse) is a series of movements to simulate a defense against multiple opponents attacking from all sides
• Always look before you move in a new direction
• Execute each technique with power and conviction.
• Make sure your stances are distinguishable
• Time your blocks and punches to land when you lock into a stance
• The end of one movement should be the start of the succeeding movement (e.g. a movement from a block into a punch: the block should end with the shoulder of the punching arm slightly pulled back to give the succeeding punch more power)

1. Turn left 90 degrees, left low block in left front stance.
2. Step forward, right body punch in right front stance.
3. Turn right 180 degrees, right low block in right front stance.
4. Step forward, left body punch in left front stance.
5. Turn left 90 degrees, left low block in left front stance.
6. Step forward, right body punch in right front stance.
7. Step forward, left body punch in left front stance.
8. Step forward, right body punch in right front stance. YELL! (Ki-Hap)
9. Turn left 270 degrees, left low block in left front stance.
10. Step forward, right body punch in right front stance.
11. Turn right 180 degrees, right low block in right front stance.
12. Step forward, left body punch in left front stance.
13. Turn left 90 degrees, left low block in left front stance.
14. Step forward, right body punch in right front stance.
15. Step forward, left body punch in left front stance.
16. Step forward, right body punch in right front stance. YELL! (Ki-Hap)

 

Forms	Poomse
Ball of Foot	Ap-chook
Blade of Foot	Bal-nal
Instep	Bal-dung
Front Kick	Apchagi
Round-House Kick	Dollyo Chagi
Side Kick	Yeopchagi