Taekwondo Freestyle Poomsae Guidebook

This book contains detailed fotos of the movements and is equipped with QR codes to access video material of the movements.

1. Freestyle Poomsae 19
1) The Republic of Korea s Taekwondo 21
2)
Development of Poomsae as a Competitive Sport 22
3)
Beginning Globalization of Poomsae Competition 24
4) The Limits of Recognized Poomsae 25
5) The Beginning of New Poomsae 27
6) Introduction of Freestyle Poomsae 28
7)
History of Taekwondo Poomsae Competition 31

2. Taekwondo Basic Techniques 29
1) Hand Techniques 40
- Attacking Techniques - Punches 41
- Attacking Techniques - Thrusts 43
- Attacking Techniques - Strikes 45
- Attacking Techniques - Poke 47
- Defensive Techniques - Blocks 48
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Defensive Techniques - Pulling Out 51
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Defensive Techniques - Dodging 52
2) Hand Techniques Composition Method 54
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Defensive Counter Blocks + Attacks 55
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Deflecting Types of Defensive Techniques + Attacks 58

Composition based on the Speed and Rhythm of the Techniques
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3) Foot Techniques 62
- Attacking Techniques - Kicks 63
4) Composition Methods with Foot Techniques 67
Repeating Kick 68
Combination Kick 70
Composition of Movements based on
the Speed and Rhythm 71
5) Stances and Foootworks 72
Stances 73
6)
Composition Method with Stances and Footworks 75
Connecting Stances and Footworks 76
7) Special Techniques 78

3.
Application techniques of Freestyle Poomsae 81
1) Jumping Sidekick 83
Jumping Side Kick 84
Jumping Side Kick 85
Jumping Side Kick 86
Jumping Side Kick 87
Jumping Side Kick 88
2) Multiple Front Kicks in a Jump 89
Switching Front Kick 90
Front Kick with the Jumping leg 91
Consecutive Kicks 92
Jumping Front Kick 93
3~5 Jumping Front Kick Steps 3~5 94
3) Gradient of Spins in a Spin Kick 95
540°
540° Spining Hook Kick 96
Tornado Kick 97
540° 540° Spinning Hook Kick 98
540° 540° Spinning Hook Kick 99
720°
720° Roundhouse Kick 100
720°
720° Roundhouse Kick 101
720° 720° Roundhouse Kick 102
720° 720° Roundhouse Kick 103
4) Kyorugi Style Consecutive Kicking 104
Double Roundhouse Kick 105
High Section Roundhouse Kick 106
Kyorugi Style Tornado Kick 107

Kyorugi Style Consecutive Kicks 108
5) Acrobatics 109
Handstand 110
Handstand 111
Handstand 112
Roundoff 113
Roundoff 114
Roundoff 115
6) Backflip 116
Backflip 117
Backflip 118
Backflip 119
Backflip 120
Backflip 121
Roundoff Backflip 122
Roundoff Backflip with Multiple Kicks 123
7) B-twist kick 124
Butterfly 125
B-twist kick 126
360° B-twist kick 127
Pop Tornado Kick 128
B-twist kick 129
8) Corkscrew kick 130
Corkscrew kick 131
Corkscrew kick 132
Corkscrew kick 133
360° Corkscrew kick 134
Corkscrew kick 135
9) Cartwheel full twist kick 136
Cartwheel 137

Touch Hook Kick followed by a Pop Tornado Kick 138
Cartwheel full twist kick 139
10) Scoot - Touch Down Rise 140
Scoot 141
- Scoot-Cheat Gainer 142
- Scoot-Cheat Gainer 143
Touch Down Rise 144
Touch Down Rise 145
Touch Down Rise 146
11) Skill-Enhancement Training 147
Jump Lunge Squat 147

Gathering the Legs Together After Jumping 148
Jumping Over Training Equipment 149
Stationary Jump Kicking 150
Speed Kicking 151
Consecutive Kicks in Midair 152

Kyorugi Style Consecutive Kicking 153
Knee Ups 155
Backflip 157
Backflip 158
Backflip 159
12) Variation of Kicks 160
B-twist Illusion Kick 160
- Hook Kick-B-twist Kick 161
360° - B-twist-Corkscrew kick 162
Corkscrew Illusion Kick 163
- Scoot- Corkscrew Kick 164
- Tornado Kick - Corkscrew kick 165
540° Hyper Hook Kick 166
Shuriken Hyper Hook Kick 167
720° Cartwheel Full Twist Double 168
Glossary 169
References 170
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