Taekwondo is an ancient Korean martial art, more precisely from South Korea, created around the year 670 B.C. It stands out for its accuracy, speed and reaction time. The basic objective is to prepare the practitioner to overcome the opponent in the shortest time possible, using the hardest possible blows.

There are four elements of Taekwondo: Breaking (Kyukpa), self-defense (Hoshinseul), sparring (Kyorugi) and forms (Poomse). All of this aims to bring concentration, focus, speed, power and precision.

The Demonstrative Taekwondo is a sport which consists in using techniques learned in training, in a more elegant and flexible way. Sequences of movement with leg bases, kicks, punches and defense, jump-spinning kicks reaching great heights, in an almost impossible speed, are used to show the beauty of this martial art.

Flying kicks are commonly practiced in Taekwondo, as well as in several other martial arts. However, spinning aerial kicks and breaking wooden boards are not mandatory techniques for an athlete of this Korean martial art.

In fact, it is a display of accuracy and technical acrobatics, for public demonstrations and tournaments; it is not very effective in a real fight. Spinning kicks in the air as the 540° or the 720° are considerably weaker than kicks with a foot placed on the ground, as is the case of BandalChagi (crescent kick) and Yop Chagi (side kick).

Aerial kicks are less effective when it comes to power, also brings the disadvantage of vulnerability because while in the air, the practitioner will be exposed to attacks from either side. In addition, you cannot change the direction of the kick. Therefore, it has little application in self-defense.

The goal of a flying kick is to close the distance from the opponent before he has the opportunity to do something. It is a technique of “long-range”. The idea of a jumping kick is to reduce the height of your opponent and to gain as much elevation as possible.

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“Just as a stool requires three legs to stand upright so the taekwondoist must cultivate basic skills, meaningful forms, and sparring effective in order to have BOTH feet firmly planted in the art.” – Doug Cook (Taekwondo – The Path to Excellence)