tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969550358686428094.post2266263512350152713..comments2024-03-22T19:24:38.860+01:00Comments on Traditional Taekwondo Ramblings: Makki - It is more than you think! Part 1Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969550358686428094.post-82215260777837005292015-03-01T03:01:43.005+01:002015-03-01T03:01:43.005+01:00it seems to me that both of you are circling one o...it seems to me that both of you are circling one of the key concepts here but not saying it out loud. i am referring to the positioning of you relative to your opponent. tkd people have a tendency to focus on the ending position and ignore how they got there. if instead of holding the position and stepping in, you utiliize the forward arms normal trajectory to make contact earlier and literally allow your arm to "slide" up his to anywhere between his elbow and shoulder (armpit is too high to maintain control) you will allow his momentum to turn himself away from you. of course, now is a great time for a knee strike. Boy, i find it really hard to describe this stuff in words!<br />anyway being on opponents 5 or 7 o'clock is the best and safest for you to maintain control. also 2 other notes: 1. most of these arts forward hand=offense, rear hand=defense, and 2. much of the time this position is used for trapping and checking, two concepts severely under appreciated in modern TKD<br /> richardchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03329168045786232138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969550358686428094.post-56003830774809610812015-02-28T01:44:53.582+01:002015-02-28T01:44:53.582+01:00You are right: "An Palmok Keudero Bakkat Makk...You are right: "An Palmok Keudero Bakkat Makki" appears formally in Cheonkwon. Too late because most TKDin won't ever see it unless they practice outside their rank.<br /><br />During my slow (baby and work :D) research into the CMA influence on KTA forms, I've noticed the technique in CMA forms and whilst I haven't worked out or asked about applications from their point of view, but if one takes the movements in Cheonkwon (what I affectionately call "arm flailing") one could potentially have a sequence where they might crash into the opponent and then move the opponents limbs (or move themselves under the opponents limbs or combination of both) to either strike forward or take the opponents back. I've played with this idea over the past couple of weeks on and off and it doesn't seem off base. Keep in mind the movement at the end of the arm flailing was an "uppercut" but is now a "punch".<br /><br />The movements of Cheonkwon also appear to me to have the potential of both hard and soft. Say you crash (hard) into the opponent and then (softly) manipulate their limbs. VERY CMA but totally found in KMA.<br /><br />Great article!Starfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12533438139228680540noreply@blogger.com