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Dynamic Taekwondo presents all you need to know about Taekwondo. Originated as the traditional Korean martial art and now an official sport in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, Taekwondo has been a world sport practiced in almost every country in the world.
Taekwondo is one of the most popular sports among many foreigners in the world as well as Korean people. It is a sport contributing to health and fitness, both in body and spirit. It lacks written material for learners to refer to, even though it is a worldwide renowned sport.

Author Kyong Myong Lee sums up the unique internal dynamism of his sport: "The ultimate winner is the one who can conquer himself." Dynamic Taekwondo presents all you need to know about Taekwondo, from its historical background to the basic Taekwondo stance and many of the moves and skills employed. ... Read more

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Grande Livro. Abrange todos os aspectos do Taekwondo
Este livro é muito interessante pois tras todos os aspectos do Taekwondo. Só não o considero 5 estrelas de vido ao grau de abrangência da materia.

A complete Tae Kwon Do book!
This book contains everything you need to know about taekwondo. History, belts, poomsae, kyorugi........EVERYTHING! ... Read more

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The breakthrough
This is THE breaktrough or the breakaway from the prevailing concept of teakwondo. It reveals the rational base of this Far Eastern discipline thus giving the only relevant orientation to its development into an Olympic sport. Applying periodic training is the very essence of this transformation where scientific research gains its real value. This is an important turning point - for the taekwondo as well as for all related martial arts on their way to become global combat sports. The book, of course, could only give a review of this new, value and style neutral approach to combat sports training. It doesn't claim to and cannot give all possible explanations or detailed instructions for composing any specific, individual training scheme - that can only be done after a diagnosis in each individual case separately. (Especially the most critical issue, i.e., optimal inclusion of technical and tactical exercises into conditioning cycles will always remain to be resolved by a contestant him- or herself or by his or her coach.) Being well supported with data and refering to a reach list of research, the book is still easy to read and can be understood by any interested and open minded reader. Its main value lies in its omnipresent hint: valuable knowledge on the optimization of training in combat sports is already at disposal in various works on periodic training in other sports. In order to make use of it, we have disect rationally what we are really doing and optimize our efforts to reach our sporting goal - to win a competition. The self-imposing conclusion: the more rational approach to the so far traditional, intuitive training (even in regard to the emotional balance or psycho energy) the more chances for the contestant to become successful. In taekwondo and combat sports as in any other sports.

Advanced for Americans, Basic for Europeans
It demistifies lots of the information of taekwondo training and has somevery good tips in all aspects of Taekwondo training.

It is a goodintroduction to periodization, although it over looks the 4 year Olympicplan. He always eluded on how to include all aspects of training, because Iwas looking for something where all aspects of Taekwondo Training would beincluded.

As far as strength training, the author didn't have a clue onSport Specific Training, not knowing how to apply the Principle of DirectAction. Squats, Lunges and the other exercises don't mimic the exactmovement of a kick. Bungee Cord, and Air Shied/Heavy Bag Training areDirect Actions(the exact competition technique)

Teaching Methodology issound, although many of the techniques and tactics are very absolite istodays era. Most of those combinations have not been used at the Elitelevel for years. He also ignored the all important sparring strategy ofProgressions(each scoring techniques set up the next one by telling youropponent who to react), which is the basis of Modern Elite OlympicTaekwondo Competition.

Another thing he ignored was the classificationsof exerciese. Indirect Actions-Exercises that aren't related toTaekwondo(to develop General conditioning), Direct Actions-Exercises thatare related to taekwondo, but not to competition, such as paddle kicking,Bungee Cord Training, and Flash Drills. And Exercises forCompetition-desinged to develop the competition prowess, such asSimulations, Progression practice, and accual sparring. I believe heignored these aspects because he did not know how to apply them.

Thechapter on Mental training was also lacking. He wished to instruct peoplemore on emotion control, concentration and visualization, but bearlytouched the subject, taching the most basic of drills. Trance training,Skill accuacition through imagary training, and reaching that"ZONE" are advanced techniques but required to when at the Elitelevel.

The section on anotomy and injuries was very nice, I had noproblems with that.

For all american coaches it is a great introductionto the planning principles. About 90% of American taekwondo coaches"SUCK" in the matter that half the time they don't know what theyare doing, and are engaged in "by the feel" training, and refuseto alwknowledge the existance of these advanced training methods. Thekoreans and many others would consider the information on this book toobasic to waste their time with, but American coached who read this bookwill be amazed that there was so much information they didn't knowabout.

The Century Video Series "Gold Medal Training Systems"have thousands of examples of competition specific drills, and TudorBompa's Theory and Methodology of Training and/or Thomas Kurz's Science ofSports Training can enable you to fully understand the principles onlymentioned, and even ignored in this book.

A Book for Serious Martial Artists and Coaches
This is a book that was read for its content. It's 248 pages are very rich in that respect. It demystifies taekwondo and dissects it. The authors have done significant research, but will not be loved by everyone for doingthis. I like what they've done, and I respect the fact that they arebreaking ground, trying to move this martial art into a more structuredworld. The book is well laid out and can be understood by most taekwondostudents, even those with no formal physical education training. This bookis for serious students who are targeting taekwondo as major part of theirlife for a long time.

The section on psychological training is veryhelpful. It has triggered a number of ideas for expanding the programs atthe school my family attends. I will be following up their references forsuitability for our school.

The description of the exercises pullstogether in one book, a great deal that appears in a number of othertaekwondo texts.

The tactical training section is solid. It's full offirst rate material.

I'm pleased that there is a section on anatomy withsketches, and a frank discussion about injuries. Having just attended theCanadian Junior Taekwondo National Championship in Moncton, and watchingthe parade of injured kids with broken noses, etc. it's an importantsubject. In fact, if the authors had done more, it wouldn't have beenamiss.

This is a book to keep as a major reference. I will be using thisfor many years as my kids move into more advanced competition. It will bethe basis for their training program. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from U.S. Kids, published by Children's Better Health Institute on October 1, 1996. The length of the article is 791 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Taekwondo's golden boy. (1996 Taekwondo Junior Olympic champion Emo Rosas)(includes related information about taekwondo)(Cover Story)
Author: Kelly Milner Halls
Publication: U.S. Kids (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 1996
Publisher: Children's Better Health Institute
Volume: v9Issue: n7Page: p2(6)

Article Type: Cover Story

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Taekwondo Kyorugi is the authority on taekwondo sparring. Written by Korean Olympic Gold Medalist Kuk Hyun Chung, WTF Deputy-Secretary General Kyung Myung Lee and Renowned Martial Arts Author Sang H. Kim, it is a direct translation of the original Korean text. Learn the skills, drills, strategies and methods used by Korean coaches and competitors for years. Footwork, kicks, hand target drills, heavy bag workouts, coaching, combinations, strategy, professional training, opponent analysis, conditioning, weight control, competition tips, official Olympic rules, scientific analysis of scoring, & more! 120 photos ... Read more

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Instructing Book for TKD Players
I am a Japanese student. In Japan, there are few Japanese books of WTF taekwondo, so people uses English TKD books to learn taekwondo. And this book is one of the most popular TKD books in Japan. This fact would represent value of the book.
As for me, this book is felt to be very useful,too. It helped me constructing training menus and sparring strategies. It contains lots of helpful instructions.

Good for the serious competitor
I've never been a fan of point sparring, but I have to admit this is a pretty good book.It's definetly not for the beginner, though.The technique section is very basic, giving only the briefest of discriptions on the kicks, but also providing suggestions on how the moves are best utilized.The book then goes into stratagies for TKD style sparring, though most of the drills and principles can be used by karateka as well.What does show a lot of depth is that the authors include chapters on sports medicine, nutrition, mental preparation, and conditioning.A lot of that information is useful to any serious martial artist who participates in point sparring, and I'd recoment the conditioning excersises be applied to any program.The book ends with a chapter on Olympic TKD rules, including weight classes and a list of fouls.A glossary follows.As this book was designed to prepare competitors and coaches for Olympic-level competition, I'd call it an essential publication to anyone who is competing at the national levels in any martial art point sparring.

A lot more than it looks
I think this is a great book. If you ar looking for a big book with a lot of pictures in it, then this is not the book for you since wery few of the combinations are shown. But if you already know how to kick and how to punch, then that should not be a problem for you. Everyone involved in sparring as a practicioner or as a coach could learn a lot from this book. I certainly did, even thaug i practice ITF Taekwon-Do, since a lot of the bodywork and qualities you need are similar.

Didnt like it
I didnt like this book and it was very boring. Its said the same things many times and the only thing I found useful were the moves that it showed. If this is the best book of TKD sparring I wonder what kind of books the others are.

An Outstanding Taekwondo Book
It's a very well written about Taekwondo Kyorugi. One of the best. It tells you almost eveything about Olympic Style sparring. From the Skill, Strategies to the aspect of Sport Medicine.
Also, this book is very useful for all WTF style competitor. ... Read more

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The best step-by-step program of mental exercises to make you a winner every time, proven in Olympics and World Championships! Dariusz Nowicki, the author of Gold Medal Mental Workout, is the chief coordinator of psychological preparation for all Polish Olympic teams training for the Sydney Olympics in 2000. He is also a member of the Technical Committee of the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF). ... Read more

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A Pocket Guide that doesn't live up to its name
This book is for kids, little kids. The volume is too short to support more than a cursory amount of information on the many martial and combative arts that are Olympic events. Not to say it isn't a nice volume to carry around if you happen to attend one of these Olympic events and have no idea what's going on, but then again, why would you go to an event you know nothing about? Sure, it is a good little book to give to the kids while they are watching some Olympic event, but you can find better guides online. Save your money for something else. ... Read more