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Companion Guide · Taekwondo

Jump Kick Progression System: Height Earned in Order

Mat Manual companion guide to "How to Jump: Jump Kicks Without Losing Height." Print it. the takeoff school for two-foot, scissor, and step entries, chamber-timing drills, staged progressions for the jump front kick and…

Key Facts
ArtTaekwondo
FamilyKorean Arts
Levelintermediate
Formatsystem
Topicskicks, safety, training-plans
PreviewThe opening of the guide

Mat Manual companion guide to "How to Jump: Jump Kicks Without Losing Height." Print it. the takeoff school for two-foot, scissor, and step entries, chamber-timing drills, staged progressions for the jump front kick and jump roundhouse kick with printed gates at every stage, a landing school, a fault-correction library, and trackers that log height against clean landings

Name: ______________________________ School: ______________________________ Current stage FK: ______ RK: ______ Block start: ______________

SAFETY, BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE ☐ Jumping work stops for pain in the knee or ankle on landing, for any landing that twists a joint, and for any student whose landing quality has collapsed with fatigue. The set ends; the technique can wait. ☐ Surfaces are checked before every jumping session: a forgiving, even floor with no seams, edges, or debris in the landing zone, and ceiling and surroundings clear for the full height of the work. ☐ Height is gated by landings (the height rule): ten clean landings at the current stage before the paddle rises one hand-width, and the paddle drops the moment landings degrade in a session. No exceptions are argued at the end of a session. ☐ Students with a history of knee or ankle injury, or pain that appears during landing work and stays, follow the instructor's and, where relevant, a clinician's plan before volume or height rises. ☐ Jump kicks are thrown at held paddles, shields, and bags in this book's drills. Live use follows your school's rules with full protective equipment.

Part 1: The Specification

Every drill in this book is measured against this page. Your instructor's standard governs where it differs; the structure does not change.

Part 1: The Specification
ElementThe specification
Takeoff (two-foot)Both feet leave together off a quick knee dip and arm swing; body rises straight, hips square
Takeoff (scissor)Feet switch in the air; rear leg drives up as the front leg tucks
Takeoff (step)A step gathers under the body, then takeoff; travel comes from the step, height from the jump
ChamberKnee folds during the rise and arrives ready at the top
FireLeg extends as the body reaches the top; extension and peak arrive together
RetractionLeg folds back before the descent begins
LandingSupport pattern down first, knees soft, weight over the feet, stance and guard restored
Failed rep ruleA clean strike followed by a stumble is a failed rep, recorded as one

Terminology note. Jump kicks carry the prefix ttwieo ("jumping") before the kick's name in Korean: ttwieo ap chagi is the jump front kick, ttwieo dollyo chagi the jump roundhouse kick. Schools name the scissor entry differently; this book names entries by what the feet do, so the names survive translation between gyms.

The Companion Guide

Jump Kick Progression System: Height Earned in Order

Mat Manual companion guide to "How to Jump: Jump Kicks Without Losing Height." Print it. the takeoff school for two-foot, scissor, and step entries, chamber-timing drills, staged progressions for the jump front kick and jump roundhouse kick with printed gates at every stage, a landing school, a fault-correction library, and trackers that log height against clean landings

Taekwondointermediatesystemkicks, safety, training-plans

What's Inside

  • Part 1: The Specification
  • Part 2: The Diagnostic Set (Run First)
  • Part 3: The Takeoff School (No Kick)
  • Part 4: Chamber Timing School
  • Part 5: Jump Front Kick Progression
  • Part 6: Jump Roundhouse Progression
  • …and 27 more sections
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