Same-Leg Doubles Playbook
Mat Manual companion guide to "One Leg, Two Scores." Print it. The article explains why narae chagi (same-leg double kick) is two kicks and not three, and how the catch beats it. This book builds the double — two dollyo…
| Art | Taekwondo |
|---|---|
| Family | Korean Arts |
| Level | intermediate |
| Format | playbook |
| Topics | kicks, sparring, competition, safety, training-plans |
Mat Manual companion guide to "One Leg, Two Scores." Print it. The article explains why narae chagi (same-leg double kick) is two kicks and not three, and how the catch beats it. This book builds the double — two dollyo chagi (turning/roundhouse kicks) off one rechamber, no set-down — by the first kick's result, and it requires every attacker in the book to pass the caught-leg recovery cards before free rounds.
Name: ______________________________ School: ______________________________ Grade: ______________ Start date: ______________ Lead side (circle): Left / Right Ruleset (circle): WT / ITF / School Head kicks allowed for you (circle): Yes / No Current week (Part 11): ______________
BEFORE ANYTHING: PARTNER SAFETY AND AGREEMENTS ☐ All partner work in this book runs at agreed speed and agreed contact, stated out loud before each drill. Either partner can lower the speed or the contact at any time with one word, and the drill obeys instantly. ☐ Hogu (chest protector) is worn for all partner kicking work in this book. Body kicks land on the hogu at the agreed contact. A kick that cannot be controlled does not count as a rep. ☐ Head-height second kicks run only where your ruleset allows head kicks, your school teaches them at your grade, and both partners have agreed to head-height work that session. When any of those is missing, every "head" line in this book means the upper hogu line, and no kick goes to a partner's head. ☐ CAUGHT-LEG RULES, BOTH PARTNERS, NO EXCEPTIONS. A catch is a momentary trap at the agreed speed, inside what your ruleset allows. The catcher never hauls, drags, twists, or walks a caught leg, and never holds on while a partner is falling. The catcher releases instantly on the instructor's word, on the attacker's word, or the moment balance is lost — whichever comes first. Caught-leg drills (Cards R5, R6, and Part 14) run at half speed in the first cycle, always. ☐ Recovery is taught as defense, never as a contest. The caught partner's job is to free the leg safely, not to win the hold. Any rep that turns into a strength contest stops, and both partners re-read this block aloud before the next rep. ☐ Stop on any pain, dizziness, or loss of control, from either partner, with no argument and no finishing the set first. Log what happened in the session log (Part 16).
Part 1: The Chain at a Glance
One leg, one trip, two kicks. If the foot touches down between them, it was two singles, not a double.
| Kick | Job in this chain | Body action | What success looks like |
|---|---|---|---|
| First dollyo chagi (body) | Earn a real defensive answer | Full kick to the hogu, thrown to score | It is covered down, covered high, leaned off, or it scores |
| Rechamber | Become the second kick's chamber, in the air | Sharp fold, knee kept up, hip still turned, no set-down | The second kick can go body or high without the leg dropping first |
| Second dollyo chagi | Score at what the defense moved | Same leg, off the rechamber, while the cover is still committed | It lands on the opened line at controlled contact; then the foot comes down and the guard returns |
Chain law: the second kick answers the first kick's defense. This chain is two kicks. There is no third kick in this book, in any card, at any week.
| First kick result | What the defense moved | Second kick |
|---|---|---|
| Covered down and across | Covering arm low; high line open on that side | Same leg, high, under the safety block's head-work rules |
| Covered high and tight | Arms up; body line under the cover is thin | Same leg, body again, under the held cover |
| Partner leans back | Weight rear, guard lifts with the lean | Same leg, body, as the lean peaks |
| First kick scores clean | Partner reacting, guard unsettled | Second kick only if already chambered; otherwise set down and take it |
| First kick caught | Leg held; the chain is over | No second kick. Recovery cards (R6), immediately |
Same-Leg Doubles Playbook
Mat Manual companion guide to "One Leg, Two Scores." Print it. The article explains why narae chagi (same-leg double kick) is two kicks and not three, and how the catch beats it. This book builds the double — two dollyo chagi (turning/roundhouse kicks) off one rechamber, no set-down — by the first kick's result, and it requires every attacker in the book to pass the caught-leg recovery cards before free rounds.
What's Inside
- Part 1: The Chain at a Glance
- Part 2: How a Rep Counts
- Part 3: The Three Covers
- Part 4: Cover Drill Cards
- Part 5: Rechamber Cards: The Sharp Fold
- Part 6: Core Chain Cards by Cover
- …and 22 more sections
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