The Sine Wave Workbook
Mat Manual companion guide to "How Much Bounce Is Sine Wave? ITF's Most Argued-About Motion." Print it. The article maps the argument honestly. This book trains the motion: the three-wave chart for the wall, a self-vide…
| Art | Taekwondo |
|---|---|
| Family | Korean Arts |
| Level | intermediate |
| Format | deep-dive |
| Topics | fundamentals, forms, history |
Mat Manual companion guide to "How Much Bounce Is Sine Wave? ITF's Most Argued-About Motion." Print it. The article maps the argument honestly. This book trains the motion: the three-wave chart for the wall, a self-video check sheet for reading your own head path, fault-fix drills for the bounce and the arm wave, and pattern-by-pattern notes for the colour-belt tul, with a page for recording your own instructor's standard so the book never argues with your school.
Name: ______________________________ Gym: ______________________________ Coach: ______________________________ Grade: ______________ School's wave standard recorded (Part 19): ☐
BEFORE ANYTHING: THE POSITION OF THIS BOOK ☐ This book takes no side in the ITF argument about how large the sine wave should be. It trains the tests every honest version of the teaching shares: the technique lands at the bottom of the drop, the rise is relaxation rather than a jump, the head traces a smooth shallow curve, and stance and technique arrive together. ☐ Your instructor's standard outranks this book. Part 19 exists to hold it. When the book and your instructor differ, the book is wrong for your grading, and the difference is written down rather than fought over. ☐ Video work in this book is for the student's own review. Film with the room's consent, and never post a training partner's image without asking. ☐ Knee complaints stop the drop work. The wave is trained at the depth healthy knees allow, and depth returns when the knees do.
Part 1: The Three Waves on One Page
Post this chart. The workbook's whole argument is that the wave must be chosen, and this is the choosing table.
| Wave | The body's path | Where it is used | The fault when misapplied |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sine wave | Rises, travels, and drops in a smooth curve; the technique lands at the bottom of the drop | Most techniques in walking stance; the general travel of the patterns | Forced onto fixed-base techniques, it becomes bobbing on the spot |
| Horizontal wave | The mass stays level, moving straight across | Techniques from a fixed base, notably in sitting stance | Performed everywhere, it flattens techniques that were built to drop |
| Saw-tooth wave | A sharper rise and drop, repeated across connected techniques | Fast sequences where the body re-rises and re-drops between strikes | Performed slowly, it chops one flowing motion into hiccups |
The selection habit. Before performing any technique in this book, name its wave silently. A student who can name the wave of every movement in Chon-Ji understands more about the system than a student with a perfect bounce and no map, and panels can tell the difference within four movements.
The Sine Wave Workbook
Mat Manual companion guide to "How Much Bounce Is Sine Wave? ITF's Most Argued-About Motion." Print it. The article maps the argument honestly. This book trains the motion: the three-wave chart for the wall, a self-video check sheet for reading your own head path, fault-fix drills for the bounce and the arm wave, and pattern-by-pattern notes for the colour-belt tul, with a page for recording your own instructor's standard so the book never argues with your school.
What's Inside
- Part 1: The Three Waves on One Page
- Part 2: The Definition to Work From
- Part 3: Reading Your Own Head Path — Setup
- Part 4: The Self-Video Check Sheet
- Part 5: The Drop Test
- Part 6: Fault One — The Bounce
- …and 22 more sections
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