Kicking Drills for Power and Stability
Kicking drills with the heavy bag are an important part of taekwondo sparring training for high level athletes. In this video you will learn more ways to use kicking drills to promote power, stability, speed and endurance as well as concentration. It takes a lot of mental concentration to make your body move quickly in these drills which is vital to your progress as a sparring athlete or just a budding tae kwon do practitioner. These drills will help you progress faster in your training.
This World Taekwondo training style video features First Taekwondo of Arizona’s director of instruction Grand Master Rubben Lolly. “Master Rubben” has continuously practiced Taekwondo for over 39 years and has taught students for over 30 years. He is currently a 7th degree Kukkiwon (World Taekwondo Federation) Certified Black Belt. He is an International Master Instructor licensed by the World Tae Kwon Do academy in Korea. In addition, he is a certified International Referee (IR) in both poomsae (Forms) and kyorugi (sparring). He coaches and trains athletes at all levels including International athletes, USA national champions, USA collegiate national champions and international collegiate champions, and several high-level cadet and junior national competitors in the USA as the head coach of both the Arizona State University Taekwondo team and The Arizona Pride (Arizona’s official state competition team) in addition to all of the budding practitioners at First Taekwondo Arizona. He practices and teaches both Traditional and Sport Taekwondo.
Master Rubben began his Martial Arts Journey and was a 9-time National Champion in Ghana. While in Ghana he earned the position of National Team Captain for two years before he immigrated to the USA. In Ghana he trained many champions and competed on the national team with four of his students.
Master Rubben also has vast experience competing in the USA and across continents. He is a 4-time US Open Champion plus a silver medal in poomsae (forms) in the Master Division and was U.S. national champion two years in a row. He has competed in many tournaments around the world including the world championship and has won numerous medals for championships in sparring (kyorugi), breaking (kyopa) and forms (poomsae) worldwide.
We hope you enjoy this tkd training demonstration.
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