Basic Training

Many times when we reached black belt, we like to think that basic techniques are easy stuff. How wrong can we be? The truth is when we attained our black belt, our basics should be very solid or strong as in the structural foundation of a building. Without a strong structural foundation, the building will collapse easily. Just like in Taekwondo, without a strong basics, then the balck belt is meaningless.

At the black belt level, our basic techniques should be flawless as in close to perfect if not perfect. There should be any bad habit that can hamper the execution of the technique. When we raise our knee for front kick, it is not about how high one can raise his/her knee, but how close the heel to the butt when raising the knee. When punching, do we just punch or do we concentrate on the push/pull element?