Squat-Knee-Raise

Until now, I am still going through the basic but now with more intense physical training. Many times coaches conducted physical training in Taekwondo but not able to transfer the physical training to Taekwondo techniques or movement which then affect their performance.

Functional training is when the training is able to transfer to taekwondo performance. As Taekwondo stress a lot to the lower body, then it is just logical that we have training to the lower body which consequently able to transfer to taekwondo movements. For lower body training, I am doing squat knee raise which more specific. In squat-knee-raise, in the extension process, only one leg will be extended while the other sill remain in the bent position. The extended leg is to push the other knee up.

Then combine this exercise into a kick, it can be either front kick or roundhouse kick from the guarding block position. This squat-knee-raise is to exaggerate the stretch-shortening cycle of the quadriceps to enable the execution of a more powerful kick. Also this require the movement from the hip to lift the knee of the back leg while pushing from the front leg. The power from this training is totally beyond your expectation.