| sponsors |
| sponsors |
Your Online Martial Arts Resource
| About Sweeps |
It is difficult to practice sweeps with a partner, because they will either resist too much, or they will fall down to avoid the impact. A good drill for learning to sweep is to place a heavy bag (not too heavy) on the floor, upright. Then hit the bag close to the floor and attempt to upend it. Follow up with a punch as it is going down. When the technique is learned, attempt to apply it during sparring.
necessary to get close enough to jam his front leg and hand, preventing any counterattack. As the sweep is applied, the opponent's upper body should be pulled in the opposite direction of the sweeping foot.
The follow up technique should come immediately after the opponent's balance has been upset or broken. For this to happen, it is necessary to recover and control one's own balance during the sweep, so that it is possible to stay away from the opponent's counter attack and set up an effective position for an attack, particularly proper distance and angle.
It is possible to incorporate throws from Judo and joint manipulating techniques from Aikido and Jujitsu in self-defense situations. However, since Taekwondo stresses kicking and punching, it is characteristic to deliver at least one kick or punch to break the opponent's posture before applying the throw, which is then followed with a finishing blow.
When leg sweeps are done properly, they are very effective, not only because they effectively set up scoring techniques, but because of their demoralizing effective on the opponent.
It is difficult to practice sweeps with a partner, because they will either resist too much, or they will fall down to avoid the impact. A good drill for learning to sweep is to place a heavy bag (not too heavy) on the floor, upright. Then hit the bag close to the floor and attempt to upend it. Follow up with a punch as it is going down. When the technique is learned, attempt to apply it during sparring.
Page 3 of 3: NEXT Back First Last | Share | Errors | Last Modified:
Subtopics: NEXT | None
Topic: Comments: Add View | Sources | Related: None