Sparring Strategies - Kicker
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Kicker
The kicker is the most encountered sparring style in Taekwondo competition. The kicker stays at long range and uses mostly kicks as attacks.
If you are also a kicker, then the match is similar to the gunfight of the Old West. Both opponents stand apart and both draw at will. The first to draw and hit the target wins. This means you must be faster on the draw than your opponent. Your kicks must be quicker and more accurate than your opponent's kicks. If your opponent draws first, then you must block or avoid and then counter kick. During clashes, keep your leg over the opponent's leg so you are in scoring position and the opponent is in a position that may draw a foul for a low kick. When attacking, use double or triple kicks and kicking combinations. If you are also a kicker, then the match is similar to the gunfight of the Old West. Both opponents stand apart and both draw at will. The first to draw and hit the target wins. This means you must be faster on the draw than your opponent. Your kicks must be quicker and more accurate than your opponent's kicks. If your opponent draws first, then you must block or avoid and then counter kick. During clashes, keep your leg over the opponent's leg so you are in scoring position and the opponent is in a position that may draw a foul for a low kick. When attacking, use double or triple kicks and kicking combinations.
To fight a kicker:
- If you are a puncher, you must fight at close range. If you fight from a middle or long range, you are merely a target. The kicker may score on you but you may not score on the kicker.
- Crowd the kicker and stay inside the kicks so they are ineffective.
- Keep the kicker backing up so he or she can never gets set up for a kick. By crowding the kicker, you eliminate his or her kicks and force the opponent to fight with the hands.
- Most kickers are usually tall, which means long legs and long arms. If you get inside, it is difficult for a long armed opponent to strike you, especially with any power.
- Inside fighting is very strenuous, so you must be in good physical condition.