THE TAEKWONDO MATRIX E-Book

J-G MATUSZEK

• Herausgeber: Books on Demand
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2021

Seitenzahl: 118

Beschreibung

Training - Performance - Life Are we able to look behind the scenes, to see what Taekwondo means to us? There is an opportunity to unleash the ideas. What is the point of reflecting on Taekwondo, to draw attention to what to do, how to do it and why? Even when abstract concepts are projected onto the screen, suddenly we recognize certain strengths and want to progress them further. We observe, we hear and deepen our knowledge. The own experiences are directed towards competence. Self-efficacy increases for each individual, if he/she it desires.

Leseprobe

Are we able to look behind the scenes, to see what Taekwondo means to us? There is an opportunity to unleash the ideas.

dedicated

to my taekwondo mentor

Grandmaster Dr. h.c. Lee Kyong-Myong,

to my former kyorugi trainer

Grandmaster Prof. Kim Yang-Woong,

to my longtime taekwondo acquaintance

Grandmaster Dr. h.c. Park Soo-Nam,

to Grandmaster Lee Kwang-Bae

to Grandmaster Kim Choung-Kwan, M.D.

CONTENT

INTRODUCTION

THE TAEKWONDO MATRIX

What is exercise for?

What does sport make of us?

Taekwondo and Corporate Management

What is Taekwondo all about?

Historical Insert

Philosophical Aspect

Sociological Aspects

What are the taekwondo shouts for?

SUBMATRIX I

TAEKWONDO SKILLS AND ABILITIES

The dynamics of Taekwondo

The Training

The high performance sport

Taekwondo Training Principles

BIOMECHANICAL PRINCIPLES

The kicks

Parameters of the kick-techniques

SUBMATRIX II

COMPETITION ON-FIRE

Kick preparation

What is happening on the fighting area?

Kick positioning

How to get the best of it?

THE TAEKWONDO TOURNAMENTS

COACHING

The authority of coaches

A good strategy mean in competition

SUBMATRIX III

POOMSAE - THE FORMS

The Poomsae Contest

Poomsae Training

Biomechanical Requirements

THE TAEKWONDO KNOW-HOW

Conclusions from the Poomsae practice

Transition from Poomsae to Hosinsul

Practical benefits of Poomsae know-how

SUBMATRIX IV

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

Test batteries

The warm-up

OPTIMIZATION OF PERFORMANCE

Scenarios of training

Alternative Training

The power of the intelligent pause

Orthomolecular substitution

Performance through oxygen supply

Biomechanical muscle stimulation

RELAXATION

A HEALTHY PSYCHE IN TOP SPORT

Competition psychology

What is going on in the minds?

Mental functions

The mental and the cognitive

TAEKWONDO BENEFITS

SUBMATRIX V

WORK OF THE ASSOCIATIONS

Marketing & Public Relations

How are tournaments managed globally?

More people interested in Taekwondo?

To the author

INTRODUCTION TAEKWONDO MIRRORING

What is the point of reflecting on Taekwondo, to draw attention to what to do, how to do it and why? Even when abstract concepts are projected onto the screen, suddenly we recognize certain strengths and want to progress them further. We observe, we hear and deepen our knowledge. The own experiences are directed towards competence. Self-efficacy increases for each individual, if he/she it desires.

Perhaps you are reminded of qualities you have already forgotten. Maybe it animates to new ideas, because this is how creativity is formed. If you want to enjoy the picture, you should look at all its facets, the history or mindset behind it as well as at the information that will continue to develop.

What is the meaning of creativity in the training process? It serves to create original ways to use options of movement patterns. Trainers will recognize the facts, analyze them and draw the consequences. Originality depends on the fact that trainers and coaches can do it and want to get involved in researching such possibilities.

After all, a training concept must also move forward. The will of the athlete and the trainer leads to individual successes that provide overall satisfaction. A creative phase only emerges through the observation and monitoring of a learning phase. None of the hidden abilities should be neglected. Creativity includes not only new discovery, but also rediscovery.

1. THE TAEKWONDO MATRIX

The Taekwondo matrix contains elements embedded in a totality of sporting benefits. It consists of main and secondary forms, regardless of whether they are superior or subordinate to one another. It contains not only physical forms of movement, but also ancient notions of cultural expression. Taekwondo establishes a certain structure that raises-up physiological, anatomical, sports-medicine and sports-science aspects as well as mental specifications.

The matrix is anchored in a mixture of different subdisciplines. Taekwondo opens mentally and physically ways to respond adequately to constraints and overcome unfavorable conditions. A deep practice of movement sequences in the different segments reuqires optimization again and again. The continuous change of the different skills constantly broadens the personal abilities.

Thus Taekwondo is excellently suited as a sporting program for schoolchildren and young people and represents an ideal mental and physical preparation for many demanding professions. Furthermore, numerous high-performance athletes of other sports appreciate the practice of Taekwondo as a positive physical and mental training supplement. If Taekwondo declares itself as a sensational competitive sport, it offers countless opportunities of regional, national and international tournaments, up to the participation in the Olympic Games. But also a balanced everyday life through this sport has its value for all age groups up to the far advanced ranks.

2. What is exercise for?

Exercise is vital, it means quality of life in whatever form. It motivates to live, whether organically or psychologically. In sport, people thrive and satisfy their senses. People demand strength, speed and endurance. And they will feel confirmed when they practice it.

Biologically, it is necessary for the billions of cells in our organism that we keep moving. The dynamic interplay between moving forward and resting is essential to generate tension and pressure in our organic system. Medicine has now found out that the fast and hard, but flowing and non-abrupt movements prevailing in martial arts are good for the internal organs and are conducive to healthy living.

The matrix of the Taekwondo complex shows what can be done with Taekwondo - and in what way. The prerequisites for the interactive play of forces are found in the personal attitude, in the will and in having fun. They are perfected by the conditions of practice and learning.

3. What does sport make of us?

Sport affects not only the muscles, but also the immune system, hormones and the genes. Sport is necessary for the plasticity of the brain, as medicine knows today to report. Sport is always going to the limit, and that is exactly what challenges people. In sports you learn how to deal with borderline situations, which then helps in professional and private life. Exercise is a good protection against stress.

So sport determines physical and mental fitness. It serves the self-control of one's own chances. Sport and fun are important components of a life concept. Properly adopted, this also means taking a very close interest in it. This is probably what the famous mountaineer Reinhold Messner meant when he once said: “The experts start where the fun ends - in all areas”. When the serious is recognized, it can also be filled with fun. After all, fun is also what brings benefit. Without joy there is no success, without identification nothing new is created. So with what vigor do we approach Taekwondo?

4. Taekwondo and Corporate Management. What is Corporate Fitness Management?

CFM is part of corporate social responsibility. Corporate fitness management can be implemented in any company. Only top-fit employees can deliver top performance. The position is not decisive, because everyone has to perform well in his or her job. Managers without sport lack efficiency.

Why managers should train Taekwondo? It is not just a sport, an Olympic one moreover it is also a sport of managers. The question arises, what can managers learn from athletes? We encounter a number of skills that could be useful in the course of life.

Personality fitness plays an essential role in optimization in both, sport and management. The Management-personality is characterized by ability, knowledge and will. That is why in the big companies the "personal trainers" take a significant status. The booming scene of corporate training will not be able to escape the Taekwondo offer.

In the so called business assessment centers, the personality-identity of managers is tested. Not only their professional skills are checked, but also psychological ones, such as stress resistance, creativity or the readiness to react. For this purpose, consultants and evaluators could also use Taekwondo resources.

The monitoring of skills reflects the individual performance. “Readiness to perform is a matter of attitude. Its tools are self-awareness, selfresponsibility, self-confidence, and self-overcoming”, (Behavioral Psychology, Jens Corssen). The control of opportunities determines the profile of one's identity.

What is the fitness of a personality? In many professions, assertiveness is drawn from energetics. How do managers manage their physical skills? That will also depend on the value of the healthy psyche. The answers to the questions of corporate-fitness-management can quickly be backed up with advice from the world of sports.

How can managers keep themselves physiologically fit? How can an inexplicable decrease in performance be analyzed? What about prevention and treatment of civilization diseases? How do managers make their actions more explosive? What support is available for effective warm-up and cool-down in sports and recreational activities? How can the status-quo of physical resilience be defined and measured? What about overload? How can the immune system be strengthened in the mode of optimal training preparation? What are the options for strengthening the body's oxidative capacity? What does modern mental training look like?

Taekwondo is also a method of enhancing a person's self-esteem. We all strive to find the best possible opportunities for ourselves. Certain skills and abilities are on offer that can be put to good use. Decision makers depend on visions they can realize. Either they have them or they don't. Ingredients are, of course, the respective expertise, but also a certain intuitive ability that can be acquired.

What does professional corporate management really have to do with Taekwondo? We are faced with the competence of managerial acting. The new value economy goes far beyond business responsibility. Today it requires additional validity, ecological, social and also personal well-being. Therefore, new ideas and more competence are sought. So how do managers engage, how do they engage in the drama of creative tension?

If managers are the nerve center of an organization, their machinery has to work. On the way to action they are always guided by goals. The feeling of the necessary acuteness of attitude can be learned for example along the path of physical and mental training. Immersion in the arts of Taekwondo as a sport would be such a supporting element. Others find it in flying, in water sports, or in other activities. The one does not exclude the other. Sport is sport, but Taekwondo is a special one.

5. What is Taekwondo all about?

There are so many pictures with illustrative material of excellent Taekwondo actions. You can enjoy them or be amazed. All in all, this is about something completely different, namely the meaning and purpose of a great sport. What is the point? What should it fulfill? What does it represent?

Many illustrations show what others are able to do. Sometimes it seems almost impossible to imitate them. It's like learning a musical instrument. Great artists play pieces of music and you think you will never be able to do something like this. But it is possible. We just have to find out what we can get out of ourselves. All it takes is time, patience and a plan for completion. A prerequisite for this plan is the will to carry it out. But first you have to know what it is all about. Why should you even start with it?

Why are there so many specifications of Taekwondo, you may ask. The Taekwondo-Matrix explains how holistic Taekwondo is. It's far more than just a pastime. It is a sport that could well fit into our daily routine. Opportunities to take home sports trophies could be considered. But there is much more to it than that. The very fact that the physical ability in Taekwondo can be broken down into countless components suggests that there must be some hidden secrets. So the offer is very diverse.

Those who already have Taekwondo experience or are even well advanced in it will retrospectively come to the conclusion: there was so much in what we have learned. And others may be encouraged to see what they could achieve, not necessarily only in terms of medals, trophies or prestige, but in terms of personal net profit. In short, let's go back to the first advertising slogans, when Taekwondo, starting from the country of origin, South Korea, in the sixties of the last century, spread all over the world: "Taekwondo - a fantastic and dynamic sport for everyone, regardless of age, gender or other conditions".

If one seeks to know why or what this sport and his arts are for, one immediately will understand that there must be a reference to quality. It is what ultimately inspires. Thus, Taekwondo manifests itself as a world sport. What does optimization of personal skills mean? What is trained for this purpose? Nevertheless, caution is advised, when mistakes are made in sports training. With bad experiences the later life will bring the burdens. This happens when unpleasant physical consequences should occur. Something was done wrong not at the given moment of the performance, but in the preparation time.

You have to pay attention to see what training opportunities are available. The personal experience with the fruits of the quality achieved will inspire us to the same extent and even more. We are satisfied when we have stayed fit into old age and fulfill the ideal movement patterns far beyond the supposed limits. It's a game, but it has to be a rational one.

In retrospect it is clear how the training was, general and in detail. It usually begins with the selection of a club. It depends on which coaches are to be expected, but also what intentions one has and what kind of effort is involved. The highest level in sporting practice is achieved later, in competition. Until then, numerous individual elements are put together. How it occurs, is reported below.

What is Taekwondo from a systemic point of view? Taekwondo, in the best possible definition of sport, acts on a wide-ranging cultural field of activity. It is not statically closed-up, it is constantly evolving. Over a certain time of training, each individual will enjoy a unique physical flexibility, speed of reaction and performance enhancement.