Spacing is essential to point fighting. Help your students get into that sweet spot where they can attack the opponent, but their opponent can't quite get them.
Distance | Point Fighting | Sparring | Spacing | Defense

Using a hesitation is an excellent way to throw your opponent off of your timing. Use this drill to help your students switch up the timing and make good decisions to help them win matches.
Sparring | Point Fighting | Timing | Strategy

Develop reaction time and work on a wide variety of techniques will this drill that uses a kicking shield. Your students will need to think fast to determine the proper spacing and technique.
Pad Drill | Sparring | Point Fighting | Footwork | Partner Drill

This drill emulates being pushed back by a kick in a sparring match, countering with multiple kicks.
Teens | Games | Kicking | Balance | Sparring | Counter Attack

Work round kicks in a partner drill that gives the students a bit of extra stability so they can develop leg strength and perfect their technique.
Kids | Adults | Partner Drill | Kicking

Use this slow step-by-step drill to condition your student's leg muscles needed for round and side kicks.
Conditioning | Chamber | Kicking | Balance

Alternate between multiple punches and sprawls, adding two more punches every time your students stand up.
Adults | Cardio | Punching | Sprawl | Warm Up

Use bigger hula hoops for beginners and smaller hoops for advanced students to practice precise targeting with many kicking techniques.
Kicking | Focus | Targeting

This warm up increases leg mobility and strength by drawing figure 8 motions with their leg fully extended.
Warm Up | Conditioning | Strength | Bag Drill | Kicking | Partner Drill | Balance

This drill uses a jab-cross combo with sprawls, increasing the number of repetitions all the way up and climb back down, just like a ladder.
Warm Up | Striking | Sprawl

Similar to kicking through a hula hoop, this drill helps students focus on balance and targeting while training their side kicks. If their foot keeps hitting the rails, they are likely not re-chambering enough.
Kicking | Games | Coordination | Balance | Targeting

Your students will navigate through staggered Wavemasters, punching all the way through for a cardio-based warm up.
Warm Up | Punching | Footwork

Students will navigate through a set of Wavemasters to work a variety of kicks and master movement that will help with their sparring.
Footwork | Distance | Movement | Kicking | Bag Drill

This is very similar to Clearing the Forest - Part 1, but now students will be using step-up side kicks and spinning heel kicks.
Kicking | Footwork | Movement | Bag Drill

Do you need a way to spice up your sparring class but maintain high safety standards? This drill helps students block aggressively and counter quickly.
Sparring | Defense | Blocking | Striking | Offense

Use knees and elbows instead of extended strikes for greater control and safety. Spinning around before executing techniques on the body shields imitates the confusion associated with a real fight.
Stamina | Sparring | Self Defense | Control

This drill will help your students develop better chambers, balance, and overall kicking technique while striking at three different levels.
Balance | Kicking | Partner Drill | Paddle Drill | Flexibility

This drill involves a choreographed, memorized sparring sequence that help students rep self defense techniques and work on focus and concentration.
Distance | Timing | Footwork | Sparring

This series of falls is done from a standing position to create greater impact upon landing. It is important to understand how to fall from a standing position both for self defense and regular martial arts training.
Falls | Self Defense | Safety | Intermediate

This fall happens with one hand behind the back and students will slap the mat and kiyah to decrease the impact of a fall.
Break Falls | Self Defense | Safety | Beginners

A step is any motion made moving forward, regardless of the speed or distance. Use stepping patterns to progress to kicking combinations.
Olympic TKD | TKD | Tae Kwon Do | Sparring

We don't often think of punching in Tae Kwon Do sparring. However, punching can be an effective way to create distance to score with kicking.
Olympic TKD | TKD | Tae Kwon Do | Sparring | Punching

This teaching/training tip is very helpful in reminding us to always keep our goals in mind when training or teaching a class. This can be done in four simple steps: introduce, demonstrate, explain, and apply, or IDEA for short.
Olympic TKD | TKD | Tae Kwon Do | Sparring | Teaching

Work on your round kicks with this drill that incorporates the lead leg, rear leg, and a defensive round kick. This is a very practical drill for Tae Kwon Do sparring.
Olympic TKD | TKD | Tae Kwon Do | Sparring | Kicking | Round Kick | Paddle Drill