Tae Kwon Do 540 Kick Mat Practice

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Part of the video series: Tae Kwon Do 540 Kick

Summary: Need to practice your Tae Kwon Do 540 kick? Learn how to use a mat for kick practice in this free martial arts video.

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Caleb Labarda Caleb Labarda is a 22 year old Taekwondo black belt. He has been studying martial arts since he was eight years old. Caleb earned his first black belt at the ... read more

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Tae Kwon Do 540 Kick Mat Practice

Hi, my name is Caleb Labarda. I'm the third degree black belt, Tae Kwon Do. I'm here with Expert Village and today I'm going to be teaching you how to do a five - forty. O.k. so another great way to practice, to start doing your five - forty would be using a mat or something that's soft and sturdy, that you can jump off of. About right below knee level, o.k. I'm going to be using my mat right here, o.k. it's really good practice, it's good! You can even have a partner on the other side, holding out a pallet for you, you can be kicking it. So, from here you're going to jump and kick over, kick and that's going to really give you the feeling of what a five - forty looks like, o.k. So, practice from here, you're going to put your knee up, jump over it, get that kick, o.k. and land on the floor. O.k. now you are going to get a little bit higher and it's going to throw you off just a little bit, just cause you're jumping off something, so as you practice, you just want to slowly start using the mat less and less, putting less weight on that foot, o.k. So, as you do it, you're going to jump and using less weight get over o.k. Now, you're going to start throwing that kick out there, kick and all the way over, o.k. And, that's going to give you a great feeling of what your five - forty looks like and what it's going to feel like, o.k. And then after you get that, start doing the spin, you're going to step, spin, put your foot on the mat, jump and kick. So, like this, jump and kick, o.k. That's going to give you a good feel for the way a five - forty is going to feel like.

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