Students will spar in a "king of the ring" style while staying in close range. If a student steps out of the circle, they are out.
Sparring | Close Range | Continuous Sparring | Footwork

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

Spinning kicks are high risk, high reward techniques. Learn the proper spacing and distance to land these advanced kicks.
Olympic TKD | Tae Kwon Do | Sparring | Technique | Fundamentals

The drill begins as a regular round of light-contact sparring, but involves sprawls and jump front kicks to add cardio and work on the ability to recover from a fall.
Sparring | Partner Drill | Teens | Sprawl

This drill will help your students use the back kick for offense and defense, instead of just one or the other. Remind your students the importance of distance and spacing.
Olympic TKD | TKD | Tae Kwon Do | Sparring | Kicking

Take advantage of electronic scoring systems by deflecting the side kick to slide the foot across the scoring area to land a "round kick".
Olympic TKD | Tae Kwon Do | Sparring | Paddle Drill | Kicking

This drill may look like a Jiu Jitsu or Judo drill, but is really designed to help students understand shifting and how to use their opponent's weight.
Grappling | Shifting | Control

Now in a closed stance, one can defend the side kick by quickly switching their stance before executing the swoop and swipe. The swoop being the scooping of the leg, and the swipe being a follow-up ridge hand.
Defense | Sparring | Point Karate | Sport Karate | Point Fighting

This is not only a drill, but a strategy for competition. The goal is to strike the target, then exit the striking zone very quickly by landing a bit short.
Olympic TKD | Tae Kwon Do | Sparring | Paddle Drill | Technique | Fundamentals | Basics | Beginner | Movement

Defending against a straight punch, students will use a sequence of small defense techniques to ultimately grab the attacker by the head for a takedown.
Self Defense | Advanced | Takedown

This sparring drill will allow students to control another classmate as if they are playing a video game. This helps develop their fighting intuition through very basic "coaching".

This difficult round kick drill is great for cardio and agility training. Be sure to train in time increments to make the drill easier for your students, with clear goal-setting.
Olympic TKD | TKD | Tae Kwon Do | Sparring | Kicking | Speed | Agility | Endurance | Cardio | Paddle Drill

As instructors we don't just want to focus on physical skills, but we also need to teach our students the mental game. Mental defensive strategies are very important for sparring.
Retention Based Sparring | Sparring | Point Sparring | Point Fighting

Punching can score points in sport Tae Kwon Do, but it doesn't help if your opponent is landing a kick while you are landing punch. Lock the opponent's front leg so that only you can score.
Olympic TKD | Tae Kwon Do | Sparring | Technique | Fundamentals | Basics | Beginner | Punching

Defend against a lead leg side kick in an open stance by scooping the leg with one hand, following up with a strike by the other.
Defense | Sparring | Point Karate | Sport Karate | Point Fighting

The fourth step in this progression adds a reverse punch follow up. The hook-round is used to approach the opponent, with the reverse punch aiming to score.
Sparring | Point Sparring | Point Fighting | Kicking | Punching

The second step of this progression is to add the limb speed and a faster chamber to the basic hook-round technique. This upgrade makes the technique even more viable for sparring competition.
Sparring | Point Sparring | Point Fighting | Kicking | Speed

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

The hook, round, and side kicks are the three most commonly used kicks in sparring. Learn how to disguise these kicks and avoid "telegraphing".
Techniques | Sparring | Footwork | Pad Drill | Kicking | Partner Drill | Point Karate | Point Sparring | Point Fighting

What is the proper way for instructors to handle sparring with students? Why doesn't the old school mentality still work?
Retention Based Sparring | Sparring | Point Sparring | Point Fighting

Use a backwards side step to create the space necessary to extend the defensive side kick. This kick is a staple for any sport karate sparring athlete.
Kicking | Sparring | Point Karate | Sport Karate | Point Fighting | Defense

Add this partner training drill to your sparring regimen to help with balance, speed, height, and targeting of your kicks. This sweep is very popular in European tournament circuits.
Sparring | Point Fighting | Point Sparring | Sweep | Partner Drill

This stance is specifically designed for modern Tae Kwon Do with lead leg kicking and electronic scoring. Every time your students kick, have their leading hand go down to protect the body.
Olympic TKD | Tae Kwon Do | Sparring | Technique | Fundamentals | Basics | Beginner

How do we teach offense to both competitive and non-competitive students? Confidence is key!
Retention Based Sparring | Sparring | Point Sparring | Point Fighting