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THE EFFECTIVE TEACHING OF SOUND FUNDAMENTALS IN ITF SPARRING.

By M Nicholas Symonds, Canada

The effective teaching of sound fundamentals in ITF sparring to
beginner students is crucial for instructors because it provides a
solid foundation for the development of essential attack, defence, and counter-attack techniques, resulting in improved sparring performance and greater overall success in Taekwon-Do training.

COACHING MNEMONICS FOR PATTERNS CHON-JI TO GE-BAEK

By M Matthew Breen, New Zealand

Every student is different, with individual idiosyncracies or interpretations that may require specific corrections. But what I find is that there are many small errors or inconsistencies which are common — occurring often enough across a variety of students such that I would find myself making the same corrections over and over. “I should write them down,” I thought. And this document is the result. My general filter for inclusion was that if I’ve had to explain a correction to more than two or three black belt students, it’s worth including.