10 Most Popular Hand-Strikes Taught In Taekwondo Schools

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10 Most Popular Hand-Strikes Taught In Taekwondo
Schools
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• Taekwondo is one of the most common martial arts
  style taught for self-defence. Apart from being a
  comprehensive self-defense tool, Taekwondo can
  also be followed as a sport, allowing you
  entertainment, exercise and great value for your
  time. Initiated in far east Asia, this technique
  has earned quite a reputation and has now been
  practiced in many parts of the world.
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• There are plenty of Taekwondo schools in
  Woodbridge where you can learn different
  self-defense techniques. While there is an entire
  range of hand and leg attacks that are being
  taught in woodbridge taekwondo schools, some of
  them are listed below

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• Hammer fist
• A closed fist may be introduced down in a
  hammering movement to strike with the beneath.
  This type of strike can obliterate an opponent's
  nostril, making it near impossible for him to
  retaliate.
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• 2. Forefist
• This can be suitable for general punches to
  delicate areas of the body. It's inadvisable to
  strike the bony face without security, as fingers
  are more likely to get damaged on the difficult
  temple and jaw bones.
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• 3. Backfist
• A Son Deung clenched hand is swung backwards into
  the face of an opponent. The back of the hand
  makes contact and the momentum garnered within
  the swing makes this a robust strike.

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• 4. Tiger Claw
• This is likely one of the probably the most
  wellknown hand strikes taekwondo Woodbridge kids
  prefer to be taught - a strike utilizing the
  space between the index finger and thumb. Fingers
  are made inflexible, and the attack is in most
  cases directed toward the neck/trachea.
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• 5. Palm Heel
• it is a a classic self-defence strike where the
  hand is pulled again to interact the base of the
  palm in an upwards thrusting strike. That is
  certainly dangerous if applied to the bottom of
  the nose or chin and can outcome in dying. This
  assault is banned in competitions.

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• 6. Knife Hand
• This transfer is just like the 'Karate Chop', in
  which an open hand is hammered down to make
  influence with the underside. A Ridge Hand is the
  opposite, whereas the highest of the open hand
  strikes.
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• 7. Elbow Strike
• Forearm is folded inwards closer to the body and
  the strike is delivered with the outside of the
  forearm or elbow.
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• 8. 4-knuckle strike
• as a substitute of closing the fist absolutely,
  the fingers are held out and only the knuckles
  are bent, thereby offering the higher set of
  knuckles as the striking surface. This fist is
  used for breaking boards because the smaller
  floor discipline concentrates the punches energy.
  

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• 9. Scissor Finger
• In Scissor Finger, a forefinger and center finger
  is multiplied out as if to dig any person's eye.
  Similar to Pincer hand besides that the
  forefinger and core finger is increased outwards.
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• 10. Eagle strike
• In this strike, the fingers all touch
  collectively, and the hand is pointed down,
  exposing the top of the wrist,which is then swung
  upward to strike the underside of the jaw. If
  accomplished safely, this strike can easily
  fracture the jawbone, and is most often banned
  from competitions as a result of the extreme
  hazard. If achieved improperly, nonetheless, the
  practitioner may well wreck his wrist.