Martial Arts Styles
TaeKwonDo
According to Grand Master Park, TaeKwonDo is the Korean Art of unarmed fighting. Its earliest roots have been traced back more than 2,000 years! TaeKwonDo is known in its earliest form as Taek Kyon. This fighting art has developed over the centuries since its creation into a deadly self defense system and immensely popular international sport that it is today (Black Belt TaeKwonDo, 2000)
Muay Thai
Muay Thai is a hard martial art from Thailand. Muay Thai is referred to as the "Art of Eight Limbs" because it makes use of punches, kicks, elbows and knee strikes, thus using eight "points of contact", as opposed to "two points" (fists) in Western boxing and "four points" (hands and feet) used in sport-oriented martial arts (Wilkepedia.org).
The art has a long history in Thailand and is the country's national sport. Muay Thai as it is practiced today varies significantly from its ancestor muay boran, such as in its use of gloves similar to those worn in Western boxing (Wilkepedia.org).
Kobudo
The Ancient Art of Weapondry. An Okinawa weapon is a weapon developed from farming tools and employed in the fighting system known as kobudo. The study of the traditional weapons associated with Ancient combat on Okinawa and elsewhere in Asia. Our program consists of learning skills with Ancient weapons such as ; the boken, nunchuka, bo, kama, and the Sai.
The weapons arose due to restrictions placed upon the peasants that meant they could not carry arms. As a result they were defenseless and developed a fighting system around their traditional farming implements. Commonly used farming tools were the Bo Staff, the Nunchaku, Sai, and the Kama.
Poomses and Combos
North Florida Martial Arts teaches a blend of ITF and WTF patterns. The ITF has 24 patterns representing the 24 hours of the day, or the whole of a person's life. There are 10 patterns reaching the first degree black belt. These ten patterns allows the student to move from "beginner" student to “advanced” student.
Each belt color has a meaning and significance in the students training. When all colors, white through black stripe, are combined, the black belt is produced representing the combined knowledge of the lower levels in your training.
The poomse is a line of movements based on the traditional ideas involved in the name of each poomse. Practitioners can learn defensive and offensive techniques against an imaginary opponent through practice of poomse from easy to complex patterns.
Through practicing TaeKwonDo poomse, we can apply the techniques of the hand and foot, and the changes of stances, learned from the basic techniques, adaptable to an actual fight. It also provides us with the effects of improving flexibility of body and being skilled in strength control, balance control, breath control, eye control and concentration of spirit, as well as cultivating martial art spirit through its mental discipline.
Please refer to NFMA poomse DVD’s for guidance at each belt level.
COMBINATION LIST
White and Yellow Belts:
1. Level II Ax Kick, Level II Ax Kick, 1-2 punch
2. Level II Front Kick, Level II Front Kick, 1-2punch
3. Level II Round Kick, Level II Round Kick, 1-2punch
4. Level II Side Kick, Level II Side Kick, 1-2punch
Orange and Green Stripe Belts:
1. Skipping Level III Ax Kick, Level II Round Kick, Level II Round Kick
2. Skipping Level III Front Kick, Level II Front Kick, Level II Front Kick
3. Skipping Level III Round Kick, Level II Round Kick, Spinning Back Kick
4. Skipping Level III Side Kick, 1-2punch, Level II Round Kick
Green and Blue Stripe Belts:
1. Level II Round Kick, Level II Round Kick, Spinning Round Kick
2. Level II Ax Kick, Level II Round Kick, Spinning Back Kick
3. Skipping Level III Round Kick, Back Punch, Level II Round Kick, Spinning Back Fist
4. Front Reverse Spinning Back Kick
Blue and Red Stripe Belts:
1. Level III Hook Kick, Switch Level III Hook Kick
2. Level II Round Kick, Level II Round Kick, Spinning Hook Kick
3. Level II Round, Level II Round Kick, Tornado Round Kick
4. Level III Round Kick, Back Punch, Level II Round Kick, Spin Hook
Red and Black Stripe Belts:
1. Elevation Kick, Jump Level II Kick ( front, round, side)
2. Shake Fist, Kiap & Switch Stance, Level II Round Kick, Level II Round Kick, Spinning Heel Kick
3. Level II Round Kick, Level II Round Kick, Tornado Round Kick, Spinning Hook Kick
4. Jump Front Reverse Back Kick
1st Degree Black Belts:
1. Switch Stance, Level III Ax Kick, Level II Round Kick, Jump Spin Back Kick
2. Level III Scissor Round Kick, Tornado Round Kick, Spin Hook Kick
3. Full Power Spin Hook Kick, fake Spin Hook Kick Rotating 360 Degrees,
Attack with two Level II Round Kicks
4. 1-2 Punch, Level II Low/High Round Kick, Spin Crescent Kick, Level II Round Kick,
Spin Back Kick, Level II Round Kick, Spin Hook Kick
2nd Degree Black Belts:
1. Level II Round Kick, 1-2 punch, Level II Ax Kick, Switch Feet, Jump Spin Back Kick
2. Checking foot work, Tornado Round Kick, Scissor Round
3. Jabbing Back Fist, Ridge Hand, Spin Back Fist, Hammer Fist
4. 1-2 Punch, Level II Low/High Round Kick, Spin Crescent Kick, Switch Stance,
Tornado Round Kick, Spin Spinning Back Kick, Scissor Round Kick, Spinning Hook Kick
3rd Degree Black Belts and Higher:
Create set of 4 combinations demonstrating a blend of self defense and sport techniques.
