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Herb Perez - Progression Drills - Stepping
A step is any motion made moving forward, regardless of the speed or distance. Use stepping patterns to progress to kicking combinations.
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Herb Perez - Progression Drills - Part 1
A progression is any series of techniques that builds on the motion learned before it. This drill combines the round kick and the back kick, then expands to several more advanced variations.
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Herb Perez - Punching to Create Distance
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.
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Herb Perez - Rear Leg Distance Drills
These distance drills focus on only the rear leg for both offense and defense. You can use one paddle for speed and two paddles for power.
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Herb Perez - Progression Drills - Part 2
Changing the height, direction, and speed of your kicks will keep your opponents guessing and give you the upper hand. Make your students better Tae Kwon Do fighters with this drill.
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Herb Perez - Distance Drills - Air Drills
Air drills have different benefits than kicking pads and shields all the time. This allows your students to practice distance and control.
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Herb Perez - Combining Front & Rear Leg Distance Drills
This drill works offense and defense by combining front and rear leg distance drills. Use a two-kick combo in a variety of ways to take your sparring skills to the next level.
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Herb Perez - Setting up the Back Hook Kick
Use your knowledge of back kick to understand spacing for the back hook kick. Use a Kiyah to cue the students when to kick and develop proper timing.
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Herb Perez - Distance Drills - Back Kick
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.
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Herb Perez - Front Leg - Back Leg Round Kick Drill
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.
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Herb Perez - Multi-Directional Distance Attacking Drill
Work on your round kicks with this drill that incorporates the lead leg, rear leg, and a defensive round kick. This is a very practical drill for Tae Kwon Do sparring.
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Herb Perez - Method to your Madness
This teaching/training tip is very helpful in reminding us to always keep our goals in mind when training or teaching a class. This can be done in four simple steps: introduce, demonstrate, explain, and apply, or IDEA for short.
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Herb Perez - Front Leg Distance Drills
These distance drills are very effective for controlling the spacing between you and your opponent through the lens of both offense and defense.
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Herb Perez - Progression Drills - Single Position
Progression drills can develop both offensive and defensive strategies and skills. The flow from one technique right into the next makes this teaching format easy to follow and learn from.
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Herb Perez - Distance Drills - Direction
This drill combines the concepts of distance and direction, which you can learn about from other MADrills with Master Perez. Ultimately, your students will execute a front leg round kick followed by a back kick.
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Herb Perez - Options for Attacks (Closed Positions)
The closed position prevents the power leg or rear leg from being used to attack the front side. Learn five counter techniques that you can use when fighting in this position.
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Herb Perez - 5 Options
You may think that you only have two options when your opponent makes a move: the front leg and back leg. Herb Perez reveals that you actually have five movements available to counter any attack.
Olympic TKD | Tae Kwon Do | Sparring
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Herb Perez - 3 Part Drill (Learn, Act and Actions Available)
Decision-making is an essential feature of any fighting style. This drill teaches students to watch a technique and discover different counters for every attack.
Olympic TKD | Tae Kwon Do | Sparring
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Herb Perez - Fighting Strategies (OODA loop)
Learn this unique fighting strategy based on United States military strategies for fighter pilots. The strategy is centered around the OODA loop: Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act.
Olympic TKD | Tae Kwon Do | Sparring | Strategy
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Herb Perez - Motion Drill Variation
The motion drill is consistent across many masters and different styles of martial arts. Learn this take on a classic drill by olympic gold medalist Herb Perez.
Olympic TKD | Tae Kwon Do | Sparring | Footwork | Movement
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Herb Perez - Counters to Open Stance Attacks
Both fighters have a lot of options when fighting in an open stance. Check out this MADrill to learn how to counter these techniques.
Olympic TKD | Tae Kwon Do | Sparring | Footwork | Movement
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Herb Perez - Motion Drill
This drill uses a series of motions in a semicircle to navigate around your opponent. This is a helpful drill for Olympic Tae Kwon Do and many other fighting styles.
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Herb Perez - Motion Drill (Front Side)
Be sure to check out Herb Perez's original Motion Drill first. These motions are a continuation of that drill using the front side.
Olympic TKD | Tae Kwon Do | Sparring | Footwork | Movement
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Herb Perez - Complete Level of Motion
Use this drill to learn how to navigate around and avoid your opponent in Tae Kwon Do and other fighting styles.
Tae Kwon Do | Olympic TKD | Footwork | Movement | Sparring