The Knifehand in Taekwondo | ITF vs WT (Kukkiwon)🥋

The knife hand block you find in most martial arts in various combinations. In this video we are looking at different applications and training drills for this technique. Is it different in Karate, ITF-Taekwon-Do, WT/Kukki Taekwondo etc. Can this block be of differents use than what the textbooks explain? Join our rambling on this topic in this video.

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[traditionaltaekwondoramblings]

Great job 🤗🤗🤗 I hope you get many views here. This is a great approach to forms and forms applications.

[TwitchChocolate]

Awesome video. I agree that the application of this block works well when framing against an opponent.

Reference Sa Jang, I like to use the finger-tip thrust across the opponents chest (and face), stepping my front leg behind the opponents leg in horse-riding stance, my other hand on the opponents wrist pulling them open and from here you can drop your weight by bending your knees and bring the opponent to ground (hard to explain without a video). From an application perspective, you can use this block to catch the opponents wrist, ideally while stepping back on an angle to block a strike (I prefer using angles than straight linear line drills / step sparring). As you mentioned, why block if you're out of the way other than to try and gain wrist control and that's something I teach as well? In this application, the hand on the sternum is more of a chamber in preparation for the finger-tip thrust than any real benefit in that actual movement.

The finger-tip thrust into a takedown works just as well from the framing position as well. Hopefully that makes sense, and I hope to get to Norway to meet you all at some point post COVID.

Thanks,
Tripharn (Sangrok Australia)

[Wgrah]

Why do we keep doing blocks at the attacker wrist. If you're blocking the wrist the punch has no chance of reaching you. However, this type of block can be used to attack the nerves in the forearm as well as the neck. Close your hand into a fist and it's a hammer fist to the jaw. Yes it does seem that the cross or prep for the block is a parry or guard before a close range attack. In the street there is a lot of grabbing to pull you into a haymaker. The blocks are strikes for that close range. Otherwise why do we work on putting power into them, when a quick guard or redirection of force is needed?

[KenMikaze]

I used the knife hand blocking a kick...


Ouch...