Stanford Taekwondo
Promotion Test
Comments – Spring 2004
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62274 100% Attendance
Basic Kicking
Good axe
kick; awesome kicks overall.
Poomse
Good
power. Good eye positioning. Good stances, good power. Good power.
Sparring
One and two step
sparring needs more practice.
4669024 100% Attendance
Basic Kicking
Front kick
must be straight with straight foot; side kick must be in a straight line. Overall good kicks.
Poomse
Aim for deeper
stances. Relax more; your body is very
tense. Chamber your blocks; relax;
don’t bend your wrists when punching.
Sparring
Good stances and checking!
Just make sure that you rotate your upper body more and turn your back foot
forward. One
and two step sparring needs more practice.
1216 71% Attendance
Basic Kicking
You should
get your kicks higher; bring your knee up on roundhouse kicks.
Poomse
Make sure
you look before turning. Aim for more
power behind your kicks and punches.
Sparring
Good technique and footwork. Now work on accuracy in kicking.
5246118 71% Attendance
Basic Kicking
Good power
on side kicks.
Poomse
Good
stances. Good job looking at your
target before executing a technique.
Good stances; lock out your arms and hands.
Sparring
5239419 75% Attendance
Basic Kicking
Good
flexibility.
Poomse
Try for
more defined stances; you need more consistent power with your kicks, punches,
and blocks. Good job differentiating
your stances. Tighten your fist; your
stances still need some work. Look
before turning; make a fist and punch with the proper striking surface.
Sparring
Good sparring feel,
and nice checking. Loosen up a bit.
5157562 24% Attendance
Basic Kicking
Be sure to
fully extend your kicks.
Poomse
Good
overall power; check your stances. Good
power; work on your hand movements.
Work on your stances; relax more!
Sparring
Good defense and
aggressiveness. Try to loosen up and add variety with footwork.
1123 41% Attendance
Basic Kicking
You have
good speed on your kicks; stay on the balls of your feet. Good speed on kicks, but lock them out more;
kick higher.
Poomse
Good power;
try for higher kicks. Good focus; keep
your legs straighter in walking stance; good hand techniques. Good power.
Make sure you differentiate between walking stance and front stance.
Sparring
Nice combination!
Things to work on: distance, stability with back kicks, and kicking too low.
92282 100% Attendance
Basic Kicking
Don’t hunch
forward when kicking. On axe kicks, the
power should be directed downwards; keep your eyes and focus forward. Keep your head up when kicking.
Poomse
You need
more practice on your poomse; aim for better power. Your head moves a bit too much, and you should aim for more
crispness in your techniques. Don’t
look at the person next to you; work on your stances. Always look before you make a turn; try to keep your back
straight when you kick.
Sparring
With checking,you
want to convince your opponent you'll actually kick, so be a bit more aggressive.
Move your whole body, not just feet stamping up and down.
061075 59% Attendance
Basic Kicking
Stay on the
balls of your feet. Good form, but be
sure to fully extend your kicks. Good
axe kick.
Poomse
Try for
more power in your blocks and punches; curl your toes back in kicks; good
stances. Good knowledge of your forms;
good stances, punches, and kicks. Good
movement; good stances; aim for more power; your punches and joonbi need
work. Good stances; aim for more power.
Sparring
Good counter
attacks. Less tension.
050773 82% Attendance
Basic Kicking
Be sure to
kick past the centerline on roundhouse kicks.
Work on your flexibility. Try to
work on your side kick a bit more.
Poomse
Remember
your forms!; fix your front stance—your feet should not be in a line; aim for
crisper blocks and punches. Don’t look
at the other people doing their forms; you need more power with your
punches. Your front stance needs work;
your front knee turns too much inwards.
Try to get more power behind your kicks and punches.
Sparring
Great counters and
distancing, just continue to develop those combinations and mix in some punches.
Make sure your fist is closed.
4830279 82% Attendance
Basic Kicking
Good power;
good spirit. Great height and form on
side kicks; Try to move more quickly during the kicking pattern. Awesome form; good flexibility. Good axe kick.
Poomse
Good power
and spirit; good stances. Great power,
great forms overall. Good focus and
power; good basic movement. Good power.
Sparring
Good movement,
but watch distance. Try more blind counters.
030577 100% Attendance
Basic Kicking
Kiyap! Good form on your roundhouse. Good form; kick harder and faster. Work a bit on your side kick.
Poomse
Try to add
power to your movements. Need more
power with your punches; good stances.
Try to add crispness overall.
Aim for more power; watch your stances.
Sparring
When fighting more than one opponent always try to align this way ( O is you, X is opponent): O X X. Also, watch distance to make sure you're not in kicking range.
041979 88% Attendance
Basic Kicking
Try to make
your back kicks higher. Good form
kicking; good job staying on the balls of your feet. Good speed; kick past the centerline.
Poomse
Good power
and stances. Your back leg needs to be
straighter in your front stance, and your back stance can use general
work. Good power, but work on your
stances; make sure your fists are tight.
Good crisp blocks and punches; your front stance is too long and narrow.
Sparring
Try axe kicking to
use height advantage.
102171 94% Attendance
Basic Kicking
On your axe
kick, make sure the power is directed downwards. Kick more intensely.
Poomse
Aim for
more power; good stances. Try to make
your back leg straighter in your front stance.
Work on your power. Good
stances.
Sparring
Don’t just
retreat backwards, move sideways more; keep your hands up. Good basic roundhouse counter. Good energy and kiyaps; kicks are
well-placed.