In our second sit down with physiotherapist Luke "Dr Pain" Gibbons we look at the sidekick in Taekwon-Do. We examine what muscles are being used how to mobilise and prepare them for kicking. We look into some strength work that beginners and more experienced students can use and some Q&A at the end too.

In this second meeting with Luke we dive into more detail around static stretching including isometrics and PNF. All of this in preparation for a more practical hands on examination of sidekick in the next episode. Disclaimer not medical advice always consult a professional if in doubt

Thoughts on how to choose a martial arts school

In this episode. Eoin sits down with Mr. Luke Gibbons AKA Dr. Pain, a Physio and long time friend for a discussion about some of applications of his work to Taekwon-Do.

We look at 5 things that can make your tournament experience that little bit better. Including preparation, mindset, match by match, support and reflection

In this episode we talk about mindset when it comes to set backs. In can be in training or testings or tournaments how you handle failure and set backs. More importantly what you can learn from it to make you better

A walkthrough of some of the technical issues in Do San. Include facings for blocks, rotations in releasing technique, angles and heights.

Talking a look at some of the technical details from Dan Gun. The 2nd ITF Pattern

Thoughts and break down of pattern Chon Ji. The first ITF pattern. Breaking down some of the key technical details of this pattern

This podcast is thinking about practical ways to improve your kicking. Focusing in actually kicking and not just supplementary training