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Tul World - ITF Taekwon-Do — 337 episodes

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Ep. 341 - Bruce Lee Uses the Bow Wrist in What Movie + What Is the Bow Wrist

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Ep. 340 - What is YOUR Favorite Pattern?

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Ep. 339 - GM Jue's Experiences Visiting Other Taekwon-Do Schools

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Ep. 338 - What is the Proper Etiquette as a Student in Seminars - Don't Do These Things!

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Ep. 337 - Should 1st Dan Be Able To Grade?

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Ep. 336 - Sam-Il - When Do I Form This Guarding Block

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Ep. 335 - Yoo-Sin - Why Do I Keep The Hand Covered For the Punch

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Ep. 334 - What Defines Stepping, Skipping, and Flying

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Ep. 333 - Yoo-Sin - Standing Up (Differences in Continuous Motion, Regular, or Connecting)

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Ep. 332 - Why Do We Have 9 Ranks of Black Belts in ITF Taekwon-Do

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Ep. 331 - All Instructors and School Owners Need To Bring These Talks Into Their Studio

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Ep. 330 - Yon-Gae - Why Is Movement 1 in a Circular Motion

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Ep. 329 - Cross-Cut Versus Knife-Hand Strike - What's the Differences

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Ep. 328 - What is Acceptable Standard for Breaking

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Ep. 326 - Has Board Breaking Changed Over the Years?

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Ep. 325 - Different Competitions, Different Judges, Different Martial Styles - Should I Do It?

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Ep,. 324 - Why do ITF Practioners Make This Weird Chirping Sound

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Ep. 323 - Yoo-Sin Versus So-San - These 4 Similar Techniques Done Differently

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Ep. 322 - 2025 Year in Review - What Happened and What We Learned!

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Ep. 321 - Double Forearm - Was This Secretly a Strike?

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Ep. 320 - Mixed Rank Class Versus Single Rank Class

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Ep. 319 - Teach Taekwon-Do For the Love of the Art Compared to a Commercial School

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Ep. 318 - I Want to be in Two Martial Art Organizations at Once, Is That Okay?

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Ep. 317 - Ul- Ji Movement 10 - How Do I Perform This Technique

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Ep. 316 - How Does Meditation Work in Taekwon-Do

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Ep. 315 - Is It Best To Combine Brackets in Patterns

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Ep. 314 - Should I Score the Flurry of Punches

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Ep. 313 - Where Do I Face My Knee for Bending Ready Stance A

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Ep. 312 - Guarding Block Versus Double Forearm Block - What is the Difference

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Ep. 311 - What is the Proper Look for the Do-Bok

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Ep. 310 - Participation Trophies - Should You Give Them?

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Ep. 309 - Sparring - What is Acceptable Standard

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Ep. 308 - Patterns - What is an Acceptable Standard for Color Belts

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Ep. 307 - What Do You Want to See From a Best of the Best Tournament

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Ep. 306 - 2025 World Championships in Barcelona, Spain Recap

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Ep. 305 - Different Ways to Judge Patterns - Pros and Cons

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Ep. 304 - What is the Ideal Body Size for Taekwon-Do

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Ep. 303 - Continuous Sparring - Pros and Cons

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Ep. 302 - Model Sparring - Fast then Slow or Slow then Fast?

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Ep. 301 - What is an Acceptable Standard for BLACK BELTS

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Ep. 300 - WOOO 300 CELEBRATION! - What Have We Learned

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Ep. 299 - Can I Train a World Champion If I've Never Won Myself

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Ep. 298 - What is Fast Motion For Techniques That Aren't Punches?

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Ep. 297 - What is an Acceptable Standard for Each Color Belt Rank

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Ep. 296 - The Issues of Knock-Out and Rules

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Ep. 294 - Do I Perform Techniques Differently When The Application is Different

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Ep. 292 - If You Could Add A Power Break, What Would You Choose

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Ep. 291 - Are Schools Blaming Martial Arts For Rises in Violence

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Ep. 289 - What are the 3 Times You Use Diagonal Stance

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Ep. 287 - Do I Do A Pattern Back to Back

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Ep. 285 - Celebrating 70 Years of Taekwon-Do

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Ep. 284 - Students should NOT Do This To Their Instructor

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Ep. 283 - The Different Ways We Can Move in Taekwon-Do

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Ep. 282 - Which Techniques Do I Rotate and Which Do I Not

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Ep. 281 - Extending the Arm - Is It a Block?

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Ep. 280 - What Are The Different Types of Sine Wave

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Ep. 279 - How To Pick the Best 5 Man Team

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Ep. 278 - What Are Different Ways To Pick A High Level Team

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Ep. 277 - What Makes a Great Black Belt Test

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Ep. 276 - Should Video Playback Be Allowed in Protests

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Ep. 275 - How To Help Your Martial Artist Students The Best

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Ep. 274 - Do I Snap A Slow Motion Technique

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Ep. 273 - Ko-Dang & Juche - Do I Need To Use This Hand

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Ep. 272 - What is the Hardest Rank to Achieve?

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Ep. 271 - How Does Taekwon-Do Fit Into the Martial Art World and Where It's Going

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Ep. 270 - Why Do I Move the Right Foot Back in These Patterns

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Ep. 269 - If You Could Add A Specialty Kick, What Would You Choose

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Ep. 268 - Tong-Il - What Happens if We Change the Name

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Ep. 267 - What It Takes to Host a Great Seminar - IIC Recap and 2024 Year In Review

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Ep. 266 - Why the Elbows Face Out or In for Wedging Block

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Ep. 265 - If Taekwon-Do Is Known for Kicking, Then Why The Patterns Have So Many Hand Techniques

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Ep. 264 - Cheating or Not? - 360 Back Kick

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Ep. 263 - Flying Back Kick vs Mid Air Kicking - What's the Difference

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Ep. 262 - Do I Bend or Keep The Leg Straight for These Reverse Hooking Kicks

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Ep. 261 - Why A Certificate Will Protect You In Self Defense

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Ep. 260 - The Common Misconception of Knee Strikes in TKD

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Ep. 259 - Etiquette that Your Taekwon-Do Students Need

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Ep. 258 - Why The Leg Has To Be Bent on These Kicks

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Ep. 257 - Do I Hold Out a Twisting Kick in Patterns

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Ep. 256 - What is an IIC and Where Can You Join Next!

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Ep. 255 - Why do we do a 360 Jump?

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Ep. 254 - Meaning of the ITF Logo & Should We Change It

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Ep. 253 - Who Owns the ITF Logo?

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Ep. 252 - Sam-Il - Two Techniques That Aren't How They Are Normally Performed

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Ep. 251 - What Can I Learn From the Biggest Competition for Taekwon-Do

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Ep. 250 - Students That Have The Skillsets, Are They Lacking in Other Places?

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Ep. 249 - What You Should Look For As A Coach in Patterns

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Ep. 248 - 3 Ways To Hold the Hand in Side Piercing Kick

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Ep. 247 - Symmetrical Patterns vs. Non-Symmetrical - Which is better?

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Ep. 246 - Do I Change My Curriculum to Something More Practical

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Ep. 245 - Circular Motion Techniques - What Are They?

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Ep. 244 - Which Came First - The Pattern or the Diagram

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Ep. 243 - Can I Compete in Other Organizations Tournaments

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E. 242 - Do I Always Have To Go To The Bending Ready Stance B Position?

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Ep. 241 - High Side Piercing Kick - Is This Punch Correct?

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Ep. 240 - Where Do I Load It Up - Horizontal Punch

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Special episode with One Hit Podcast

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Ep. 239 - Do I Change My Knife-Hand Depending on the Technique

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Special episode with One Hit Podcast

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Ep. 238 - When Do I Land With Both Feet or One Foot At A Time?

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Taekwon-Do and UFC

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Ep. 237 - What Do You Consider This Technique?

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Ep. 236 - Choong-Jang - Why Would I Put My Hand Here?

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Ep. 235 - Which Pattern Would Win - Juche vs. Choong-Jang

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Ep. 234 - How to Use the Legs to Generate More Power

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Ep. 233 - Striking with the Knee - These Two Look the Same!

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Ep. 232 - Flying Reverse Hook vs. Flying Reverse Turning in Juche

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Ep. 231 - Why You Should Get White Belts to Start Flying Kicks

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Ep. 230 - What It Takes to Do Power Breaking

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Ep. 229 - Arc-Hand - 4 Different Uses

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Ep. 228 - What Makes 4-Directional Thrust Interesting?

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Ep. 227 - Can I Practice Other Martial Art Forms?

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Ep. 226 - Why You Bring the Hand Off The Hip For This Movement (Joong-Gun)

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Ep. 225 - Hwa-Rang Movement 11 & 12 - What are we doing

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Ep. 224 - Finding the Right Tempo for Patterns

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Ep. 223 - Why Toi-Gye Is Your Least Favorite Pattern

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Ep. 222 - Electronic Scoring - Good or Bad for ITF Taekwon-Do

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Ep. 221 - Is Two 3rd Places and Double Elimination Fair?

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Ep. 220 - Interesting Techniques from Se-Jong

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Ep. 219 - The Knock-Out Rule in ITF Taekwon-Do

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Ep. 218 - Controversial Opinions - Flexibility pt. 2

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Ep. 217 - Is Flexibility Required in Taekwon-Do

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Ep. 216 - The 1st ITF WORLD GAMES! - Our Experience

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Ep. 215 - Our Philosophy on Different Classes for Different Students

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Ep. 214 - I Don't Live Nearby Any Taekwon-Do School, What Do

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Ep. 213 - Double Punch vs. Horizontal Punch

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Ep. 212 - What's the Difference Between the Different Spot Turning

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Ep. 211 - How Students Use Breath Control Incorrectly

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Ep. 210 - 57 Years Later - A Historical Day in Taekwon-Do

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Ep. 209 - Why Did General Choi Take The Photo This Way

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Ep. 208 - Do I Need To Break Apart The Hands In-Between Movements

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Ep. 207 - Choong-Jang - What are the Hands Doing?

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Ep. 206 - 3 Questions on Sine Wave

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Ep. 205 - Checking Block - Different Ways We Can Use It

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Ep. 204 - Should I Be Disqualified For Performing the Technique Like This - Step Side Piercing Kick

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Ep. 203 - Has Technology Impacted Martial Arts in a Positive Way

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Ep. 201 - Upper Elbow Strike - How Positioning Affects Our Body Mechanics

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Ep. 200 - Understanding Tools and Distance in Self-Defense

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Ep. 199 - Tong-Il and General Choi's Life Long Dream

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Ep. 198 - Straight Kick - What Is It and What Makes It Different

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Ep. 197 - I Took a Course, Am I Qualified to be a Master

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Ep. 196 - What Makes a Pushing Block Different

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Ep. 195 - Where Does Taekwon-Do Rank?

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Ep. 194 - How Measuring in Yul-Gok Works

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Ep. 193 - 3 Things We Noticed - Bending Ready Stance B

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Ep. 192 - Let's Discuss - Are You Tying Your Belt Wrong?

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Ep. 191 - 3 Ways We've Seen This Kick Performed

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Ep. 190 - Schools do ITF forms but are WT?

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Ep. 189 - Pros and Cons of Different Martial Art Gloves

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Ep. 188 - Why Would I Ever Use An X-Stance

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Ep. 187 - Tricky Situations & How to Handle Them

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Ep. 186 - Self-Defense Skits & The Duty to Retreat

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Ep. 185 - Why Being A Black Belt Puts You At A Disadvantage

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Ep. 184 - Are Your Students Mentally Prepared For This

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Ep. 183 - Why You Need Different Stances for the Same Technique

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Ep. 182 - These Techniques are Useless & Why You Should Still Practice It

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Ep. 181 - Usage of the Twin Palm

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Ep. 180 - Do This Important Step for Circular Block

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Ep. 179 - Executing Two Attacks in One Movement

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Ep. 178 - I Started Really Learning Taekwon-Do As A Black Belt

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Ep. 177 - What If I Hit Somebody With A 540 Kick in Sparring

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Ep. 176 - Tul World Holiday Special Podcast

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Ep. 175 - Angle Punches Are What?

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Ep. 174 - What Makes Side Piercing Kick Special

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Ep. 173 - Real-World Application of U-Shape Block

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Ep. 172 - You Have To Look Out For This as a Coach

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Ep. 171 - When to Start Free Sparring & Step Sparring

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Ep. 170 - Our Thoughts on In-Person and Virtual Seminars (Tul World Summit 2023 Recap)

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Ep. 169 - This is the Most Under Looked Area in Patterns

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Ep. 168 - Losers Focus on Winners, Winners Focus on Winning

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Ep. 167 - Horizontal Strikes vs. Regular Strikes?

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Ep. 166 - Disneyland Do-Jang

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Ep. 165 - Tul Was Originally Called This

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Ep. 164 - Follow These Rules for Flying Kicks

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Ep. 163 - Are Flying Kicks Just For Show?

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Ep. 162 - Difference between Mid-air Kicks & Flying Kicks

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Ep. 161 - 5 Times We Don't Use Sine Wave

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Ep. 160 - Knife hand vs Outer Forearm - Blocking in ITF Taekwon Do

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Ep. 159 - Where Should Side Blocks Line Up (Techniques from Moon-Moo)

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Ep. 158 - Vertical, Crescent, Hooking Kick - What's the Difference?

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Ep. 157 - Picking Master Jue's Brain on the 2022 World Championship in the Netherlands

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Ep. 156 - What's Wrong with All Martial Arts

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Ep. 155 - Performing a Turning Kick For Maximum Power

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Ep. 154 - Scoring in Sparring - What if I hit them with a twin kick

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Ep. 153 - Outward vs. Side Strike - Are They Different?

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Ep. 152 - The Pros and Cons of Teenage Instructors

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Ep. 151 - What To Do With Students Coming From Another School

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Ep. 150 - The Importance of Instructors Training

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Ep. 149 - The Unknown Benefits of Taekwon-Do

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Ep. 148 - Why is the Middle Vertical Punch Not Shoulder Level

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Ep. 147 - Finding the Goal and Motivation

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Ep. 146 - 4 Different Hand Positions for Side Piercing Kick

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Ep. 145 - Pairing Up Partners | What To Look For

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Ep. 144 - This is the Best Kick

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Ep. 143 - How To Be A World Champion

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Ep. 142 - The Pandemics Impact on Martial Arts

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Ep. 141 - Our Favorite Part About Tournaments

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Ep. 140 - Can Anybody Be A Master Instructor?

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Ep. 139 - Telling the Difference Between Forefist Pressing Block and a Downward Punch

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Ep. 138 - Why the Uniform is Essential for Training

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Ep. 137 - Why We SHOUT in Patterns

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Ep. 136 - Do You Have To Practice Both Sides Equally

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Ep. 135 - Right or Wrong? Asking Students for Favors

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Ep. 134 - Why Your Taekwon-Do Stance is Wrong

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Ep. 133 - Calling People By Their First Name in Taekwon-Do

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Ep. 132 - Inner Forearm vs. Outer Forearm - What is the Difference?

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Ep. 131 - How Has Teaching Class Changed Over 30 Years

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Ep. 130 - Utilizing the Reaction Hand for Other Applications

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Ep. 129 - Should High Ranking Black Belts Have Special Titles

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Ep. 128 - Fast Motion vs Continuous Motion: What are they and how do they differ

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Ep. 127 - Properly Performing Knee Strikes in Patterns

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Ep. 126 - 3 Things We Learned in 2021

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Ep. 125 - 2 Techniques, 1 Count - Reasons and Theories WHY

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Ep. 124 - Self Defense Demonstrations

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Ep. 123 - Different Foot Positions for Side Piercing Kick, Right or Wrong

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Ep. 122 - It's All Up Here

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Ep. 121 - Should We Change the Taekwon-Do Encyclopedia?

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Ep. 120 - Is It Okay to do Other Martial Arts AND Taekwon-Do

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Ep. 119 - Keeping the Knife-Hand Open Between Movements

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Ep. 118 - ITF Styles Differ Depending on the Country

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Ep. 117 - Having the Hand on the Hip Creates Bad Habits

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Ep. 116 - Good and Bad of Organizations

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Ep. 115 - The Best Way to Teach and Learn Patterns

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Ep. 114 - Indomitable Spirit in the modern age

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Ep. 113 - Block while landing after a flying kick

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Ep. 112 - Can you demand respect and loyalty

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Ep. 111 - NOW is the best time to start

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Ep. 110 - What inspired Grandmaster Wheatley to start Taekwon-Do

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Ep. 109 - Taekwon-Do Instructors React: Q&A with Grandmaster Wheatley - Video

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Ep. 108 - Should patterns be allowed in the Olympics

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Ep. 107 - Application Photos in the Encyclopedia

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Ep. 106 - What is the significance of warrior stances?

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Ep. 105 - Back Heel Up or Down

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Ep. 104 - Lessons We Have Learned over the Years

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Ep. 103 - Rules of the Do-Jang

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Ep. 102 - Correct Rank Order

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Ep. 101 - Building a More Peaceful World

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Ep. 100 - Keeping the Stances Dynamic

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Ep. 99 - Turning the Shoulder Early

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Ep. 98 - Primary vs. Secondary Blocks

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Ep. 97 - What do we look for?

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Ep. 96 - What Should You Do

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Ep. 95 - Pattern Diagrams

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Ep. 94 - Why do we do stance changes?

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Ep. 93 - Why do we do patterns?

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Ep. 92 - Describing Your Opponent

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Ep. 91 - Open Fist vs. Palm Pushing

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Ep. 90 - Three kicks (defensive hook, crescent, and vertical)

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Ep. 89 - These blocks look similar but different

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Ep. 88 - X-Stance

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Ep. 87 - Raising into a one leg stance

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Ep. 86 - The Student Oath

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Episode 79 - How Many Counterattacks is Too Many?

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Ep. 85 - Why do I place my hand here?

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Ep. 84 - Sine Wave, Sawtooth Wave, Horizontal Wave

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Ep. 83 - Three Ways of Teaching

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Episode 82 - Directions of kicks

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Episode 81 - New year, new book

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Episode 80 - Joong-Gun Release

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Episode 78 - Which leg moves into the parallel ready position?

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Episode 77 - First moment in each Pattern

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Episode 76 - What type of Turning is in Chon-Ji

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Episode 75 - Pressing blocks

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Episode 74 - Transitioning From Ready Stances

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Episode 73 - Foot work in Ge-Baek

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Episode 72 - Scoring Pattern Competition

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Episode 71 - Analysis of US Qualifier 2nd Dan Females

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Episode 70 - US Pan American Qualifier - Jr. Males 1st Dan

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Episode 69 - Yoo Sin Foot Positions

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Episode 68 - Tul World Virtual Competition

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Episode 67 - Old School vs. New School

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Episode 66 - Inward knife hand strikes and reaction hands

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Episode 65 Po-Eun low front block

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Episode 64 - Special Guest Ms. Phoebe Grandfield

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Episode #63 - The Flash

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Episode #62 - Slipping

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Episode 61 - Thrusting and pushing kicks

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Episode 60 - Why is the left fist in the armpit?

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Episode 59 - Action and Reaction

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Episode 58 - Rising blocks

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Episode 57 - Wedging block with the inner forearm

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Episode #56 - Twisting kick in Moo Moo

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Episode 55 - High Side Piercing Kick in Moo Moo

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Episode 54 Tong Il - W Shape Block Bow Wrist

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Episode 53 - Tong II - Unification

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Episode 52 - Sheltered in Place

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Episode 51 - "Training secrets of Taekwon-Do"

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Episode 50 - quotes from General Choi

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Episode 49 - Back kick and horizontal back fist in Ko Dang

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Episode #48 - Ko Dang Two Directional Kick

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Episode #47 - Ko Dang - Parallel block and flying reverse hooking kick.

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Episode #46 - Ko Dang / Juche

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Episode #45 - Choong Jang Back hand and Front Side Back Fist

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Episode #44: Choong Jang Movement 12 and 13

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Episode #43 - Choong Jang - High Side Front Block

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Episode 42 - History of Choong Jang

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Episode 41 - No Sinewave motion

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Episode 40 - Reviewing a round from last weeks patterns tournament

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Episode 39 U-Shape Punch

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Episode 38 Tul 1 Seminar Feedback.

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Episode 37 - Yoo Sin Movement 1-3

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Episode 36 - Yoo Sin

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Episode 35 Master Jue's sharing his experience with the Pattern Hwa Rang

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Episode 34 - Hwa Rang Movement 7 and 21

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History of Hwa-Rang

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Do-San Wedging Block

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Do-San and Straight Finger Tip Thrust

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Do-San History

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Episode 29: Po Eun - X-stance

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Kwang Gae movement 12 - 14

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Kwang-Gae - movement number 4.

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Kwang-Gae - Heaven Hand

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Flying Turning Kick in Ge Baek

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Side Piercing Kick in Ge-Baek and Moo Moo

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Ge Baek - Double Arc Hand Block

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Slow Motion in Ge-Baek

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The Value of Patterns

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Angles in the pattern Do-San and Yul-Gok

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Pick Shape Kick

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Ko-Dang and Defense Hooking Kick

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Master Jue’s Tul Seminar

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W-Shape block in Choi-Yong Tul

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West Coast Open

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Won-Hyo

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Master Chan Lee the value of Patterns

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Stepping and the Types of Waves

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Eui-Am

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Po-Eun - pressing block and pressing kicks.

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Dan Gun Part 2

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Dan-Gun

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Madam Choi's Speech

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Eui-Am

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Hwa Rang

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Toi-Gye

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Ge-Baek

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Chon-Ji

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Tul 3 on May 5, 2019.