What can I do to improve my Kicking and punching for Taekwondo?

I want to improve my kicking and punching anyone got ideas?|||Believe it or not slow them down and work on the basics of each of them. Work on getting the absolute closest to perfect that you can. Pratice on every punch or kick perfect breathing, balance, weight shift, hand and foot positioning. After you have done this for a while(10,000 times or so) and feel confident that you have good form, add wrist and ankle weights and train even more slowly. This will help build the specific muscles that you use in each motion. Finally work them on a heavy bag, to get used to making contact and to learn to follow through an finish your technique. the only thing that will improve them signifigantly is proper practice, proper practice, and did I mention proper practice?|||i don%26#039;t particularly agree with the answer above mine but everyone is entitled to their own opinion, cross-training would help allot but you don%26#039;t have to do it. the best thing to do if your in TaeKwonDo is to stretch and not just when you go to class or every once in a while you want to stretch every single day if you can. also kicking and punching heavy bags will help you more than you think. and if you want to make your kicks faster you could try kicking in the pool it really does help.











Good luck|||Take muay thai. Your hand work will get a lot more sophisticated (TKD really is limited there, I have a TKD blackbelt so I speak from experience) and your kicks will get a lot more powerful.





Honestly though, just abandon TKD. If you are young and strong enough for it there are just better things to do with your time. Thai boxing is great, MMA is even better. Jujitsu is also pretty good. If you%26#039;re going to spend your time learning a martial art, take the best one available.





I%26#039;m not a traditional art hater, I have blackbelts in TKD and Kempo, and a lot of experience in traditional weapons, judo and jujitsu, but the truth is the martial arts have evolved more in the last 10 years than in the last 100, and they are still evoloving. Someone with 6 months of training in a good MMA camp can wipe the floor with a TKD master.





email me if you want more info.|||Cross train in the two sports with the most devestating punches and kicks. Boxing and muay thai.





apply what you learn to TKD.





Actually you will probably be banned from the club once you can hit that hard and fast:)|||Practice. Practice until you%26#039;re tired. Keep going. Practice till you want to drop. Keep going.





You need to practice while really tired, that%26#039;s where you see your largest mistakes, that%26#039;s where it%26#039;s hardest to fight, so that%26#039;s where you need to practice.|||Use your hips for both punching and kicking. When kicking make sure you have agood chamber before unleashing the kick, do it slow at first, but make a conscious effort to turn your hips into the punch or kick|||not to be a smartass, but PRACTICE!





take the techniques you have been taught and practice while making sure to pay attention to your form. Keep your shoulders down, reduce excess movement, etc. drill yourself till you%26#039;re spent, then do it again tomorrow.


over time your body will get quicker at these tasks and you will be faster.


there is no magic way to get better, but there are smarter ways to train. good practice habits yield good technique|||to improve kicking you need to be more flexible, try doing the splits and stretching more often after excersizes|||Practice your balance, stance, and control.


Do them. Do them again. Do them again and again and again.


Use your yard, practice going down one direction, and back up the other direction.


Use a punching bag, pretend like it is a real opponent.


Shadowbox as if you were in a real fight.