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Biomechanics of the Taekwondo Axe Kick: a review
- Source :
- RUA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Alicante, Universidad de Alicante (UA), Journal of Human Sport and Exercise, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 141-149 (2015)
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Universidad de Alicante. Área de Educación Física y Deporte, 2015.
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Abstract
- The axe kick in Taekwondo has been observed to be a highly effective offensive and defensive technique. Its purpose is to attack the opponent’s head, collarbone or chest with a powerful downward force. However, few researchers have studied the biomechanics of this kicking technique. The modified competition rules of World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) on the number of points to the head resulted increase in the number of kicks to the head by athletes using the axe kick. Therefore it is important to know the biomechanical principles of the axe kick for executing the kick effectively with minimum injury to the opponent’s head, collarbone or chest and for scoring maximum number of points in a competition. The main purpose of this article is to present a general description, variations and biomechanics of the Taekwondo axe kick.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
biology
Taekwondo
Head (linguistics)
Athletes
Biomechanics
Offensive
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
biology.organism_classification
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Axe kick
medicine
Educación Física y Deportiva
lcsh:Sports medicine
Safety
lcsh:RC1200-1245
Psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- RUA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Alicante, Universidad de Alicante (UA), Journal of Human Sport and Exercise, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 141-149 (2015)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a56e3cc6163d21633e3d9f0dce40b9b4