List of Taekwondo Techniques

Categories: Taekwondo

Because the specific techniques learned to progress to the next rank vary from school to school, this is only a partial listing of techniques in general.

These techniques are all combined into several set self-defense techniques, improvised self-defense techniques, and longer set forms. These vary from school to school, but usually at least one person who knows the "traditional" forms or defenses can be found.

Contents 1 Stances 2 Hand Attacks 3 Kicks 4 Blocks 5 Patterns (ITF)

Stances

• Ready Stance
• Riding/Horse Stance
• Front/Walking Stance
• Back/L Stance
• Fighting Stance
• Cat Stance

Hand Attacks

Hand attacks come in two basic forms:

• Punches
• Open hand techniques

Kicks

All kicks can be executed as jump kicks, spin kicks, jump spin kicks, multi-rotational spin kicks or jump spin kicks.

Kicks have a separate article.

Blocks

Blocking techniques are discussed in a separate article.

Patterns (ITF)

See the patterns section of the ITF article.