Reflections on the taekwondo competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games

I'm looking forward to the event, but after watching it, I don't seem to be as excited as I imagined, and there is less discussion about it. So I wanted to write something, which can be regarded as a brick throw!

What impressed me the most about this Olympics was that men's taekwondo was too much like a university league competition! I participated in two Jinan University Taekwondo competitions with a few classmates (the second time due to my age, I didn't play, just observed), and at that time I felt that most of them were wild people, and they would definitely suffer a lot if they met well-trained people - but the Olympics proved that this style can also play in the international ring if practiced well.

With the same technical style, people can play world-class competitions after a few years of hard training; And the amateur students, because the training intensity is too low, has not been significantly improved, or for various reasons to give up training! It seems that the main problem is the degree of effort!

Of course, if you want to have the last laugh, you have to have very advanced technical guidance. A successful example of this is Wu Jingyu. Wu Jingyu not only has sharp legs, but also has a first-class defense among all the contestants.

Wu Jingyu's coach is a practical martial artist, so we see that Wu Jingyu and some other Chinese taekwondo athletes obviously do better than foreign wild road athletes, and they can generally win by an overwhelming margin. Therefore, it is really necessary to be guided by the advanced theories of Chinese martial arts.

And then there's the technical stuff. In this Olympic Games, the technical characteristics are very different from previous competitions, which are mainly reflected in three points: the frequency of use of various leg methods completely subverts the previous experience value; Enhancement of hand-to-hand combat; Pay more attention to the change of legs and attack from tricky angles.

Let's talk about the position of the hand alone. Most of the players still have their arms down, which can be considered to a certain extent because they have a good sense of timing and distance, and mainly use body and footwork to avoid the opponent's attacks and rarely rely on hand movements; On the other hand, and the main factor, I think it's a continuation of the old style of play, and maybe the next Olympics they're going to get rid of the stances with their hands down. So beginners should never simply imitate.

It is not advisable to ignore blocking in a game, and it is even more dangerous to not know how to protect your head in street combat.

Finally, let's talk about the strength of taekwondo's actual combat strength, which everyone is very concerned about. Many people see that some of the leg techniques they usually train, as well as some moves in competitive competitions, are almost completely detached from actual combat, and they feel that taekwondo is not practical - this is a misunderstanding. The fancy leg tricks are mainly used for physical exercise, and competitive games are mainly about scoring, and they must not be equated with street fighting.

Of course, the actual combat taekwondo practitioners will not be limited to the technical framework of competitive competitions, but will dabble in a wide range of techniques and absorb various good techniques to supplement their martial arts system. It's like some people say that it's not enough to just learn mathematics, but the reality is that mathematicians also learn some languages.

Wu Jingyu: I have no regrets about losing to the years.

No one expected Wu Jingyu to have such ups and downs in the Tokyo Olympics, but Wu Jingyu herself knew: "The moment the opponent sticks up, when I feel the speed and impact, I know that this is the power of time." ”

On July 24, in the women's 49kg taekwondo competition at the Tokyo Olympics, Wu Jingyu's performance in the first two rounds was very different. In the first round, she easily defeated Dina Pulyounes, a member of the refugee delegation, 24-3 in just two games. However, in the quarterfinals, Wu Jingyu's performance was very substandard when she faced the 17-year-old Spanish teenager Cerezo.

She was beaten 0:9 by her opponent in the first game, and she still didn't find the rhythm of the game in the second game, but Serezo was full of firepower, constantly kicking Wu Jingyu's torso and head. also ended the game early with only two games, but this time it was Wu Jingyu who lost, and the score was an even more embarrassing 2:

33。Wu Jingyu said in an interview after the game: "My tactics are very clear, and my awareness is also very clear, but today's physical state (no) is indeed related to age. I may not have believed it before, but I could clearly feel the pressure of my body's confrontation.

I really know their tactics, but it's going to be difficult to implement. It may be that he is really old and can't go up physically. The game was quite helpless, I obviously saw the opportunity, but I just couldn't go up. ”

On April 20, 2008, the second taekwondo tournament was held at the Youth Palace in Beilun. Taekwondo enthusiasts and taekwondo racers gathered in the Children's Palace, and a small theater was crowded with people, with noise, laughter, slapstick, and talk... It is woven into a symphony that is sometimes high-pitched, sometimes low, sometimes exciting, sometimes melodious.

As the opening ceremony began, the bustling theater suddenly became unusually quiet, and it seemed that even the sound of a needle falling to the ground could be heard clearly. The big names appeared: the director of the Sports Bureau, the president of the Ningbo Taekwondo Association, etc.

Accompanied by the speeches of the people on the stage, the audience burst into thunderous applause from time to time, which was very lively! "It's game on! ”

Taekwondo competitions are arranged in order of weight, with the lower ranks coming first and the higher ranks coming first. The winner is played against someone of the same weight, but at a different level. Everyone used all the skills taught by the coaches in the game, and did their best, not for anything else, but to hit each other.

Everyone is not here for honor, but for improving themselves, for the understanding of those sixteen words. It's a pity that there are no more than blue ribbons, if you can watch them play, it is a pleasure, because they learn more than us. A back kick!

A back swing! A whirlwind kick! It can only be described in one word:

c o o l！Low-level people only know how to use brute force when fighting, rushing forward and kicking hard, but they don't know where to hide. The high level has a little trick.

Looking at their comparison, you can learn a lot, and you can find your own shortcomings, and where you should continue to learn, "Learn endlessly!" ”

After watching the competition, it suddenly dawned on me: learning taekwondo is not for my own vanity, nor for being stronger than others, nor for honor, but for the sake of these sixteen big characters: "etiquette, honesty, patience, self-denial, perseverance, courage and decisiveness".

The landlord is also a person in the same "way"! Which gym is it from?

It's good to describe some of the on-site conditions.

That shot impressed you, just describe it in detail, and add a little bit of your own experience to the admiration of taekwondo.

12.88 seconds, this unexpected score, let everyone cheer for this person who set a record in the world, this person is Liu Xiang, a track and field athlete at the Athens Olympics in --- year! Speaking of Liu Xiang, everyone will feel sorry for this once popular person who has won countless championships. But God teased him mercilessly, and he was sick at this year's sports meeting, and he had no choice but to leave this former battlefield.

At this time, the shocking moment has arrived. Just as Liu Xiang was about to go out, he suddenly stopped. I thought about it for a moment.

He immediately turned around and went to the starting point and ran the whole course on one leg. Then go to the last hurdle and kiss the railing goodbye. The crowd cheered for him.

I still remember that when Liu Xiang won the gold medal at the Athens Olympics, he shouted loudly to the audience: "Who said that yellow people can't do it?!" This is the voice of the Chinese nation, and this voice resounded in the sky.