Sparring Deconstructed Part 3
The final part of Master Byrne’s session focussing on tempo.
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This is our first video release of series of seminars by Master Adrian Byrne from Ireland.
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The Master Byrne Interviews We interviewed Master Byrne about his philosophies and what he covered in the sessions we recorded. Master Adrian Byrne presents a…
Adrian Byrne Interviews
Master Adrian Byrne presents a series of seminars on ITF sparring.
Master Byrne’s philosophy is totally different to almost everything you’ve heard about teaching and learning sparring.
We interviewed Master Byrne about his philosophies and what he covered in the sessions we recorded.
Videos coming to TKDCoaching soon.
Snippets of amazing old footage
DON’T FORGET TO WATCH No. 10 – Paul McPhail performs Juche forwards and backwards
For my 5th degree black belt grading in 1993 I thought it would be a cool idea to perform Juche Tul forwards then backwards for General Choi.
The plan failed miserably as I started the backwards part… I hadn’t even considered the possibility that General Choi would take offence to it. He turned his head and refused to watch. I figured… well… I may as well carry on now and struggled through to the end.
I passed the grading so I guess the General had forgiven me by the day the results were announced.
Here is the footage of the pattern at the grading.
Road to Double Gold
Final Session: Mira Sjövall’s Road to Double Gold
Miss Mira Sjövall won DOUBLE GOLD at the ITF Taekwon-Do World Championship in September 2023. Her powerful yet relaxed style is something to behold. She is 4 x World Champion and 6 x European champion.
In true TKDCoaching style, we were a “fly on the wall” at Mira’s final session before competing at the World Champs. This is a fascinating insight into the kind of training top athletes do, leading right up to competition.
This session was even more interesting, in that WT Master from France Lionel Villaret was invited to take the session. This is a perfect example of “cross-training” or “outside-the-box” thinking that Black Eagle TKD is well known for.
You can see Mira working with her training partner Sam Delrock from The Netherlands, who went on to win bronze at the Worlds. Training also is Jukka Holmen and Luca Stirbu, as well as Ariella Figueroa 5th dan practising her patterns in the background. Ariella is world champion 2017, world cup winner 2022 and European Champion 2023.
Thanks to Mira’s instructor Master Thierry Meyour, for letting us into his Do Jang to film this session.