Patterns

Nowhere in the rules does it say you have to spin fast and kick. Mark Trotters advice is to turn slowly, look and then kick. Keep your balance and concentrate on not over-spinning and losing [...]

This clip shows a few seconds of tuition from the full coaching session on pattern Choi-Yong. Mr Mark Trotter talks about the position of the knee ahead of the target then following through – to [...]

Mr Mark Trotter explains the importance of a high loading position of the knee for the side piercing kick. Often people start the kick with the knee low, making it difficult to perform the kick [...]

Mr Mark Trotter demonstrates pattern Hwa-Rang after his coaching session with Mis Niketa Wells. This footage is featured in the full video where Mr Trotter discusses each movement of the pattern [...]

At these coaching sessions we occasionally get time to play around with some techniques and discuss how they can be improved. The turning kicks in Hwa-Rang are pretty challenging and we find that [...]

Mr Mark Trotter shows Niketa Wells how to lift the height of her side piercing kicks by creating a circular motion on the chamber position. By bringing the leg back towards the centre line in a [...]

Mark Trotter coaches 2nd dan Kavita Jaduram on getting a smooth landing after the flying side piercing kick in Ge-Baek Tul. Landing should be with the leg bent and showing control and balance [...]

In Po-Eun tul the X-stance front blocks are challenging, and the timing of the feet and hands is important. Mr Trotter explains to double world champion Roisin Giles how delaying the hands until [...]

Kwang-Gae Tul with Mr Mark Trotter and Miss Roisin Giles Mr Mark Trotter coaches double world champion Roisin Giles on Kwang-Gae tul, and in this clip you see one of the exercises he uses to [...]

This video technology enables students to compare themselves to experts side by side so that they can see how to improve in visual detail. The full video gives this kind of analysis so you can [...]

The bending ready stance A in Won-Hyo is a challenging movement, and here you get a few pointers for how to perform it correctly. Rather than swinging the leg out sideways before dropping into [...]

In this clip Master McPhail addresses some of the basic points to work on in Won-Hyo tul. Initially he points out that Riana’s arms are too bouncy, and uses Melissa as a side by side [...]