Quick Bits Ep 3: The value of a warning in ITF TKD Sparring - a podcast by TKD Coach Academy

Warnings also have value beyond their direct impact on the scoreboard. We can use warnings (particularly traveling) to increase pressure and build momentum, improving ring position and bringing your opponent closer to a lost point. We can also use a warning to interrupt our opponents momentum (if we’re careful to observe the rules) and slow the match down for a moment. We can take advantage of re-starts to catch our opponent watching the scoreboard  or focusing on their coach rather than the opponent. We can even use our opponent’s shot selection preferences to force warnings, drawing a spin or retreating side kick for example.

Warnings exist to protect the fighters and promote a desired style of play. The match should take place; on your feet, within the square, hitting legal targets, without undue celebration or gamesmanship and without employing obstructive tactics to deny scores. But of course sparring is a game and to be successful in any game you have to utilise all the avenues to victory as appropriate. That’s why we design scenarios and constraints to force us to evaluate the game state and make the correct decisions under pressure when we train around warnings in sparring.

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