What are the methods of Taekwondo kick pad training
Jun 03, 2025| 'It's better to get it on paper than to do it on paper.' In Taekwondo, Wushu and other martial arts, combat training is the key to improving your skills, and taekwondo kicking target training can be divided into two types, closed and open, depending on its characteristics. Closed kicking target practice is like a methodical march, where the athlete has to follow a prescribed method and practice around the position of the kicking target and the form of the kick. This exercise is extremely friendly to beginners and is an important basic training tool to form and consolidate basic movements. Open target practice is like a flexible guerrilla tactic, through changing the position of the target, the distance between the target and the target feeder and the rhythm of the target feeder, it can effectively improve the reaction speed, distance control and adaptability of intermediate and advanced athletes.
The so-called closed kick pad practice, that is, the athlete in accordance with the provisions of the method of practice, the provisions of the content mainly include the kicking taekwondo target pad position target and the form of kicking. This means of practice is mainly suitable for learning techniques and consolidating skilled techniques. Closed kick pad practice is a very important means of basic training, very suitable for beginners, very helpful to athletes in the formation of basic movement concepts, consolidation and improvement; open kick pad is to reduce the control factors, giving more changes and uncertainty of the kick pad training means. The elements of change mainly include the position of the taekwondo kicking shield, and the distance between the kicking target, the rhythm of feeding the target. This kind of practice can improve the athlete's reaction ability, the ability to control the distance, the flexibility of the ability to change. It is suitable for intermediate and advanced athletes.

