Comparative Study Of Taekwondo Poomsae And New Poomsae

Taekwondo poomsae is an important part of taekwondo,which was taken as an official event of world taekwondo competition by World Taekwondo Federation in 2006.So far,it has been held for 11 sessions.Kukkiwon and Asian Taekwondo Union officially announced 10 new sets of taekwondo poomsaes in kukkiwon on November 29,2016.This was the related work the two organizations had done for its application in 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta,Indonesia after they started to cooperate in the research and development of new poomsae in April 2016.The new poomsae of taekwondo was officially recognized as the competition event of 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta,Indonesia.In the competition,taekwondo is not only about competition,but the poomsae events will also become mainstream events.The traditional poomsae have been practiced all over the world for many years,and the athletes have been preparing for competitions and trying to train traditional poomsae.After the emergence of new poomsae,the audience’s viewing rate in the competition has been greatly improved,which has been recognized by many coaches and athletes.The birth of new poomsae also marks that taekwondo poomsae is about to enter a new development era,which is undoubtedly another significant opportunity for the majority of poomsae athletes.Therefore,the comparative study and arrangement of traditional and new poomsaes will be conducted to provide certain theoretical reference and practical significance for the better development of new poomsae in China.With the technical characteristics of traditional and new poomsaes as the study objects,literature review,video observation,expert interview,comparative analysis and mathematical statistics methods are applied to conduct the comparative analysis and investigation in terms of competition contents,technical characteristics and competition rules of traditional and new poomsaes and the following conclusions are drawn:1.Formal competitors need to master 8 sets of recognized traditional poomsaes and 4 sets of new poomsaes.Compared with traditional poomsae,new poomsae weakens the technical movements of upper limbs,emphasizes the demonstration of leg technique,avianizes the rhythm of one-stroke attack and defense conversion of traditional poomsae,and stresses the combination technique of fist and feet in the actual combat.2.In traditional poomsae,the skilled movement is bilaterally symmetrical with few movements,simple technique and fixed and short course;in new poomsae,each set of skilled movements is large in number and difficult in technique.The course is not fixed and takes a long time.It is tedious,difficult and not easy to remember and master.3.Compared with traditional poomsae,new poomsae pays more attention to the technical performance of leg technique and replaces the oneness of leg technique in traditional poomsae;new poomsae also pays more attention to the leg technique in the air after taking off in the air.4.Traditional poomsae focuses on the combination of movements and basic foot movements,detail and standard,while new poomsae focuses on the rapid changes between footwork and the fit of next kick or technical movement of hand.Suggestions:1.In terms of the training requirements of new poomsae,it is necessary for athletes to have a good level of traditional poomsae and superior skills of bounce,rotation,leg control and leg combination and carry on training around tumbling and jumping;the training for improving cardio-pulmonary function is also essential.2.New poomsae of taekwondo is a competition event focusing on the technical expressiveness that has various techniques and difficult movements,thus it has high requirements on the balance ability and explosive force of taekwondo athletes.3.Starting from the changes of training contents,it is necessary to appropriately reduce the training cycle of traditional poomsae,and increase the training cycle of new poomsae.Through the exercises,the number of movements,time of exercise and technical difficulty should be multiplied.4.The target hitting effect and posture in air for special leg technique should be emphasized,and the fluency and strength of hand movements should be combined to interpret the different meanings of each set of poomsaes.The ability should be improved according to the characteristics of each set of new poomsae,and the individual competitive level should be enhanced according to the requirements of scoring rules.