About Legacy TaeKwonDo of Northern Kentucky

From a physical activity perspective, it is an upright martial art, like Karate or Krav Maga, meaning that most of the techniques are initiated from a standing position. In our program, we do recognize that sometimes physical confrontations end up on the ground, so we choose to include how to fall safely (called break-falling) and how to take down and throw opponents as part of our situational self-defense training. Unlike, Jiu-jitsu, our goal is to come off the ground as quickly as possible to get away or create distance, so we do not do an extensive amount of grappling on the ground. As mentioned previously, kicking is an important element of self-defense to keep distance or strike from a distance. Though we still train some of the deeper stances, like a horseback or back stance, TaeKwonDo has become more known for its taller stances, which allows a defender to transition weight quickly and move from one position to another without televising movements through significant weight shifts. Finally, though it is not unique to TaeKwonDo, we do incorporate a significant number of blocking techniques, blocks that can turn into strikes or grabs as needed, and hand and elbow striking techniques to help students manage close quarters self-defense situations.