This book written by Yong Kil titled “Competitive Taekwondo” is useful for a very specific student in Taekwondo. If you are focused on becoming an Olympic caliber athlete or just want to improve your sparring skills then this book will help you get there.  The type of student that focuses on the sport style of TKD and more specifically sparring.  This book does not cover forms so if you are looking for that type of information then you will need to look elsewhere.
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While scouring the interweb for some good martial arts material I came across a post that caught my attention at Colin Wee’s blog the Traditional Taekwondo blog.  The title of this post is, “How to Improve Reaction Time” which probably caught your attention as well.

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Even though I didn’t start learning Muay Thai until I was 24 I absolutely love it! It is the latest martial arts I have set my sites on to become educated at doing. The mentality and fighting style of the muay thai fighters fit my personality perfectly so I just had to pick-up the technical skills with the style as quick as possible. So, I broke them down into a few tips and wanted to share them with you here.

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As a beginner to the exciting world of mixed martial arts you should go into the sport with a few pointers. One thing that I feel is most important is that you never forget that sparring is a drill that is only used to enhance fighting skills, sparring is not fighting. Continue Reading