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Tae Bo creator Billy Blanks, leading a class. Tae Bo is a body fitness system that incorporates martial arts techniques, such as stances, kicks and punches. It became popular in the 1990s. This fitness system was developed by American taekwondo and karate practitioner Billy Blanks. [1] Such programs use the motions of martial arts at a rapid ...
William Wayne Blanks (born September 1, 1955) is an American actor, martial artist and fitness personality. He was a nationally ranked competitor in semi-contact and point karate during the 1980s, [ 4][ 5] winning a bronze medal at the 1981 World Games, [ 3] before creating the Tae Bo exercise program. [ 6][ 7][ 8][ 9]
Until then, "Tang Soo Do" was the term used for Korean karate, using the Korean hanjapronunciation of the Japanese kanji唐手道. The name "Tae Soo Do" (跆手道) was also used to describe a unified style Korean martial arts. This name consists of the hanja跆tae"to stomp, trample", 手su"hand" and 道do"way, discipline".
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Kick ( Chagi) All kicks can be executed as jump kicks, spin kicks, jump spin kicks or multi-rotational spin kicks. Also, all can be performed by the front or rear leg in a given stance. Some of the best-known Taekwondo kicks include: Front Kick (앞 차기 ap chagi ): This is a very linear kick.
Gankaku Dachi: crane stance (e.g. in the kata Gankaku) Tsuru Ashi Dachi: hanging leg stance. Zenkutsu Dachi: front stance. Yoi Dachi (usually called Yoi): basic stance/Ready position. Yoi Dachi is Heiko Dachi with the hands out in a ready position. Yama Dachi: mountain stance (e.g. in the kata Jitte) Sochin Dachi: high-low blocking rooted stance.
Teo Mikelić (born 22 August 1992) is a Croatian professional kickboxer, who formerly competed in World version W5, Glory and FFC promotion. From July to October 2017, he was ranked #8 lightweight world kickboxer by Liverkick.com. [ 2 ]
Teo was married to Genevieve Teo (née Agnew); the couple have four daughters. [3] They separated in 2018. Teo is engaged to former international model, Traci Griffiths. [56] Traci Griffiths was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2011. Teo was her treating surgeon. [57] Since 2009, Teo has been a council member for Australian animal welfare group ...