This video is a collection of One Step Sparring techniques that I did for my first degree black belt exam in Tae Kwon Do 20 years ago. I have been digitalizing old VHS tapes that I have around and this exam is one that I recently preserved to digital. The One Steps are as you can see are basically a response to a single punch. I really liked these and I still think that they are good even now that I practice primarily Bagua. This was a great school that sadly is no longer in business.

    I think that these show the more practical aspect of Tae Kwon Do which for most folks is considered to be mostly a sport rather than a good practical art. I went on to get my second and third degree black belts at this school before going off to explore other styles and ultimately studying Bagua and other internal martial arts with Uncle Wayne. It was fun to see what I was doing back then again and I thought that I would share some of it.

    I still practice all of my Tae Kwon Do forms fairly regularly. I tend to do them with a more ‘internal’ emphasis these days. I am always finding something new in the forms. Now that I have had a chance to look at my old one step techniques I may have to add them into the trainning mix.