Article: Choose a USA Taekwondo affiliated school which teaches Olympic style taekwondo. These are recognized by the US Olympic Committee and the National Governing Body for taekwondo in the United States. This body educates coaches and checks their background for safety, so you can be sure that you are being trained safely and conscientiously. Use the Team USA taekwondo club locator app on the Team USA website to find a local school. The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) World Ranking has 8 senior weight divisions for male and female, respectively. The WTF Olympic Ranking is broken up into eight weight categories: 4 for the male and 4 for the female divisions. You can find out which category you fit by visiting the WTF website. Weight categories will differ for juniors. To check junior weight divisions, visit the Team USA taekwondo site. There are three main advanced attack methods. Each technique requires being in a strong physical condition and having flexibility, power, coordination, agility, and fast reflexes. In addition, one must exercise judgment as to which technique is optimal at any given point depending on the fighting conditions. The techniques are: Direct attack. There are three main types of direct attacks: the in-place attack, the incline attack, and the sliding attack. Which one you use will depend on the distance and stance of your opponent. Indirect attack. There are three types of indirect attack: cutting, feinting, and footwork. These mislead the attack of your opponent. Counterattack. There are direct and indirect counterattacks. The latter type of attack involves footwork followed by an attack, whereas the former involves staying in place.

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Sign up for a taekwondo class. Determine your weight category. Learn attack methods.