Tae Bo

Tae Bo is a fitness sport that combines elements of martial arts like karate, taekwondo or kickboxing workouts with aerobic and mostly fast music is practiced. However, it is not itself a martial arts and no self defense technique, but pure fitness gym.

The name is reminiscent of Asian martial arts, but is an acronym for the slogan of the inventor of Tae Bo, Billy Blanks, and stands for:

  • Total commitment to whatever you do ( = Total commitment for what you are doing )
  • Awareness of yourself and the world ( = awareness of yourself and your environment)
  • Excellence, the truest goal in anything you do ( = perfection, the real goal in all your ways )
  • The Body as a force for total change ( = the body as the power for total change )
  • Obedience to your will and your true desire for change ( = obedience to your will and against your real desire for change )

The karate champion Billy Blanks started in 1989 to market his program on videos and later DVDs. In gyms Tae -Bo classes are now offered worldwide with great success. The name is trademarked. In Germany, the IFAA has the right to use the name. There are many other institutions that offer courses similarly constructed under other names (such as Thai -Fit, Thai Bo, Tai Bo).

Tae Bo is relatively easy to learn compared to martial arts, but it requires precise technique, which in turn leads to Tae Bo properly exercised, is considered one of the most stressful fitness sports. In the training sessions eight simple techniques are used in the martial arts and combined with additional techniques and motivating music. The techniques are performed in a targeted and powerful, so that worked with high body tension. Due to the very intense workout ( the rhythm -giving music can be up to 185 BPM fast ) to circulation, muscular endurance and strength and agility are improved. The practice sessions usually last about an hour, but Blanks also offers " seven-minute total -body workout videos " on.

The techniques

Tae Bo consists of 16 different techniques are divided into eight main and eight secondary techniques. The main techniques consist of four punches ( punches with his fists ) and four kicks. Each technique has its own number. In training, these techniques can be combined with each other to create a motion sequence.

The main techniques

Punches:     1 Jab Jab offensive →            → Leadleg Jab            → Stationary Jab     2 Cross Punch     3 Hook     4 Uppercut   Kicks:     5 Front Kick     6 Roundhouse Kick     7 Sidekick     8 Back Kick Web Links

  • Official German Tae -Bo site
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