Category: challenge
SOAR Challenge: Single-Leg Reach Matrix
Balance • Ankle Stability • Multidirectional Control Challenge Due: Tuesday, November 17, 2026. DO NOT FORGET: YOU NEED TO COMPLETE SIX CHALLENGES FOR EACH TESTING CYCLE. Balance is more than standing still. Tang Soo Do requires us to maintain control while one leg kicks,… Continue Reading “SOAR Challenge: Single-Leg Reach Matrix”
SOAR Challenge: The Lunge Matrix
Strength • Mobility • Multiplanar Control Challenge due: Tuesday, October 27, 2026 The Lunge Matrix trains the legs and hips to create strength in more than one direction. Instead of repeating only a forward step, the practitioner moves forward, laterally, backward, and through a… Continue Reading “SOAR Challenge: The Lunge Matrix”
SOAR Challenge: Ground-Flow Kick-Throughs
Coordination • Mobility • Rotational Control Challenge Due: Tuesday, October 20, 2026. DO NOT FORGET: YOU NEED TO COMPLETE SIX CHALLENGES FOR EACH TESTING CYCLE. Tang Soo Do normally asks us to control movement while standing. This week, we take that same discipline to… Continue Reading “SOAR Challenge: Ground-Flow Kick-Throughs”
SOAR Challenge: Combat Legacy
Kicking • Striking • Total-Body Control Challenge Due: Tuesday, October 13, 2026. Combat Legacy brings several familiar skills into one complete martial-fitness circuit. Each round combines controlled kicks, hand combinations, push-ups, and plank holds. The challenge is not to rush from one exercise to… Continue Reading “SOAR Challenge: Combat Legacy”
SOAR Challenge: Splits
Flexibility • Patience • Controlled Range Challenge Due: October 6, 2026 A split is not a position to force. It is a direction of training. This week’s challenge develops the flexibility that supports longer stances, higher kicks, smoother chambers, and freer movement through the… Continue Reading “SOAR Challenge: Splits”
