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formed in other sports actiVities such as dancing (e.g. balet or hip- hop),
among cheerleaders, gymnastics or some extreme sports (e.g. parkour).
howeVer, there is one basic but Very important difference in the perfor-
mance itself. when an athlete performs a Jump kick in martial arts, he uses
it with a unique purpose to hit an opponent or a target, i.e. the punch is the
obJectiVe. Jump kicks are also performed in some sports with the same pur-
pose, as in football if the kick is done with a ball.

many famous martial arts masters were skilled in performing Jump (flying)
kicks and haVe often demonstrated and explained the performing tech-
nique of certain Jump (flying) or acrobatic kicks. among many masters,
those who should be mentioned are: the famous master and actor bruce
lee (whose flying kick performance is considered to be representational)
and the kickboxing master Joe lewis. the famous tae kwon do master hee il
cho explains Jump kick techniques in his books. others include tae kwon do
masters yeon hwan park, Jong soo park, he young kim, sang h.kim, paul
g. la Vette, steVen ho and especially the kukkiwon demo team.

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