Turkish Taekwondo Practitioners - Olympic Taekwondo Practitioners of Turkey, Serkan Yilmaz, Bahri Tanr?kulu, Hamide K?n Tosun (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Olympic Taekwondo Practitioners of Turkey, Serkan Yilmaz, Bahri Tanr?kulu, Hamide k?n Tosun, Azize Tanr?kulu, Servet Tazegl. Excerpt: Serkan Yilmaz (born May 21, 1975 in Krehir, Turkey), known as "The Turkish Samurai" and "The Turkish Wonder Kicker", is a Turkish taekwondo fighter who has participated in Numerous Taekwondo, Wushu, and Kickboxing tournaments in Turkey and mainland Europe, K-1 Japan and A-1 Japan MMA tournaments. Yilmaz was born in 1975 in Yozgat, and moved to Istanbul at the age of 2. He started learning Tae-Kwon-Do at the age of 12 under the instruction of Salih Gzelordu. Later, he continued with Sadik Oflu. He fought a lot of competitive matches in his young years, and won the tournaments in Istanbul in the 36, 40, 47 and 54 kg weight categories. He eventually became the champion of Turkey in 1992, and at that time started training in kickboxing with Sadik Oflu. From 1992 to 2002, he won and defended the championship title, in Turkey and Europe. In the meantime, he started fighting wushu matches from 2000. He managed to win the Turkish Wushu championship titles in 2000, 2001 and 2002. His fighting style is that of many taekwondo practitioners in that he mainly utilizes kicking techniques; predominantly the turning kick, reverse turning kick and perhaps most spectacularly, the back piercing kick. However, unlike some TKD-style fighters, he is very proficient with his punching techniques, and holds his guard up high. The aim of this guard is to adapt to kickboxing rules, and be able to defend against punches more than kicks, as would be custom in taekwondo matches. Yilmaz started his K-1 career in 2003 and finished in 2004, during which he won 3 out of 7 bouts. Yilmaz also fought one MMA match against Caol Uno in 2005. ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=9026900