Here is Kwon Chang Il (69kg, North Korea) in the 2014 Worlds Training Hall (07.11.2014).
At the end you can see the unique NK pulling style again.
120kg with Slow Motion
135kg with Slow Motion
Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Here is Kwon Chang Il (69kg, North Korea) in the 2014 Worlds Training Hall (07.11.2014).
At the end you can see the unique NK pulling style again.
120kg with Slow Motion
135kg with Slow Motion
My god, that clean pull was amazing! It is like he not only pulled but made the switch to about racking the weights and stopped midway.
Many weightlifting writers, including Charniga, point out that pulls are possibly detrimental to technique since they only teach the extensión phase and not the part about switching positions. Perhaps this pulling technique corrects that?
Fascinating technique. Watch his feet during his snatch reps–on each one, his heels stay off the floor through the entire pull! I’m aware that “staying on the heels” is generally old hat at this point, but he’s clearly all the way on his toes.
For the uninitiated is the heels being off the floor for the entire pull the signature NK style? Wouldn’t that put more strain on the knee joint in the long run (but I guess that’s secondary to winning).
More a signature of “asian” technique. Kirksman Teo (instagram lifthard8) writes about this often. It is an outcome of other technical cues in Chinese weightlifting (and in NK wl too in this case I assume) like “stay balanced over the feet”, “vertical pull”, “stay over bar” etc. If a lifter needs to lift his heels to achieve the desired technique then the coaches won’t see it as a mistake. Some coaches even teach the squat with weight on the forefoot.
It doesn’t put more strain on the knee joint. You can try that yourself by squatting with weight on the heels (just lift toes) and then by squatting with weight on the forefoot. You will feel more tension in the patella tendon with the first option.