An AI Taekwondo Trainer

Part 2 — The Walk Through

Welcome to article number 2 about my journey of creating an AI powered taekwondo trainer! If you haven’t already, I would highly suggest you read part one before moving onto part two to better understand the technology behind this project. So in this article, we’re getting right to the point. No fluff.

What Can it Do?

The trainer is primarily designed to improve your sidekicks. The AI taekwondo trainer will count the number of sidekicks you do, while also making sure you do them right.

Let me walk you through it. When you do a sidekick it’s really important that you point your toes down and your heel up. In other words, your heel needs to be higher than your toes. And it’s also super important to bring your knee in before you kick and right after to make sure no one grabs you by the foot (because that would be pretty terrible).

These are tiny details that are easy to forget when you’re practicing your kicks (take it from me). So, to help that, this trainer will keep track of all that stuff.

How Does it Work?

Angles, angles, angles. I’m talking about the angles at which your legs and feet are at when you’re kicking. First, we must find your maximum and minimum angle. The maximum angle is…