'Our Way' written by Master Scott McMillan presents the proven sparring development system used by Phoenix TaeKwon-do, refined over decades of real coaching experience. McMillan  brings more than 40 years of national and international coaching expertise, supported by 33 years of TaeKwon-Do training, competition, and instruction.

Over the years, Phoenix TaeKwon-do has trained hundreds of students in effective sparring techniques. Many progressed into competition, achieving outstanding success—including numerous Scottish, Welsh, English, and British championship titles, along with multiple World and European titles.

This guide shares the methods, strategies, and coaching approach that helped shape those champions.

This step-by-step guide is aimed at students who want to learn how to spar or improve their sparring. Set out in a methodical and logical way, the process and flow of the book makes easy to follow and will give the student an understanding of the principles required for sparring. Also, towards the end of the book there is a section for those who wish to compete in a sparring competition, in either semi-contact (point-stop) or light continuous system, and the considerations needed that would allow them to improve and compete at the higher level.
 

'Our Way' will look at the fundamental biomechanical movements and offer examples of key drills that will help improve the student basic movements. Following on from the basic movement, next is the consideration of the sparring tools, the basic techniques. This section shows how they should be performed for sparring and how to combine them to make suitable drills for the student to practice while gaining understanding of timing, distance and movement requirements for the use of the combination.

A key area of 'Our Way' is the understanding of the 4-phase and the relationship they have to each other in describing a spar or competition match. These phases are common building blocks within all striking arts, and most, if not all, sparring matches could be described using the 4 phases.