How the Taekwondo Wireless Scoring System Works | The Tech Race 

Lol

I was about to say....

I'm glad somebody said it!

It was first developed by the martial art subak.

The SPORT was created in the 20th century, but the MARTIAL ART is very old. You should study more

Yuh

"Traditional"? Taekwondo was founded in 1957. That's not even 70 years ago.

SO TRUE

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It was also due to the new electrical sparring gear

@@laiyintam6349 Yeah, looks bad. They need to get away from the point system and see who beats up who.

The Olympics made it weak. like karate

The taps before the match test if the sensors are on/working. After that, the sensors give out points if the hit is hard enough.

Ikr

early forms of taekwondo*

Sport ≠ Martial Art

The founder learned Shotokan in the 20s.

1957

Peter Liljebladh Very nice idea! I think everyone is cheating a little bit so it would change things in Walking. I'm interested in what the athletes are saying about this

Cheyenne EVERYONE IS CHEATING! Since the olympic audience demands pictures with good quality, slow motion and endless replays instead of stoneage mentality it's painfully obvious that both the athletes and the judges are trying to cross the english channel while being chained to several tons of cast iron and pass it off as syncronised swimming.

Yes you are, but the reason why there are so few punches is that they have to be very powerful to score.

Francois Alwyn Venter the only punch you are allowed to throw is a back punch to the body which is awarded 1 point but a lot of the time athletes throw the punch to try to hurt the other athlete

Francois Alwyn Venter yea, you can punch in TKD but I mean kicks are obviously much easier to score for they award more points and punches are mostly used to push the opponent back, or obviously score

Francois Alwyn Venter punches on chest yes .....head not allowed ....and the punch is only 1 point ... and it should be powerful and straight to get the point so kicks are better :)

Yes. Taekwond means the way of the hand and the foot. On this high level like at the Olympics it is not sinceful to punch. The danger to let the other one win points is too high and the chance of getting a point is very low, also it is only one point. You see punches in lower level fights but in the Olympics they are very rare

kenseisato1989 it depends on the weight class

it doesnt require any force as its sensor its just you should know where exactly to kick.

It aint embarrassing. Wdym also removed similarity to combat? Nothing changed tbh. We still have turning kicks and other powerful kicks taught to us.People just tend to use the more effective way to win without wasting too much energy for other rounds. Also funny that u call them clowns for showing themselves in this video when ur here hating a video all about the electronic system and how it can help score the kicks that are too fast for the eyes to see.

Professional Aesthetics There are K-Pop Clubs? Awesome! What are you doing there? (I'm from Germany)

yeah, unfortunately they are sparsely spread out around america, my school (hamilton high school, in chandler arizona) has one, and a few others schools in america have them as well, but i don't really know where they are since there is so many schools in my country

Jobst Stormrider depending on what scoring system you use I am used to kpp scoring so there are sensors on the chest protector and then there are sensors on the instep of the foot gear when the instep of the foot hit with a proper powerful kick it well score

The problem is that when all you have to do is activate the sensor on the instep and the chest protector or helmet strange non kicks begin to appear. Before the electronic scoring system the was no scorpion kick or just tapping with the foot because for the judges to see it and score it as a point it had to be a real powerful kick!

Jobst Stormrider any hit signals so the judge can tell it's a point ....sensors

@@toplobster740 judges cant see those kicks wdym? And u dont just tap the sensors,u need to also kick hard for the sensors to activate. Just because it doesnt look strong doesnt mean its weak. The judges score points,either they saw it clearly or they heard the sound the armor makes and sometimes that sound can be produced by the arm guard. That was before electronics were introduced and some of the old style players were also complaining bout the referees not scoring the points they should have. Electronics has pros and cons. The prons as the video shows it helps judge if it actually hit the armor and other referee decision stuff and cons is they changed fighting styles due to this rule. Scorpion kick isnt even used in competitions.