Exactly my thoughts. Taekwondo was supposed to improve upon Karate. Not regress. Instead they perfected their kicks and butchered their punches -.- They train much harder in Japan: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VtTePNOrRtA.html
If anyone can answer my question, help would be appreciated. I am a 13 year old boy who has practiced taekwondo for around 4-5 years. My belt rank is double black stripe maintenance which is about one belt away from junior black belt. I have decided that I would like to spend a year of my life studying taekwondo in Korea. Is this the right school to pick in my situation or are there any other schools in South Korea that would be a good option. I live in the USA.
You should visit Los Angeles with your parents and start studying Widae Taekkyeon. I've been to Korea, Studied Wtf and ITf Taekwondo. 4th dan. Taekkyeon is the only Korean martial art worth studying in the future.
Go to Korea They won't hit you as hard if they know you're foreign. I'm a 5th degree black belt, did it for about 15 years. I went to Chang-woo Taekwondo. You EARN your black belt there. You have to practice, a lot. It's worth the effort. (BTW I doubt that they will hit you. My masters did, but only when we messed up basic stuff. They'd normally grab a rubber band and smack us with it on the wrist until it turned raw, but i've also been kicked in the chest by one, for saying a bad word while he was trying to attend to the class outside that was coming in.) Normally they aren't that tough, especially these days. And at your level..
wenn ich mich nicht irre ist diese Trainingshalle in Seoul denn ich hatte letztes Jahr August 2018 diese halle gefunden und zufälliger weise waren sie am Trainieren das Kukkiwon Performance Team und mit Erlaubis durfte ich Bilder sowie Videos machen ,da mein Sohn auch Taekwondo macht
After 32 years of TKD I realize that with advent of MMA in the West, takedowns are reality of life. As such most of TKD kicks can only be used with comfort when fighting with rules that prevent takedowns and punches to the head,
***** im a 2nd dan WTF TKD blackbelt and i stopped long ago when i was back in high school. Yes it itself is not perfect, but i have gained a lot of advantages from it such as flexibility, footwork, speed and stamina in my other martial arts such as Muay thai and judo. And in terms of a real street fight, most chances are you are fighting a street brawler. In that case TKD is perfect. If you follow basic footwork drills and execute a perfect roundhouse to the gut or the head that is it. Mind you takedowns are only good in the ring. You cant be rolling around trying to execute a crucifix. But then again a triangle or an armbar is great counter against mounted attackers. So there really is no best martial art. The best fighter is the one that can merge all these styles into one. Which is MMA. And in all honesty, TKD was mainly used in the ROK armed forces when it wasnt affiliated in the olympics so the use of takedowns and groundwork was really unnecessary in combat scenarios hence the emphasis on hand and feet strikes. Since it went into te olympics it really has gone downhill i admit. Even the ROK army dropped TKD and are going for TeukGongMoosol.
srsly true idk wat u wre doin......matial arts like taekwondo,karate,silat,taichi,wingchun,shaolin kungfu develops ur mind which is the most important in any situation it teaches u how to deal with ur life problems and many other phisical aspects of life such as ur fight between life and death etc,if u use it in rings to show off its defineatly not goona help u as it steals away ur martial artist spirit,naturly ur goin down too
Souvik Samanta I agree and I do say, for those who practice Muay Thai tend to believe that they have the most effective striking system. I would have to disagree with that. I know it's the fighter and all but in my past decade of Kukkiwon TKD, I gradually developed a balance of speed and power then came accuracy and technique balance. What I cannot stand most Muay Thai practitioners preach respect and yet they tend to be jerks. Do you also agree?
Ture man,btw do u knw dude the kings if thailand used to practise taekwondo While their soilders practised muay thai,so that when they revolt against the kings they can shut them down,TKD is the king of martial arts,any martial art cant b succesfull if its not beautifull and tkd is really beautifull to watch and extremely deadly if u have ever watched grandmasters demonstrating u will knw how wonderfull it is,if u call it an art there should b beauty in it and people should say wow
Markus Lempsch Sufficient to warm up the upper body. These folks train like 3 hours a day, 6 days a week... May not be worth getting your panties in a twist over poor form on push ups. Just saying.
