4 years or 5 years in TKD is nothing!! I have been doing it for 30 years and I am still learning!! There is not a bad martial art! just a bad practicioner!! the more you learn the less you know!!
The kicks and the punches are done the right way: they go off as swift as bullets - and they hit just as hard as bullets. Withoout speed and power, every martial arts technique turns into a joke.
TKD is like a one hit kill. if you miss = you wasted energy ..its deadly cuz its more of a 75% legs ... but if we were to talk about 1v1, one of the martial art that can defeat TKD is Muai Thai... but not days we all mix it up to make it better. thankx to bruce lee.
@satansmask cuz he mix up martial arts... and brought it out from its shadow.. you think if he didn't provoke and go against the chinese traditions, do you think white people will know kungfu or Karate or TKD. he so cocky that it made everyone step up their games.
China is kung fu state law and korea is tae kwon do state law. its a PE thing u must take or fail. Best of today is Jeet kun do. Its a mix variety of EVERYTHING. u name it, its got it...too bad Bruce Lee never passed it down to a fully successor student, but look up Donnie Yen..he is the modern day Bruce Lee even better since his speed is 2x faster than bruce.
If a Taekwondo guy is fighting 3 guys, he will probably loose anyway... I have done TKD and am now in BJJ, I've done SOME Kempo and boxing. From what I've learned from all my teachers, is that one person VS 3 people is really hard and REALLY bad. I would suggest a weapon... BJJ or especially Judo on the street, you really just need to throw them on the ground and they will not want to fight anymore, or even be dead... I have done Taekwondo for 4 years, in the street, I'll stab you, no kick.
i'm a bit of a mixed martial artist and many of the others have nothign but respect for tkd in my karate book it talks about how tkd is one of the most deadliest martial arts in the word adn many others say the same thing, it may not be the pretiest but its straight and to the point. Traditional tkd is but american tkd is a joke its all about points a yellow belt in traditional tkd would have no problem beating a red belt in american style so lay off
ITFor WTF all BS these are just political oginizations Once power was removed from the original Kwans and they merged into two Orgs. thats when the downfall started there was no more styles it all became two systems tecniques and forms were lost , sport was empahsized by both orgs.
For all those folks that think taekwondo is mostly about kicking its time to put things straight , Taekwondo has more hand techniques than kicks and many are only practised in forms/patterns/kata. i dont know too much about it as i have only been training for 28 years in Taekwondo
cheers for the reply mate, good to know some intelegent people still walk on this planet. I think people should practice things and not rely on books and magazines for info ( even videos )
Don't you guys know anything WTF is not Taekwondo it is only the political org of Tkd. The style is called Kukkiwon they are the ones that promote Dans, issue certificatons for master instructors and have overall say on technique's by the way these guys are kukkiwon style look at the official V neck uniform.
ITF style is more of the defense style. WTf is fine for olympic sissys that don't want to get 'really hit". you know the type that are afraid to get their hair messed up. My teaches both styles so if you want to play fight in the WTF you can and if you want to learn the true tae kwon do (ITF) to survive then it is there also.
What? True TKD is the WTF style. WTF is the style they use in Korea. The WTF style of training is far more intense and the sparring is far more intense as well. I have been in WTF since I was 3 and i am now 18. The kicks are more intense. Have you ever even watched the Olympics? That is WTF style and those guys knock each other out. The people in WTF are not sissys trying to keep their hair tidy. I have been knocked out three times and had my jaw dislocated. We fight to win no matter what
no true TKD is ITF. ITF is used in north korea aswell as south and very popular in europe. ITF is the original TKD created by general choi. he mixed tekeyon, subak and shotokan karate to create TKD. WTF was made for korean pride they dont like the japanese so the took out the shotokan and called it WTF TKD then forced it into the olympics. ITF is so much more street effective it is the original self defence art not the martial sport of WTF.
I lived in South Korea for 18 months and visited countless TKD schools and did not once see any ITF schools. Every school I saw was WTF. Also WTF was not forced into the Olympics. There was a compitition between TKD and Karate and the TKD won. In WTF style you learn moves for out on the streets. I was taught disarms with WTF as well as how to properly fight on the streets. WTF TKD is not just the sport part. It is a martial art
your are also taught these street techniques in ITF aswell. im glad to hear that WTF has these aswell. every WTF guy i have met doesnt learn these and they actually doubt there street practicality. maybe cos of the way they are taught it here in the UK. in korea it s obviously different but frm my experience in TKD ITF teaches self defence as the core of its sylabus and WTF is the sport orientated one.
basically in the western world most WTF TKD schools emphasise too much on sport and point sparring. the people are taught to kick to get points, not necessarily to hurt attackers.
like i said, MOST schools in those parts of the world, not all.
personally I hate OLY style comp it makes TKD look like a joke and the sad thing is a lot of guys who train in that can never show there full arsenal.
exactly what I was saying, I don't like Olympic TKD too and I think TKD could have a better reputation if the WTF promote more the TKD shown in this video.
that's the kind of Taekwondo WTF shoud promot, not the olimpic sport. I really wish to see the WTF matchs ruls changed to a more full contact fight with punch and kick. For me if we, WTF practitionner, does focust on the competition we use only may be 50% of what TKD offerd us.
i would say less than 50%, Ironicly ITF Taekwon-do practitioners are better at fullcontact fighting because they use more hands and allows hits to the head (even though its semicontact). It's true that sometimes the instructors seems to forget the selfdefens part and focus too much on grading and competition.
You can punch people in Olympic style fighting and can even score a point for it. It is not used as much because the punch is not as powerful as a kick. When you are in a proper tournament sparring you can use full contact and knock your opponent out if you want. WTF is not just about the sparring but since it is in the Olympics now it is promoted that way
Olympic style is allready full contact but I want to see more punch to the face during a turnament, but the rule dosen't allow it. That's why an olympic champ use only 50% of what TKD can offer. I'm a WTF fighter and the TKD I want to see in my gim is what is shown in this vid so I really whish the WTF to promote that TKD not the olymipc fight.
A punch to the direct face is not allowed as it would cause bleeding and some would saw this is an excessive force but you can punch to the headgear. It is not used tho as it does not really score and leaves ur body open for a kick. I have seen a few of the olmpians up close and saw them spar out of the olympics and they do punch to the head to teach the students to be aware that anything can come at you
I don't remamber that punch to headgear was allowed, I allways see the referee give an penalty for doing so (in France no punch to the head are allowed) I've been doing TKD for 8 year now and I've been to 2 different gim. The first learned us to use everything we learn, kick , punch and throw but only during sparring. The second one, it was only competition with its rules even in sparring, an olympic champ maker, I was disapointed. WTF should promot more this TKD, I still say it 50%
I have been in TKD for 14 years and studied in four different countries and in five different gyms. The rule to punches to the headgear is a recent one and not all people are allowing it yet. It will be allowed in all tournaments soon but it is accepted in Korea as well as America.
So that's why I haven't heard about it yet, that's a good news, I think it will introduce a new kind of strategie for the olympic fights, and it will be more realistic I think.
you say only use 50% but you have to admit tkd is mostly legs. if you look at kickboxing and muay thai the ratio with punching and kicking is much more balanced. i train tkd for 4 1/2 yrs.
depends what organisation of TKD you belong to. if you do ITF TKD like me them you would uses your hands just as much as you would your legs. to watch ITF sparring is nearly identical to watching kick boxing minus the clinches. many ITF guys go on to become succesfull in kick boxing comps. my instructor won a tournement without throwing one kick.
not true some so called WTF do sparring comp but learn self defense also but some others do not. the only diff between ITF and WTF is comp and forms. if u look at ITF comp yes they punch to the face but their punching isnt that good if you look at their technique. speaking in general though. i often see punching while jumping and other unpractical techs because their trying to go for a point. but if you do IFT comp you do have a slight advantage cause you learn to get punched in the face,
Your right, TKD is more kicking than punching, and muay thai is balance, some wushu is more punching than kicking. every martial art has its specialities and TKD is kicking + self defence but not much punch but it has more to give than what is shown in the comp style. I've trained tkd for 7 years now and I keep saying only 50%
awesome mines focus on kicking also but my master doesnt for care for sparring unless it for the lil kids. he focus on more self defense. but we prob mostly kicks when it comes 2 striking but tkd in general is mostly kicks. im glad ur more balanced. try bjj to have a full arsenal.
why would bjj give you the full arsenal? judo or japanese jujitsu wouyld give you much more than bjj ever will. bjj is just ground work and the take downs they use are noway as good as the ones you can find in judo or jap jujitsu. bjj is very on dimensional.
its would give you a full arsenal because you have train striking a lot all you need left is take downs and ground work. im not sayn bjj would give u a full arsenal by its self im saying with you tkd it would.
these days MMA is just muay thai and bjj, and that's basically what they emphasise for some reason. it's not much of a mixed art, just a mixture of two arts.
one rarely sees TKD, karate, aikido, hapkido.etc. i mean bjj is not the only ground art that exists.
i have a friend who also started mma. you ask them who art they do, they say mma. basically they mean muay thai and bjj.
ever since i moved to the western part of the world i noticed a large emphasis on those 2 arts.
Because Muay Thai and BJJ are the most effective and practical in MMA. But its not just those two styles you see in MMA a lot. You see a lot of boxing, wrestling and judo. You also see a few karate guys but they also have BBJ in there background. BBJ is the king on the ground i know there are other arts that go down there, shoot fighting, jiu jitsu, and other but BBJ is purely on the ground. But ya muay thai and BBJ seem to be the most effective in mma (two of UFC champions have a karate backgd)
Yes most effective in MMA in general. And Muay Thai is also known to be practical in a street right (in general) the thing with other traditional martial arts they are so much sports orientated. TKD and jude OLY rules makes dojos train for sport rather then self defense in most school. but the sport in muay thai is less limited and can help in fights even if youre just training for competition, same can be said with MMA.
i can't speak for judo, cos i've never trained in it.
the TKD schools that train more in sport are WTF schools, however they do train in proper self defense too, though most do not(sadly). WTF is more sport. but just because WTF is more sport, doesn't mean TKD entirely is the same. TKD becoming an olympic sport has it's advantages and disadvangates.
people should learn the difference between what is meant for the street, and what is meant for sport. to me that's the main issue.
I agree with you 100% but even in its purest form with comparing tkd and muay thai ill choose muay thai because it is well verses in close combat which i think is best on the streets. I have 5 yrs tkd exp btw.
ofcourse these days, anyone would pick muay thai over tkd in a street fight. like what i said before, these days tkd has become more of a sport. people just kick to get points, punches aren't being scored.etc. very annoying. but i still love it.
when people really look into the self defense tkd, they're suprised to see take downs, and holds. why? because all they're exposed to is sport tkd. that's annoying too.
muay thai is great, i was thinking of taking it up.
Ya it is but its hard to find pure MT training. But training in mma isnt bad either. before taking up mma i got into a fight with someone and i was kicking his ass he didnt hit me and i was pounding him with kicks then u took me down in full mouth and good pounded on. mma is great because they teach you to fight on the ground as well as standing up. now they wouldnt beat most other ppl jus straight up standing with them but the ground game evens that out bcause more dnt know how2 fight when down
to me, avoid fighting as much as possible. you never know if he has a gun, knife, or has other intentions. just because we're trained in self defense, doesn't mean we can go looking for fights, or fight anyone.
if, you're ever unfortunate enough to end up in a fight, end it as quickly as possible, and avoid dragging it out.
these are the simple rules that i follow. but if i MUST, i WILL, not because i want to. sadly most people think because they know martial arts, they can beat anyone.
in my book, if you do mma, that means you have experience in multiple arts.
but like i said, these days, mma is becoming more of an art itself, muay thai with bjj.
why do you rarely see other arts in mma? could it be that other arts are not as effective as mma practitioners claim. or is it just over advertising 2 arts?
I don't know if muay thai is that balance with hands but yea the do use everything at once. Western Kickboxers to me have better hand combos that thai fighters. I myself have been doing tkd for 3yrs and We are taught 70/30 ratio for feet/hands. I think that once you reach black belt you should try to narrow your ratio to 60/40 or 50/50. So what is your rank???
i bet if you take a MT master and make him fight against a TKD master in street fights rule: no rule. the TKD master will win. There are more to TKD then what you see in the olympic and competition where alot of techniques and self defenses moves are prohibited. just look at BJJ, in a REAL fight BJJ wont win.
fancy uniforms and flashy kicks dont translate into effectiveness in a real street fight. muay thai is still the best if ones aim is to prepare for a real street fight.
Why do I get the feeling that you are lying? I don't think you really practice Taekwondo because you don't even know how to call a Taekwondo practitioner... -ka is used only in students of Japanese martial arts.
anyway i believe in TKD though i no longer practice it. i no longer train in TKd cuz it has become a sport only. you wont find a TKD training that teaches you how to kill someone. same applies to muay thai..ok it simply teaches u how to destroy someones body..but u have to destroy yours as well....i am looking forward to see TKD get banned from the olympics and get real.
actually i thought ITF is more of a martial art than WTF.....but man.....its just like those lame shotokan tournaments......i didnt like it...the way WTF kicks is more powerful anf artisitc...in ITF they make it look the same as Shotokan with their repetitive hook and turn kicks.
Can't blame you to say that. You're probably from some western country where they "westernize" the martial arts. What they teach in most (not all) western countries are crap! Try going somewhere in the far east and you will see what I am talking about. Even Shotokan Karate in there can compete with both Kyokushinkaikan, Shidokan and Okinawan Karate. My ITF Taekwondo master even has Hapkido and Tang Soo do in his lessons.
Why are you people bashing TKD. It's a martial art like others. It's all about how the practitioner applies the techniques. True alot of schools dumb it down but research and common sense can be great too. If you know a high kick isn't effective, modify it and lower it. No martial art is 100% effective anyways.
Lol last part was kinda fake, it was funny though. Don't misunderstand that opinion, I'm just saying that it's less likely to fall from a roundhouse while wearing the trunk protector.... >_>
@SafriPLKN Why does it have to be a taekwondo soldier? When you say an art is effective, you can not discriminate and say it has to be this dude you fight, or that dude. If taekwondo is effective it should be effective for anyone, not a select group of people who train almost day and night, that makes that person effective at using the art but it does not make the art effective.
look taekwondo isn't all fake..Its whatever you want it to be if you train just for sport then thats all its gonna be for you. train for a real life situation then you'll be prepared for a real life situation and if you think taekwondo is fake i'm willing to spar with you.
i think thats the reason alot of people think its fake. ALOT of taekwondo schools dont allow sparring with other arts. Plus if you have to prove tkd against sumthn else it wouldnt be a sparring match it would be a fight. And im willing to bet that once the tkd safety barriers are taken away and you cant just win by points, one throw would be the end of most tkd fighters
idk wearing chest pads more or less just makes it easier for judges to score. The sound it makes and the color contrast lets judges see point of contact and power in the kicks. Yes the impact is spread out into more of a concussive blow, but it still conditions you to take a shot.
i did tkd for five years and in comps i kept losing points for hitting too hard :P so for some ppl if u take away the safety barriers some ppl will be crazy and others like you speak of you cant just generalize like that :P
if it was blows to the body then i dont think there should be a limit to how hard you hit, as fighters should be able to take it. Ill say that in my own experience if someone trains with protective gear all the time they havnt been able to accustom themselves to getting hit and it comes as a shock, i dont mean this goes for all just in my experience, which is not huge
The taekwondo´s kicks and karate´s kicksare too diferent . We use circular moves and the karates kicks are linear moves.. I think that is the most important diferent.
and guess what Kyokushin practitioners repeatedly defeated Chinese Gung Fu experts ranging from wing chun to chin na not to mention they owned muay thai people. All in all it is irrelevant you let your ignorance speak for it self gg no re
50/50 on that vid why if they want to show some trained hands didnt they find someone that had some???It was ok buty once again just showing the sport of tkd that is getting people to say tkd is so bad
awesome taekwondo,but stil the man has small eggs,but who cares,he is good as hell!!!! get them into the k1 ring and say taekwondo is inefective XD youll see what you get,sure thing!
great video, alot like old style taekwondo but this video showed them doing wtf technique, they work out alot like old style taekwondo. http://www.traditionaltkdcollege.org
I like how those who only know The !!YANKS!! version of TKD. come on here to start some shit up and have no clue on what there talking about..
like we who know real tkd know that not only are we able to punch/elbow/knee them/not only those we are also known for the most leathal choke holds
mchlmclean6 2 months ago
2:40 dude that hurts. why do they do that? sometimes my leg hits the edge of a table and im like cussing like crazy from the pain.
RemoKinga 6 months ago
@RemoKinga it will help your shin to get stronger and not really hurt when your shin hits something
shadowkillz2 5 months ago
what`s the soundtrack name (1:02) ?
Dmuromtsev 8 months ago
it wa slike tkd as real as it gets and dude standing there in his undies wtf
theconqueror 8 months ago
It's funny how people under estimate the art of real tae kwon do. I believe it some one should introduce it with more frequency to the world.
Lonestar809 10 months ago
4 years or 5 years in TKD is nothing!! I have been doing it for 30 years and I am still learning!! There is not a bad martial art! just a bad practicioner!! the more you learn the less you know!!
rubensabando 10 months ago
The kicks and the punches are done the right way: they go off as swift as bullets - and they hit just as hard as bullets. Withoout speed and power, every martial arts technique turns into a joke.
blacklight2000 11 months ago
TKD is like a one hit kill. if you miss = you wasted energy ..its deadly cuz its more of a 75% legs ... but if we were to talk about 1v1, one of the martial art that can defeat TKD is Muai Thai... but not days we all mix it up to make it better. thankx to bruce lee.
collideguy 1 year ago
@collideguy.
it totally depends on how good the person is. A good TKD fighter could have no problem to beat down a muay thai fighter
Skizzify 11 months ago
@collideguy why thanks to bruce lee? just curious im not hating and i dont know much about bruce lee just wana know why u say thanks to bruce lee
satansmask 11 months ago
@satansmask cuz he mix up martial arts... and brought it out from its shadow.. you think if he didn't provoke and go against the chinese traditions, do you think white people will know kungfu or Karate or TKD. he so cocky that it made everyone step up their games.
collideguy 10 months ago
China is kung fu state law and korea is tae kwon do state law. its a PE thing u must take or fail. Best of today is Jeet kun do. Its a mix variety of EVERYTHING. u name it, its got it...too bad Bruce Lee never passed it down to a fully successor student, but look up Donnie Yen..he is the modern day Bruce Lee even better since his speed is 2x faster than bruce.
collideguy 1 year ago
I love this video it shows some realy good Taekwondoins
EcCena 1 year ago
If a Taekwondo guy is fighting 3 guys, he will probably loose anyway... I have done TKD and am now in BJJ, I've done SOME Kempo and boxing. From what I've learned from all my teachers, is that one person VS 3 people is really hard and REALLY bad. I would suggest a weapon... BJJ or especially Judo on the street, you really just need to throw them on the ground and they will not want to fight anymore, or even be dead... I have done Taekwondo for 4 years, in the street, I'll stab you, no kick.
GuamKomudo 1 year ago
i'm a bit of a mixed martial artist and many of the others have nothign but respect for tkd in my karate book it talks about how tkd is one of the most deadliest martial arts in the word adn many others say the same thing, it may not be the pretiest but its straight and to the point. Traditional tkd is but american tkd is a joke its all about points a yellow belt in traditional tkd would have no problem beating a red belt in american style so lay off
gehlhoff21 1 year ago 11
@gehlhoff21 hey not all americans suck at tkd
some of us are actually good at martial arts so lay off
ofomatheblackbelt 10 months ago
damn this gets me pumped
TheMossad921 1 year ago
perfect spinning hooks, rare to see
Harmanator101 1 year ago
I really hope I learn this in my TKD training. As a no belt, I really dont know what to expect, but I honestly hope I get this.
DarkDreamEXE 1 year ago
tkd is as powerful as other M.A.
khairuleven 2 years ago
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truth066 2 years ago
just farted
TheLibertard 2 years ago
ITFor WTF all BS these are just political oginizations Once power was removed from the original Kwans and they merged into two Orgs. thats when the downfall started there was no more styles it all became two systems tecniques and forms were lost , sport was empahsized by both orgs.
mastrdanart 2 years ago 2
For all those folks that think taekwondo is mostly about kicking its time to put things straight , Taekwondo has more hand techniques than kicks and many are only practised in forms/patterns/kata. i dont know too much about it as i have only been training for 28 years in Taekwondo
caldertkd 2 years ago 8
1st dan black in ITF TaeKwonDo man I can completely concur with your statement. People don't often educate themselves on what they're talking about.
Coads26 2 years ago 2
cheers for the reply mate, good to know some intelegent people still walk on this planet. I think people should practice things and not rely on books and magazines for info ( even videos )
caldertkd 2 years ago
Great vid! The inspiration of the Hwarang.
HwarangKnights 3 years ago
Don't you guys know anything WTF is not Taekwondo it is only the political org of Tkd. The style is called Kukkiwon they are the ones that promote Dans, issue certificatons for master instructors and have overall say on technique's by the way these guys are kukkiwon style look at the official V neck uniform.
mastrdanart 3 years ago
Wow! Loved it at 2:44
mjantube 3 years ago
ITF style is more of the defense style. WTf is fine for olympic sissys that don't want to get 'really hit". you know the type that are afraid to get their hair messed up. My teaches both styles so if you want to play fight in the WTF you can and if you want to learn the true tae kwon do (ITF) to survive then it is there also.
poppipinoy 3 years ago
Guy check out the uniform this is Kukkiwon style(or WTF as you call it) this is not ITF.
mastrdanart 3 years ago
What? True TKD is the WTF style. WTF is the style they use in Korea. The WTF style of training is far more intense and the sparring is far more intense as well. I have been in WTF since I was 3 and i am now 18. The kicks are more intense. Have you ever even watched the Olympics? That is WTF style and those guys knock each other out. The people in WTF are not sissys trying to keep their hair tidy. I have been knocked out three times and had my jaw dislocated. We fight to win no matter what
scottishladdy91 3 years ago
no true TKD is ITF. ITF is used in north korea aswell as south and very popular in europe. ITF is the original TKD created by general choi. he mixed tekeyon, subak and shotokan karate to create TKD. WTF was made for korean pride they dont like the japanese so the took out the shotokan and called it WTF TKD then forced it into the olympics. ITF is so much more street effective it is the original self defence art not the martial sport of WTF.
tyebo87 2 years ago
I lived in South Korea for 18 months and visited countless TKD schools and did not once see any ITF schools. Every school I saw was WTF. Also WTF was not forced into the Olympics. There was a compitition between TKD and Karate and the TKD won. In WTF style you learn moves for out on the streets. I was taught disarms with WTF as well as how to properly fight on the streets. WTF TKD is not just the sport part. It is a martial art
scottishladdy91 2 years ago
your are also taught these street techniques in ITF aswell. im glad to hear that WTF has these aswell. every WTF guy i have met doesnt learn these and they actually doubt there street practicality. maybe cos of the way they are taught it here in the UK. in korea it s obviously different but frm my experience in TKD ITF teaches self defence as the core of its sylabus and WTF is the sport orientated one.
tyebo87 2 years ago
basically in the western world most WTF TKD schools emphasise too much on sport and point sparring. the people are taught to kick to get points, not necessarily to hurt attackers.
like i said, MOST schools in those parts of the world, not all.
tkddiuryl 2 years ago
Im pretty sure other parts of the world are more towards point sparring, especially Koreans. They have Taekwondo in their gym class.
RAxzibit 2 years ago
when ppl talk about ITF and WTF they talk about the sport. when you do TKD thats when you learn how to fight.
RAxzibit 2 years ago
personally I hate OLY style comp it makes TKD look like a joke and the sad thing is a lot of guys who train in that can never show there full arsenal.
RAxzibit 2 years ago
yep i agree with you, i mean showing the world that and saying its what tkd is.. thats like showing someone a rat and telling them its a tiger.
ddandbd 2 years ago
i dnt get u in the last part?
RAxzibit 2 years ago
its ok I was just saying i don't like the Olympic Taekwondo I think it gives the art a bad reputation. but this video's awesome:)
ddandbd 2 years ago 2
exactly what I was saying, I don't like Olympic TKD too and I think TKD could have a better reputation if the WTF promote more the TKD shown in this video.
aucteakwondomaster 2 years ago
ya totally agree. my master said it might not be in the OLY next time around.
RAxzibit 2 years ago
I was once in WTF, now im in ITF and its so much better.
silentslayers2 3 years ago
Federations are meaningless, what matters is the purity of the Way!
MasterMacLeod 2 years ago
that's the kind of Taekwondo WTF shoud promot, not the olimpic sport. I really wish to see the WTF matchs ruls changed to a more full contact fight with punch and kick. For me if we, WTF practitionner, does focust on the competition we use only may be 50% of what TKD offerd us.
aucteakwondomaster 3 years ago 4
i would say less than 50%, Ironicly ITF Taekwon-do practitioners are better at fullcontact fighting because they use more hands and allows hits to the head (even though its semicontact). It's true that sometimes the instructors seems to forget the selfdefens part and focus too much on grading and competition.
TaeIeon 3 years ago
You can punch people in Olympic style fighting and can even score a point for it. It is not used as much because the punch is not as powerful as a kick. When you are in a proper tournament sparring you can use full contact and knock your opponent out if you want. WTF is not just about the sparring but since it is in the Olympics now it is promoted that way
scottishladdy91 3 years ago
Olympic style is allready full contact but I want to see more punch to the face during a turnament, but the rule dosen't allow it. That's why an olympic champ use only 50% of what TKD can offer. I'm a WTF fighter and the TKD I want to see in my gim is what is shown in this vid so I really whish the WTF to promote that TKD not the olymipc fight.
aucteakwondomaster 3 years ago
A punch to the direct face is not allowed as it would cause bleeding and some would saw this is an excessive force but you can punch to the headgear. It is not used tho as it does not really score and leaves ur body open for a kick. I have seen a few of the olmpians up close and saw them spar out of the olympics and they do punch to the head to teach the students to be aware that anything can come at you
scottishladdy91 3 years ago
I don't remamber that punch to headgear was allowed, I allways see the referee give an penalty for doing so (in France no punch to the head are allowed) I've been doing TKD for 8 year now and I've been to 2 different gim. The first learned us to use everything we learn, kick , punch and throw but only during sparring. The second one, it was only competition with its rules even in sparring, an olympic champ maker, I was disapointed. WTF should promot more this TKD, I still say it 50%
aucteakwondomaster 3 years ago
I have been in TKD for 14 years and studied in four different countries and in five different gyms. The rule to punches to the headgear is a recent one and not all people are allowing it yet. It will be allowed in all tournaments soon but it is accepted in Korea as well as America.
scottishladdy91 3 years ago
So that's why I haven't heard about it yet, that's a good news, I think it will introduce a new kind of strategie for the olympic fights, and it will be more realistic I think.
aucteakwondomaster 3 years ago
you say only use 50% but you have to admit tkd is mostly legs. if you look at kickboxing and muay thai the ratio with punching and kicking is much more balanced. i train tkd for 4 1/2 yrs.
RAxzibit 2 years ago
depends what organisation of TKD you belong to. if you do ITF TKD like me them you would uses your hands just as much as you would your legs. to watch ITF sparring is nearly identical to watching kick boxing minus the clinches. many ITF guys go on to become succesfull in kick boxing comps. my instructor won a tournement without throwing one kick.
tyebo87 2 years ago
not true some so called WTF do sparring comp but learn self defense also but some others do not. the only diff between ITF and WTF is comp and forms. if u look at ITF comp yes they punch to the face but their punching isnt that good if you look at their technique. speaking in general though. i often see punching while jumping and other unpractical techs because their trying to go for a point. but if you do IFT comp you do have a slight advantage cause you learn to get punched in the face,
RAxzibit 2 years ago
Your right, TKD is more kicking than punching, and muay thai is balance, some wushu is more punching than kicking. every martial art has its specialities and TKD is kicking + self defence but not much punch but it has more to give than what is shown in the comp style. I've trained tkd for 7 years now and I keep saying only 50%
aucteakwondomaster 2 years ago
awesome mines focus on kicking also but my master doesnt for care for sparring unless it for the lil kids. he focus on more self defense. but we prob mostly kicks when it comes 2 striking but tkd in general is mostly kicks. im glad ur more balanced. try bjj to have a full arsenal.
RAxzibit 2 years ago
why would bjj give you the full arsenal? judo or japanese jujitsu wouyld give you much more than bjj ever will. bjj is just ground work and the take downs they use are noway as good as the ones you can find in judo or jap jujitsu. bjj is very on dimensional.
tyebo87 2 years ago
its would give you a full arsenal because you have train striking a lot all you need left is take downs and ground work. im not sayn bjj would give u a full arsenal by its self im saying with you tkd it would.
RAxzibit 2 years ago
the problem with bjj is that when you're on the ground, you can only focus on that opponent at that time.
these days if you're attacked on the street and you go to the ground, you can't afford to focus on one guy when other guys are coming in.
tkddiuryl 2 years ago
Well thats why people do mma. what ever they use for stand up in the end they always turn to bjj for ground fighting.
RAxzibit 2 years ago
these days MMA is just muay thai and bjj, and that's basically what they emphasise for some reason. it's not much of a mixed art, just a mixture of two arts.
one rarely sees TKD, karate, aikido, hapkido.etc. i mean bjj is not the only ground art that exists.
i have a friend who also started mma. you ask them who art they do, they say mma. basically they mean muay thai and bjj.
ever since i moved to the western part of the world i noticed a large emphasis on those 2 arts.
tkddiuryl 2 years ago
Because Muay Thai and BJJ are the most effective and practical in MMA. But its not just those two styles you see in MMA a lot. You see a lot of boxing, wrestling and judo. You also see a few karate guys but they also have BBJ in there background. BBJ is the king on the ground i know there are other arts that go down there, shoot fighting, jiu jitsu, and other but BBJ is purely on the ground. But ya muay thai and BBJ seem to be the most effective in mma (two of UFC champions have a karate backgd)
RAxzibit 2 years ago
most effective in MMA? perhaps.
tkddiuryl 2 years ago
Yes most effective in MMA in general. And Muay Thai is also known to be practical in a street right (in general) the thing with other traditional martial arts they are so much sports orientated. TKD and jude OLY rules makes dojos train for sport rather then self defense in most school. but the sport in muay thai is less limited and can help in fights even if youre just training for competition, same can be said with MMA.
RAxzibit 2 years ago
i can't speak for judo, cos i've never trained in it.
the TKD schools that train more in sport are WTF schools, however they do train in proper self defense too, though most do not(sadly). WTF is more sport. but just because WTF is more sport, doesn't mean TKD entirely is the same. TKD becoming an olympic sport has it's advantages and disadvangates.
people should learn the difference between what is meant for the street, and what is meant for sport. to me that's the main issue.
tkddiuryl 2 years ago
I agree with you 100% but even in its purest form with comparing tkd and muay thai ill choose muay thai because it is well verses in close combat which i think is best on the streets. I have 5 yrs tkd exp btw.
RAxzibit 2 years ago
ofcourse these days, anyone would pick muay thai over tkd in a street fight. like what i said before, these days tkd has become more of a sport. people just kick to get points, punches aren't being scored.etc. very annoying. but i still love it.
when people really look into the self defense tkd, they're suprised to see take downs, and holds. why? because all they're exposed to is sport tkd. that's annoying too.
muay thai is great, i was thinking of taking it up.
diuryl 2 years ago
Ya it is but its hard to find pure MT training. But training in mma isnt bad either. before taking up mma i got into a fight with someone and i was kicking his ass he didnt hit me and i was pounding him with kicks then u took me down in full mouth and good pounded on. mma is great because they teach you to fight on the ground as well as standing up. now they wouldnt beat most other ppl jus straight up standing with them but the ground game evens that out bcause more dnt know how2 fight when down
RAxzibit 2 years ago
to me, avoid fighting as much as possible. you never know if he has a gun, knife, or has other intentions. just because we're trained in self defense, doesn't mean we can go looking for fights, or fight anyone.
if, you're ever unfortunate enough to end up in a fight, end it as quickly as possible, and avoid dragging it out.
these are the simple rules that i follow. but if i MUST, i WILL, not because i want to. sadly most people think because they know martial arts, they can beat anyone.
tkddiuryl 2 years ago 4
in my book, if you do mma, that means you have experience in multiple arts.
but like i said, these days, mma is becoming more of an art itself, muay thai with bjj.
why do you rarely see other arts in mma? could it be that other arts are not as effective as mma practitioners claim. or is it just over advertising 2 arts?
tkddiuryl 2 years ago
I don't know if muay thai is that balance with hands but yea the do use everything at once. Western Kickboxers to me have better hand combos that thai fighters. I myself have been doing tkd for 3yrs and We are taught 70/30 ratio for feet/hands. I think that once you reach black belt you should try to narrow your ratio to 60/40 or 50/50. So what is your rank???
2 Dan
RDraGon2179 2 years ago
i bet if you take a MT master and make him fight against a TKD master in street fights rule: no rule. the TKD master will win. There are more to TKD then what you see in the olympic and competition where alot of techniques and self defenses moves are prohibited. just look at BJJ, in a REAL fight BJJ wont win.
koukunut 3 years ago 2
I agree. One critical hit to a weak point could instantly disable any grappler.
terrencemcg 3 years ago 2
fancy uniforms and flashy kicks dont translate into effectiveness in a real street fight. muay thai is still the best if ones aim is to prepare for a real street fight.
lukkox 3 years ago
This video is corny as hell, almost makes me ashamed of being a taekwondoka.
windowmaker90 3 years ago
this video shows some punches which is good. I wanna see somone get punched out in a tkd tournament.
Akuber 3 years ago
There's no punches to the head allowed in WTF (olympic) taekwondo. You can kick the head though.
windowmaker90 3 years ago
Why do I get the feeling that you are lying? I don't think you really practice Taekwondo because you don't even know how to call a Taekwondo practitioner... -ka is used only in students of Japanese martial arts.
terrencemcg 3 years ago
yes...thats what i noticed too....hahaha
anyway i believe in TKD though i no longer practice it. i no longer train in TKd cuz it has become a sport only. you wont find a TKD training that teaches you how to kill someone. same applies to muay thai..ok it simply teaches u how to destroy someones body..but u have to destroy yours as well....i am looking forward to see TKD get banned from the olympics and get real.
mma15 3 years ago
that's the reason ITF Taekwondo is not in the olympics... because in some tournaments they imply full contact rules like in K-1...
terrencemcg 3 years ago
actually i thought ITF is more of a martial art than WTF.....but man.....its just like those lame shotokan tournaments......i didnt like it...the way WTF kicks is more powerful anf artisitc...in ITF they make it look the same as Shotokan with their repetitive hook and turn kicks.
mma15 3 years ago 2
Can't blame you to say that. You're probably from some western country where they "westernize" the martial arts. What they teach in most (not all) western countries are crap! Try going somewhere in the far east and you will see what I am talking about. Even Shotokan Karate in there can compete with both Kyokushinkaikan, Shidokan and Okinawan Karate. My ITF Taekwondo master even has Hapkido and Tang Soo do in his lessons.
terrencemcg 3 years ago 2
power of combat boots
ko2es 3 years ago
hardout...
poofly02 3 years ago
lol 3th dan
smallintestine 3 years ago
Why are you people bashing TKD. It's a martial art like others. It's all about how the practitioner applies the techniques. True alot of schools dumb it down but research and common sense can be great too. If you know a high kick isn't effective, modify it and lower it. No martial art is 100% effective anyways.
TwelfthDragon 4 years ago 12
@TwelfthDragon yeah there is judo wresteling ju jit su sambo wrestling will win anyfight
TaeKwonDoHelpers 8 months ago
Been doing tkd for 13 years. Now I practice capoeira and brazilian jiu-jitsu. Tkd is till my base though.
cabalofdemons 4 years ago
why you always have to talk about taekwondo if you dont like it just dont see the videos, if you see them is because you like it? or not?
gcm51 4 years ago
Lol last part was kinda fake, it was funny though. Don't misunderstand that opinion, I'm just saying that it's less likely to fall from a roundhouse while wearing the trunk protector.... >_>
jackisg4y 4 years ago
lol but then again it depends on the persons power!
Islam4ever 4 years ago
hey that pretty girl look like chun hyang!
SafriPLKN 4 years ago
Ooooh, banana hammock! Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice drooooooooolz
devourerofbabies 4 years ago
2:45 omg amazing speed and technique.
tkwndo55 4 years ago 5
for anyone who say that tkd is rubbish or fake,why dont you go to south korea and north korea or even china and fight with the taekwondo soldier?
SafriPLKN 4 years ago 14
@SafriPLKN
why travel to fight ineffective fighters when american tkd losers are so much closer?
snapper842002 1 year ago
@snapper842002 because america has got nothing but losers in it? go to a different country and u mite find a challenge?
zeroBaHaMuTuS 1 year ago 2
@zeroBaHaMuTuS hahaha thats so true. i totally agree with u. and snapper842002 considering u R one of the losers in amercia u should just STFU idiot.
1edefs3 1 year ago
@SafriPLKN chinese army uses taekwondo? o.o
veshkeat 1 year ago
@SafriPLKN Why does it have to be a taekwondo soldier? When you say an art is effective, you can not discriminate and say it has to be this dude you fight, or that dude. If taekwondo is effective it should be effective for anyone, not a select group of people who train almost day and night, that makes that person effective at using the art but it does not make the art effective.
theuppro 11 months ago
@SafriPLKN i was there i fought there tkd good for taekwondo tournamjent for full fight 2 low kicks few hooks they down.arm bar they give up
bushidoartss 11 months ago
look taekwondo isn't all fake..Its whatever you want it to be if you train just for sport then thats all its gonna be for you. train for a real life situation then you'll be prepared for a real life situation and if you think taekwondo is fake i'm willing to spar with you.
divinesmasher 4 years ago 5
i think thats the reason alot of people think its fake. ALOT of taekwondo schools dont allow sparring with other arts. Plus if you have to prove tkd against sumthn else it wouldnt be a sparring match it would be a fight. And im willing to bet that once the tkd safety barriers are taken away and you cant just win by points, one throw would be the end of most tkd fighters
cryingindian 4 years ago
idk wearing chest pads more or less just makes it easier for judges to score. The sound it makes and the color contrast lets judges see point of contact and power in the kicks. Yes the impact is spread out into more of a concussive blow, but it still conditions you to take a shot.
foxcompany 3 years ago
i did tkd for five years and in comps i kept losing points for hitting too hard :P so for some ppl if u take away the safety barriers some ppl will be crazy and others like you speak of you cant just generalize like that :P
jordmovies2 3 years ago
if it was blows to the body then i dont think there should be a limit to how hard you hit, as fighters should be able to take it. Ill say that in my own experience if someone trains with protective gear all the time they havnt been able to accustom themselves to getting hit and it comes as a shock, i dont mean this goes for all just in my experience, which is not huge
cryingindian 3 years ago
youd think but meh ... fair enough
jordmovies2 3 years ago
that is a typical kungfu punch. u can see quite lot in kungfu movie. TKD most came from karate which doesnot use that kind of skill.
prophet126 4 years ago
The taekwondo´s kicks and karate´s kicksare too diferent . We use circular moves and the karates kicks are linear moves.. I think that is the most important diferent.
saintlink 4 years ago
lol other way around
tkwndo55 4 years ago
The beginning when the guy was wearing a speedo was quite disturbing..
centizzle 4 years ago
Yea shorts would have been nice. It's not like they had to show you his thighs. It was calfs and thats it. idk about the speedo. tkd is cool tho ;)
Myderion 4 years ago
it still is a martial art
xlker 4 years ago 2
listen to the very last sound^^ blüng
Dainanashi 4 years ago
taekwondo yeah!!! man his 540 so fasst,, he kiks so hiiggh @.@ ~~~ thankx for posting~ =]
heroXkira 4 years ago
too bad taekwondo right now has evolved into a sport. most practitioners dont treat it as a martial art anymore
makoyvelasco 4 years ago
yes its true tkd has become nothing more than a sport for capital gain,,the looser is.......tkd
ahumanweapon 4 years ago
not entirely true.i'm a 3rd generation jidokwan,some want sport and some want fighting art.i try to learn both.
kidhadoken 4 years ago
muay thai and chinese kung fu , kick suck ass tkd's ass
xinstar2006 5 years ago
i kick your ass.
sng18 4 years ago
and guess what Kyokushin practitioners repeatedly defeated Chinese Gung Fu experts ranging from wing chun to chin na not to mention they owned muay thai people. All in all it is irrelevant you let your ignorance speak for it self gg no re
ByAnyAndAllMeans 4 years ago
It all depends on the fighter. For example if you were thrown in there to fight for yourself, would you have the same kind of luck? Who knows.
DTMUniversal 4 years ago
50/50 on that vid why if they want to show some trained hands didnt they find someone that had some???It was ok buty once again just showing the sport of tkd that is getting people to say tkd is so bad
ahumanweapon 5 years ago
Ah, yes. An actual good Tae Kwon Do Video.
OathOfCalm 5 years ago
for those ppl say that taekwondo sucks in k-1. well taekwondo isnt for the ring its for self defence
random0312 5 years ago
As a martial art Taekwondo require from person to work on itself - tolerate !!!
pavelch 5 years ago
It's about time they put some real TKD on youtube. THANK YOU!
ShinsengumiTaicho1 5 years ago
That was hocrap!!
moofasa545 5 years ago
the TKD they teach in america is NOTHING compared to the asian country
VictorThai 5 years ago
awesome taekwondo,but stil the man has small eggs,but who cares,he is good as hell!!!! get them into the k1 ring and say taekwondo is inefective XD youll see what you get,sure thing!
achalter 5 years ago
good video
blackhwoarang26 5 years ago
good video of REAL Teawkwondo
VictorThai 5 years ago
AH MAN THOSE CRAZY FUCKERS
VictorThai 5 years ago
Isnt he just a little in love with himself.... Speedo man?
moonhoolie 5 years ago
lol tru
imohammed2 5 years ago
Hardcore?
balletman 5 years ago
Yeah! Hardcore!
scottv 5 years ago
Damn, those dudes are hardcore!
scottv 5 years ago
Pretty beastly shtuff...
LawrenceArms 5 years ago
great video, alot like old style taekwondo but this video showed them doing wtf technique, they work out alot like old style taekwondo. http://www.traditionaltkdcollege.org
ogreatone 5 years ago
Korean TKD stylists are insane. Fuck the crap they teach in the states.
keitarosuwa 5 years ago
How come we gotta see the dude in the Speedo, and they couldn't even show the chick in a Bikini or something?
Totally sexist...
MadMonk108 5 years ago
I'm sorry, but in Korea we do not exploit women.
sng18 5 years ago
Yes, more of such video pls......
Kondo 5 years ago
MORE OF THIS PLEASE PLEASE PLEAS
yoinkity 5 years ago
this is a really nice taekwondo promotional video. Yes, more of these please. :-)
tkdtc 5 years ago