ITF Taekwon-do World Championships 2007 - Birmingham, U.K.

[Icnon2]

2:30

ITF X GTF ????

[film4thefuture]

What is the backgroud music?

[shadowsabere]

i still prefer my muay thai than this...

[TheMeanerKitty]

... I take TKD... sparring does NOT look like this. Is it only us that follow the World TKD federation rules? The vid above is more of a bunch of slap-fighting than Tae Kwon Do. I know, since I have a black belt, and am quite goot at TKD.

[GizmoTKD]

@TheMeanerKitty - ITF and WTF TKD are quite different, and believe me, for many ITFers the WTF style sparring looks also very strange with people fighting with their arms down, clinching and using very limited blocking. Both styles of fighting have strong and weak points. And by the way, I know it, since I'm a black belt too, but I don't really claim to be quite good at TKD, just enjoying it thoroughly for 20+ years (including my Kukkiwon black belt grade :)

[TKDolympiak]

i think that both itf and wtf tkd should be in the olympics

[evilhybridchicken]

LoL Mickey mouse champs. Yes it is disappointing for TKD to suffer because of these fragments, especially at the grass roots (if you like) level,

we lowly pratitioners do not want to dabble in politics, just enjoy the art as General Choi intended it.

Taekwon!

[lpriadi]

....skill. If the green tag does lose to a red belt of the same weight its not unfair its just he's not good enough and he shouldn't be there in the competing in such a high-level competition

[lpriadi]

good vid. But Im surprised to see people with as low a belt as green tag competing and winning a medal 1.13 . Isn't the world championships supposed to be the best of the best ya know like the world cup is for football. That guy won right...so what is he...the world champion of the green belt lightweight division thats kinda degrading the value of a world champion title, if he can easily get his ass kicked by a red belt of the same weight. The world championships so to show whos got better...

[GizmoTKD]

It's really about how much value do you place on that title. No one will compare a winner of the yellow belt division to the black belt level. With ITF TKD being so fragmented, you may as well question any title achieved. There was a competition, we went there, it was fun, nothing more, nothing less. It would still be fun if the competition would be called Mickey Mouse Championships :)

[faro0485]

The green belt could have been more experienced in fighting than gaining belts.

[dillondownie]

@lpriadi It takes time for somebody to move through the ranks of taekwondo, whereas talent can come out of nowhere all of a sudden, i know a greenbelt who recently competed and kicked the ass of a proffessional kickboxer. just sayin yo.

[esoerlie]

i have heard about a 10 year old black belt :-O

[enok1999]

in ITF you can punch and kick above belt hight as long as it doesnt hit the back of youre body

[mhallam91]

From what I know, you're not allowed to punch in the face at TKD tournaments. You can kick, but not punch.

[GizmoTKD]

You are not allowed to punch to the face in WTF Taekwondo tournaments (Olympic style). In the ITF its perfectly OK :-)

[alice00x]

That's not true as I'm currently a junior blackbelt in TKD in the ITF and you are allowed to both kick and punch above the belt, but I think it varies which sort of club you go to.

[GoldenJoker]

All TKD clubs who are officially part of the ITF allow punches above belt.

I don't know if there's a rule preventing women from punching each other in the breasts but I doubt it because they kick each other there most of the time anyways.

[Slaytanic6606]

You can punch the head, but not the face directly.

[mrXfingers]

Well in World Championships Or euro

what ever goes realy from my fights i have had in both you can punch in the face AS well as kick in the ITF there is no rule that says do not punch in the face

[luisitho10]

esto no es taekwondo... es karate do

[zaidje]

esto es taekwondo

by the way i'm english

[mrXfingers]

hmmmm i was looking at some of the comments and gadmc2. do you understand that ITF Taekwon-do World Championships 2007. THE BEST OF THE BEST. the pain they take just to get to the top but staying ther is somthing you would not b leave so i hope you take your comments back thanks .hope for a comment back

[gadmc2]

LAME it is nothing special if i was like these guys i wouldnt have posted this lame videon.This video only ruins the name of taekwondo=

[GizmoTKD]

Well, you didn't post any video so far. Show that you can do any better...

[ax3ninja]

how can a video of the world championships ruin taekwon-do? the only thing here ruining taekwon-do is your lack of respect for the martial artists who participated there

[ddandbd]

your awsome! GOOD SHOUT:)

[glfth]

Nice music.

[TKDITFVELAZCO]

Great job editing Gizmo! Excellent music!.

I will sendyou some videos editing by myself

[MacSorcus]

whats the music?

[iam21111]

korean remake song..origin is 사계 by 노찾사

song name : 사계 ( 4 seasons )

singer : 거북이 ( turtles )

[ozdranis]

this sux... to bad:( because there are not so much fighters...

[tomatito1981]

To be fair most of the recorded footage is from the Kup Championship that took place in the same week as the Worlds. Still lol seeing the Polish and Russian lads spar is always fun lol talk about not holding back and going for it plus they move like athletes even in Kup grades. well done lads!

[ozdranis]

man just look at that fat guy "world champions ship?" come one.....look at original ITF federation...lame

[ozdranis]

ok i don;t get it about the title...is another federation or something like...?becuaze u can search ...the world championship was on Quebec Canada....or is just a joke?:D...nice video:P

[GizmoTKD]

There are 3 federations using the same name ITF, each of them holding their own World Championships.

[ihadurmum101]

i aint bein sexist or anything but im a 3rd dan black belt and i gotta say taekwondo is better off being a mens game i mean did you see that girl throwin her arms about if you did that on the street your more likely to get beaten up

[Le5n1k]

I was here also. Team SLOVENIA

[justdungivadamn]

hey i was there!!

[IrishJV]

Could someone teach these people sparring how to keep their guard up?

[tomlewis39]

why keep you're guard up when 8/10 attacks in tkd come from the legs? if you notice they have 1 arm up and 1 arms down... free form blocking

[kingruebyn2]

actually yoo are much better off keeping both hands up to at least chin level because if yoo get rushed then it is a lot easier to punch from the raised position of teh hands

[Taek10]

Que grande Argentina rompimos todo

[Fabietto75]

Nice work, great video but..

What about the last fight?

How can you call it Taekwon-do? it seems like street fight... too far form the origin..

I'm an italian red belt ITF. I'm sorry but i don't like the way TKD is going :-(

[ShaunMclorie]

Hey Gizmo, awesome video!

Whats the song name? - Rags -

[GizmoTKD]

No idea mate, got it from a Korean friend couple of years ago with some other songs, but without description...

[muyrenerd]

la línea del choi jung hwa es una vengúenza

¿cómo se atreven a tratar de patentar los logos de la itf siendo que el mismísimo general Choi se los dio al mundo?

no han hecho sino evitar la difución del taekwon-do, y eso se castiga, por eso ya se ven obligados a incluir a gups en los mundiales, ya no les queda gente, ya perodieron la confienza.

[m4webNL]

Great movie. Congratulations! At 02:40 Michal Danko is sparring with Ozzy Brussee from Taekwon-do Nederland! Greetings from the Netherlands.