I think that it's not really extreme... For me, it's just a normal entrainement. May be that '' Extreme taekwondo '' is the name of the club. Anyway we love Taekwondo!!
@UniversalPotatoSoup I prefer the term "highly influenced" by Karate as one should note the subtle differences between the two. Originally, however, and without question, the training and drills were similar if ny identical to Karate. But, they are still two different styles, copied, highly influenced, or otherwise.
TKD can be a good martial art, depending on the user that feels a natural essence with it, but I don't believe that it is the so called, "Ultimate Martial art".
this is a disgrace dor people that practice real taekwondo, this isn't even taekwondo and all of them look like retards when they are doing "taekwondo'. please quit nerds and go back to school
At 6.07 all of the kids prepare for sparring. Not one of them are holding a decent guard. All of the kids holding their rear guard at their Naval. Why are they defending their navals? One hand needs to be close to the chin. This is rampant in TKD it needs to be fixed.
Don't use Japanese photograph for TKD promotion! There was no enforced draft for Koreans at times. It was started by Korean plea in 1938. Other Korean soldiers were all volunteers. TKD was only the inferior copy of Karete. There is no science here. It is only the sports, not the martial arts. Don't misunderstand!
@NoNoSpice ur half right half wrong yes tkd is a sport but in ancient times it was a way to fight a battle style so u are right yes it got infekted by karate cuz when general hong hing was forced to go to the japanese arm he learnd karate
@blackbelt807 Taekwondo did not exist until 1955. Taekkyeon was the martial art you are referring to. Taekwondo is not a sport. It is a martial art. Olympic style Taekwondo is a sport. But Taekwondo itself is not a sport. It was not "infected" by Karate.
@NoNoSpice Take it from someone who has been studying martial arts for 15 years and is a History Major. There was a draft of Koreans during WW2. Taekwondo is not a "copy" of Karate.
Draft was not introduced for Koreans. We started it because Koreans submitted a petition in hope of draft system, which was as same as for Japanese. It started in 1943. The actual physical test for Koreans were done in 1944 for the first time. So the first drafted Korean ended war during the training. None of them went to battle field. Learn the history better! The Korean soldier in Japan was all volunteers, who joined to our army since 1938. By the way, TKD is the copy Karate
ive done a little tkd and its awsome and definetly deserves its respect but i feel alot of is useless in the ring and there is alot of foot slap it dosnt work as well as muay thai and it promotes alot of bad habits like dropping ur hands but it is beutiful and artistic and i mean no disrespect because i know it takes alot of work to do it
ive done a little tkd and its awsome and definetly deserves its respect but i feel alot of is useless int the ring and there is alot of foot slap it dosnt work as well as muau thai and it promotes alot of bad habits like dropping ur hands but it is beutiful and artistic and i mean no disrespect because i know it takes alot of work to do it
@horacioabraham well, i think every sports have "unnecessary" things (muay thai btw).
also inside of a system you can choose the fighting stance and movements yourself (depending on what you prefer). as you said it needs a lot of work; but either way tae kwon do isnt the only one who needs it, all comes from practice in each system ;)
ive done a little tkd and its awsome and definetly deserves its respect but i feel alot of is useless int the ring and there is alot of foot slap it dosnt work as well as muau thai and it promotes alot of bad habits like dropping ur hands
why is White people talking like they know about tae kwon do so much..they are not even flexible enough and especially the White narrator can't even pronounce TKD right, WTF.
On a side note I am taking a Okinawan gojuryu Shobukan class right now... Not sure how similar it is to the karate style u r referring to but none of the hand techniques or stances r like tkd
When the 3 kingdoms were at war one of the 3 lived in the mountains so they developed stronge legs thus they designed a style thats main attacks involved the legs. This is the kingdom who was victorious in their wars so their style spread throughout the land... I have done my research
All of you a Wrong, There is no such thing as Hwarangdo that is a fabrication, because during the unification of the three kingdoms Korean martial arts vanished except for Taekkyon. Modern TaeKwon-Do came from Shotokan Karate in which Gen Choi Hong Hi attained second dan under its founder Gichin Funakoshi, He also combined Taekkyon Kicking techniques, and a form of northern chinese kung fu. as far as calling it Korean Karate is totally wrong ITF is completely different to Karate.
Appleswitch - video is actually correct. Choi Hong Hi developed TKD as a Koreanized version of Karate. He was a Shotokan practitioner and used Taekyeon as an influence.
I am by no means a Korean historian but I am a practitioner of taekwondo. I have done college papers over it and gone to martial arts conventions and heard the origin of taekwondo. Both my research and what I learned from others says that the historical aspect of this video is hella wrong. Some guy did not just randomly use science to make taekwondo, it evolved from hwarangdo *sp*
@AppleSwitch101 HEY I SO AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT THE KOREAN MARTIAL ART EVOLVING FROM HWARANGDO.... THEIR SCHOOL SEEMS TO BE A GREAT ONE, BUT THE HISTORY THE JR BLACK BELT GAVE WAS WRONG AND WHEN HE IS PERFORMING HIS FORM/PATTERN, HIS ROUND HOUSE IS WRONG AS WELL.
@AppleSwitch101 Hwarangdo is dead there is no such things all classes now days are just fabrications, all korean martial arts died out after the three kingdoms period, all except for Taekkyon, Taekwon-do is Taekkyon kicking techniques and take downs, northern Chinese fist and hand techniques and shotokan Karate stances, please do more reaserch.
@h0rangi your awful at spelling, and if you actually know anything about TaeKwon-Do at all you would know that he is the the father of modern TaeKwon-Do.
A little informative yet alot of the other stuff was highly unecessary for the most part, i agree on the philosophies behind the martial art but i do not agree on calling it the ultimate martial art becuase no art can be the ultimate each system has it strengths and weaknesess and the effectivness on it depends on the practitioner and if the instructor is teaching in a good way but i do like the history.
korea's image is different with china, japan. don't use music that looks like china's kung fu feeling. korea is smart country in 3 asia (china, japan, korea.). anyway BGM is gay shit smelling. also korea is not original korea's marticial arts. it copied japan or china's marticial arts. we korean have "sip pal ki" or some other original korea maticial arts. it is strong than tea kwon do. TKD is just show.
real strong army's people don't learn TKD in korea.
those are prebrakable boards. TKD does not condition thier hands like a KYOKUSHIN school does. TKD does not hit markiwai boards. Its all for show to get members for thier school. TKD is the worst comercial martial art thier is!!
sorry but that school sucks.. their technique is terrible. the black belts looked awful.they he couldnt even do a spinning cresent kick ..wtf? and why are they wearing different colored gi's?
i startet with taekwon do when i was 12 but.. to say the truth, i´m now 21 and just startet with hapkido after more than a year without taekwon do and i don´t think that any age is too late :D
hand skill is top-notch. Judoka do not practice unching, or kicking, and thus their grappling and throws are top notch. It is not because they don't know how to punch, or were never taught, it is because they participate in a skill-specific sparring category.
especially since the creation of taekwondo at the time it was simply korean karate, he was defiantly not involved in creating any techniques. Five main kwans unified to create the kukkiwon and succesfully spread taekwondo to 180 countries and 80 million people. General choi had nothing to do with that. He was in N. korea talking with kim il jung.
Kukki-taekwondo does not focus on face punching in sparring, the focus is on kicking. Much like boxing does not focus on kicking, and thus their....
NEVER too late to join Tae Kwon Do! I started when i was 13, and i see 40+ (age wise) women and men join. Enjoy studying Tae Kwon Do my fellow brother
hey man we have ppl in are TKD school that are older like this lady is 72 years old and is running up walls and breaking boreds i will send u some videos so u can see but its never to late i am also 15...
General Choi fled for his life from south korea to north korea (the country you paired with the s. korean flag) after a failed assassination attempt on the S. korean president. He continued to spread ITF taekwondo to communist countries. Eventually it came to canada and america, however it is divided and dwindling.
He did not create taekwondo, He was in charge of teaching it to the army, and was merely at the meeting where the name was decided. The minutes to those meetings are online.
The world taekwondo federation (WTF) is the tournament organizing body which uses kukki-Taekwondo (aka world taekwondo, the national sport of S. korea, and over 90% of taekwondo in the world) and organizes tournaments for olympic and world championships.
The ITF is both a curriculum creator, and a tournament organizer unilke the WTF.
Under WTF rules punching is only allowed to the body. However, in kukki-Taekwondo there is extensive material on the training of hand techniques.
I have been doing martial arts and have been interested in different martial arts for quite a long time. I have seen TKD olympic and sparring vids therefore i have been thinking it was an leg fighting arts.... Nice to see that it's an decent art, have always thought it was an leg boxing for a few months already.. :P
well its not only kicking people who say its worthless have never taken it i take therefore can give you an honest opinion in many dojos now they do teach wtf rules but also some good fight moves and ground fighting its really a good martail art
I'm a black belt in it. You have to either be unbelievably good at it, or just use the techniques as they suit the situation. After TKD I took a form of JKD, and I then began to see how easily countered TKD alone was.
LOL ALL WRONG INFO. THAT'S A MAP OF NORTH KOREA, BUT SHOWED SOUTH KOREAN FLAG. Get some multicultural education, you sheltered white boy living in white hickville. Napolean Dynamite knows more than you. Probably don't even know the difference betwen South and North Korea. How much ignorant can a man get LOL
TKD is known as an leg style martial arts..Actually have never seen people use hands in TKD tournaments...So im suprised that TKD had any moves for hands aswell -.- ...Or might this be a video with some karate style mix of tae kwon do ? -.-
@geenius3ab TKD has punches, kicks, knees and elbows...but when you compete its only kicks...and well its kinda boring like that. But real Tae Kwon Do as seen in a selfdefence instead of a sport has everything.
why?! I supose U have seen WTF sparring? they only use their feets, no action they just stand and waith to the other to attack. BORING! if U want to see reel ITF sparring see this videoes: viking cup international 2008 part 1 and 2!
I really don't understand how you guys really can say which are best of ITF and WTF. If you ask your tkd master and ask him: Which is best, itf or wtf?. If your master even say one of them he should be ashamed. If you are an really good and experienced tkd fighter you should know that it's both really good. The biggest differences is the rules. the kick is the same, the mental focus of the sport is the same: Respect, discipline and restraint.
You're using South Korea flag where there are no single ITF school , and is it a running session or Taekwondo why they do all this running during sparring !!!!!
I prefer WTF, but being biased on which Style of TKD is destructive and unneeded, as a giant family of Taekwondo we should remember our roots, not our favorites, Tae Kwon Do was created for a reason, lets build eachother up and promote ourselves not destroy eachother.
@SuperSneakySteve And if you want to learn how to fight I would recomend you stop looking up videos for instructinals and get into the real thing...how about you go look up how not to be a jack ass on youtube.
@SuperSneakySteve I suppose I should be less agressive, so tell me of what martial arts you do?
I did many other's before TKD. Boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, Ju Jitsu, Krav Maga, Aikido, Kendo, Kundo, Kung Fu, Karate, and Shotukan, but I found what I wanted in Taekwondo, a blend of striking, elbows, palms, knees, kicks, take downs, submission, disarms, and lethality. I suppose you just have to find the right Dojang, I was lucky enough too, and that is what I teach my students.
@spinkicker43 totally agree with you. i have been learning WTF for 16 years at the same time i learn ITF. they are different approach but the root are same to each other.
DUDE your location of Korea! thats north Korea not south korea! the flag you guys posted is South Korea but showed geography of north korea! you guys need to fix that!
Hi all while i compleatly respect all forms of martial art i must ay the technical abilitys shown in this short vid DO NOT mirror a ITF taekwon-do student. to be itf there needs to be SIGN WAVE motion before every more. i study in the ukta under grandmaster Rhee ki ha grandmaster Choi's number one student. there seems to be a big diffrence here! I would be intrestead
the only difference there really is in the both (cuz ive done both) are the patterns, tournament sparing and the round house or "turning kick" where you kick with the top of the foot instead of the balls of the feet thats about it really
This is ITF. Actually TKD is spring from south korea, not from north korea. Choi Hong Hi was expelled from south korea because he helped north korea to learn TKD. ITF is north korean way of TKD
Actually ITF competes in sparring while WTF is mainly forms those are the main diffrences now and that some ITF is close to traditional ITF that was created for the battlefield and self defense
*cough*...sucker...*cough* where you train then :D ? god must be a shitty please then if thats what your master is training you in. in proper TKD learn self defence techniqes, and how to reach on real life situations, you learn how to punch and use your whole buddy to take down your oppenant if he attacks.
Dont know what corner of the world you train in, you even know what you talk about o.O? YOU choose(or how the hell you wanner spell it :D) if you wanner go tournaments and fight other people, but basic WTF is that you train you defend your self in the street and in real life, a proper way to get black belt takes minimum 6 years.
People like you is the reason there is still racism today. White people can do the same as people from a different race and vice versa. That is like saying a black man cant be president because hes black.
Are u a frog in the well? who say's tkd has no self defense? it's juz tat u are looking more the point where u are watching a taekwondo sparring compeition where they only use kicks to score points.. They have basic guards and blocks.. and also unarm combat techniques.. u wuss
Whose military is the strongest in the world? Hint: it's not the Korean military. The most effective military units in the world train in Wing Chun/ Kali/ Silat/ and Jeet Kune Do. Your use of profanity shows that you are a child, an ignorant one at that. Hopefully you will not have to learn how ineffective TKD is by getting into a fight with someone who has trained in any of the above mentioned arts.
so your saying that every other martial artist will beat a tkd person? its not about the style its about the fighters u dumbass, and if the koreans know their method isnt as good as others im sure they would have changed it, unless they wants their military to be beaten the crap out of, its commno sense, all martial arts are equal, al have ups and downs, the only advantage is how they fighter uses them
All martial arts are equal? Ha! Lmao! That's like saying that all cars are equal or that Lance Armstrong could win the Tour De France riding a tri-cycle. You really have no clue as to what is happening in the combat world so, I'm done here. Those with the eyes to see your foolishness will see it. Again, I hope you don't find out the hard way...
all martial arts have advanatges in their styles, tkd has feet, karate has punches, judo uses throws and takeodowns etc. its how the fighter uses them that matters. every style has the ability to kill in several ways, if used correctly the styles are evenly matched. think about it, if a martial art was superior to others then the others wouldnt exist cos they'd be useless.
Sorry if im wrong but aren't all Modern TKD used for a type of sport instead of real practice...however TKD in my opinion is one of the many great skill asset to have
Simple motor movements are basically punching and kicking. But there are martial art standards that help promotes simple motor movement. Like Filipino, which develops the brain's ability to predict the offender's actions, and use the surrounding enviroment.
Realize though, that most TKD moves are not really for combat. TKD, I believe represents balance and flexibility, and increases hand/eye coordination. TKD is merely a choregraphy, not that really recommended for most people, even black belts, to use in actual combat, as most of the TKD's move require the brain's 'complex motor movements' abilities. In an actual fight, your brain will register two possibilites: Fight or Flight. If fighting, then your brain will do simple motor movement.
There is not ultimate martial art, it all depends on a person's willingness to learn and the heart they put into their training, it is not the art but the individual
of course, the only thing that is important is the individual, is you. but how are you supposed to develop any real skill if you accept circumstances and masters like that?
no matter if it is traditional, and i emphasize that word, taekwon-do, kyokushinkaikan or muay thai, there aren`t any differences in hardness and conditioning in between these styles.
training the way this video shows it is just plain dangerous, because it gives the poor kids a wrong sense of security.
i take taekwondo and i am a purple belt, which is the 5th colored belt, and we have a belt test every 2 months, and we have 2 classes a week for an hour. you can also sign up for the black belt club, which is about 45 mins long, but it is extremely tough and is made to train more for the black belt test. black belt club classes are once a week. taekwondo is much more advanced than karate, and takes much more dedication and will power to get a black belt than karate.
I honestly think that not enough..Where I go, we train all the week, one hour each class and two of them are for training our body, just exercise to make us better in the techniques, such as jumping, acrobatics, running, jogging in sand for about 20 minutes to make us last longer in battle, weights, push ups, and things like that. We do test every three months, but everyone has to be a advance belt first to get the next color. And I don't think we have that much of training. I'm from Mexico.
I think that it's not really extreme... For me, it's just a normal entrainement. May be that '' Extreme taekwondo '' is the name of the club. Anyway we love Taekwondo!!
Noemie16433 3 weeks ago
Why some of people wear white suit, some of them blua an the others red? :O Pls tell me the reason or difference/-s...Thx
kenjirott 2 months ago
@kenjirott For show ... as far as I know. The dojo I go to only instructors wear red/blue, everyone else wears black. It's different everywhere.
LeatheFirebender 1 month ago
@UniversalPotatoSoup I prefer the term "highly influenced" by Karate as one should note the subtle differences between the two. Originally, however, and without question, the training and drills were similar if ny identical to Karate. But, they are still two different styles, copied, highly influenced, or otherwise.
Sevv9220 2 months ago
It is not Tie kwon do..It is TAE kwon do...Pronounced (Tay Kwon do)!!!!!!!
MoenMooreSeamus 2 months ago 3
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THANK YOU!!! :)))
thepalacemaid 3 weeks ago
5:45 - that poomsae was so poorly executed I nearly cried
Martin716 2 months ago
that's great...
imaTKD 3 months ago
TKD can be a good martial art, depending on the user that feels a natural essence with it, but I don't believe that it is the so called, "Ultimate Martial art".
Jericho11894 3 months ago
this is a disgrace dor people that practice real taekwondo, this isn't even taekwondo and all of them look like retards when they are doing "taekwondo'. please quit nerds and go back to school
gunthercem 3 months ago
ITS NOT TAEKWONDO IDIOTS. 1. IN TAEKWONDO WAERING WHITE DOBOKS SECOND ITS NOT ONLY FIGHTING. :P
unabletosearch 3 months ago
@4:10. Instructor? You like you're 16.
Da1RiSiN1sMoKe 4 months ago
5:55 i'm a yellow belt and even i know a punch done like that is a sure recipe for a broken wrist.
ceroeck 5 months ago
Wait is this a parody?
xGoC 5 months ago
breaking real wood is so much better then the plastic crap we have to use now. Thanks ITA for continuing to commercialize a traditional art!
Aleksei5055 7 months ago
this is wanna be itf,,, i know its noticed by itf but it can never be true
PureBreadFighter622 8 months ago
At 6.07 all of the kids prepare for sparring. Not one of them are holding a decent guard. All of the kids holding their rear guard at their Naval. Why are they defending their navals? One hand needs to be close to the chin. This is rampant in TKD it needs to be fixed.
SuperBlippo 9 months ago
Don't use Japanese photograph for TKD promotion! There was no enforced draft for Koreans at times. It was started by Korean plea in 1938. Other Korean soldiers were all volunteers. TKD was only the inferior copy of Karete. There is no science here. It is only the sports, not the martial arts. Don't misunderstand!
NoNoSpice 10 months ago
@NoNoSpice ur half right half wrong yes tkd is a sport but in ancient times it was a way to fight a battle style so u are right yes it got infekted by karate cuz when general hong hing was forced to go to the japanese arm he learnd karate
blackbelt807 9 months ago
@blackbelt807 Taekwondo did not exist until 1955. Taekkyeon was the martial art you are referring to. Taekwondo is not a sport. It is a martial art. Olympic style Taekwondo is a sport. But Taekwondo itself is not a sport. It was not "infected" by Karate.
Sevv9220 6 months ago 2
@Sevv9220 ok i was wong i just want to proteckt my buble cause i do taekwondo and i dont want myself to do just a sport
blackbelt807 6 months ago
@NoNoSpice Take it from someone who has been studying martial arts for 15 years and is a History Major. There was a draft of Koreans during WW2. Taekwondo is not a "copy" of Karate.
Sevv9220 6 months ago 4
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Draft was not introduced for Koreans. We started it because Koreans submitted a petition in hope of draft system, which was as same as for Japanese. It started in 1943. The actual physical test for Koreans were done in 1944 for the first time. So the first drafted Korean ended war during the training. None of them went to battle field. Learn the history better! The Korean soldier in Japan was all volunteers, who joined to our army since 1938. By the way, TKD is the copy Karate
NoNoSpice 6 months ago
@NoNoSpice then y isnt TKD exactly or even anyhow similer to karate??
1edefs3 3 months ago
nice choong moo form
SaB4563 10 months ago
0:49 South Korean flag for North Korean territory... greeeat~
hooyoun1982 10 months ago 11
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ive done a little tkd and its awsome and definetly deserves its respect but i feel alot of is useless in the ring and there is alot of foot slap it dosnt work as well as muay thai and it promotes alot of bad habits like dropping ur hands but it is beutiful and artistic and i mean no disrespect because i know it takes alot of work to do it
horacioabraham 11 months ago
ive done a little tkd and its awsome and definetly deserves its respect but i feel alot of is useless int the ring and there is alot of foot slap it dosnt work as well as muau thai and it promotes alot of bad habits like dropping ur hands but it is beutiful and artistic and i mean no disrespect because i know it takes alot of work to do it
horacioabraham 11 months ago
@horacioabraham well, i think every sports have "unnecessary" things (muay thai btw).
also inside of a system you can choose the fighting stance and movements yourself (depending on what you prefer). as you said it needs a lot of work; but either way tae kwon do isnt the only one who needs it, all comes from practice in each system ;)
anyways; you are respectful and thats fine ;)
have a nice day ^_^
Firzenmaker 10 months ago
ive done a little tkd and its awsome and definetly deserves its respect but i feel alot of is useless int the ring and there is alot of foot slap it dosnt work as well as muau thai and it promotes alot of bad habits like dropping ur hands
horacioabraham 11 months ago
coool
Zitrone384 11 months ago
why is White people talking like they know about tae kwon do so much..they are not even flexible enough and especially the White narrator can't even pronounce TKD right, WTF.
collideguy 1 year ago
@collideguy heehee i get the joke...WTF...haha
ZenPhilosopher123 5 months ago
On a side note I am taking a Okinawan gojuryu Shobukan class right now... Not sure how similar it is to the karate style u r referring to but none of the hand techniques or stances r like tkd
AppleSwitch101 1 year ago
When the 3 kingdoms were at war one of the 3 lived in the mountains so they developed stronge legs thus they designed a style thats main attacks involved the legs. This is the kingdom who was victorious in their wars so their style spread throughout the land... I have done my research
AppleSwitch101 1 year ago
All of you a Wrong, There is no such thing as Hwarangdo that is a fabrication, because during the unification of the three kingdoms Korean martial arts vanished except for Taekkyon. Modern TaeKwon-Do came from Shotokan Karate in which Gen Choi Hong Hi attained second dan under its founder Gichin Funakoshi, He also combined Taekkyon Kicking techniques, and a form of northern chinese kung fu. as far as calling it Korean Karate is totally wrong ITF is completely different to Karate.
chrisgeorgegray 1 year ago
Appleswitch - video is actually correct. Choi Hong Hi developed TKD as a Koreanized version of Karate. He was a Shotokan practitioner and used Taekyeon as an influence.
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lasanthikavijisenha 1 year ago
I am by no means a Korean historian but I am a practitioner of taekwondo. I have done college papers over it and gone to martial arts conventions and heard the origin of taekwondo. Both my research and what I learned from others says that the historical aspect of this video is hella wrong. Some guy did not just randomly use science to make taekwondo, it evolved from hwarangdo *sp*
AppleSwitch101 1 year ago
@AppleSwitch101 HEY I SO AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT THE KOREAN MARTIAL ART EVOLVING FROM HWARANGDO.... THEIR SCHOOL SEEMS TO BE A GREAT ONE, BUT THE HISTORY THE JR BLACK BELT GAVE WAS WRONG AND WHEN HE IS PERFORMING HIS FORM/PATTERN, HIS ROUND HOUSE IS WRONG AS WELL.
PierreDeMinuit 1 year ago
@AppleSwitch101 Hwarangdo is dead there is no such things all classes now days are just fabrications, all korean martial arts died out after the three kingdoms period, all except for Taekkyon, Taekwon-do is Taekkyon kicking techniques and take downs, northern Chinese fist and hand techniques and shotokan Karate stances, please do more reaserch.
chrisgeorgegray 1 year ago
Woot!! Freaking awesome!!
Sreichel2 1 year ago
Mc Taekwondo in Mc country...
ciekawyswiata1 1 year ago
Choy Heong Hai the father of Tai Kwon Dow..come on..
h0rangi 1 year ago
@h0rangi your awful at spelling, and if you actually know anything about TaeKwon-Do at all you would know that he is the the father of modern TaeKwon-Do.
chrisgeorgegray 1 year ago
why does it show only north korea when he says the home of Tai Kwon Dow? it should show north and south together as one...
h0rangi 1 year ago
LOL @ 5:53 - 5:56
ifrit1780 1 year ago
I know the directors of Foot Fist Way made their first stop watching this video!
Greennostalgic 1 year ago
lol, showing northkorea in the beginning with the flag of southkorea!^^ says all about the video...
ghostzocker 1 year ago
@ghostzocker i realized that too, but it may well be like that because
1. the flag of south korea is more known
2. tae kwon do and the koreans who developed it are sort of from northern parts.
shb01188 1 year ago
@ghostzocker ah ha, someone else noticed that, good good
h0rangi 1 year ago
Thank you that was very informative!
whitedress01 1 year ago
the country they show in the beginning is north korea.
TKDGangsta1 1 year ago
A little informative yet alot of the other stuff was highly unecessary for the most part, i agree on the philosophies behind the martial art but i do not agree on calling it the ultimate martial art becuase no art can be the ultimate each system has it strengths and weaknesess and the effectivness on it depends on the practitioner and if the instructor is teaching in a good way but i do like the history.
Coldshadow25 1 year ago
i think that instructor forgot to apply self control to food
TheMossad921 1 year ago
@jaquesgrobler2 this is still a stupid and boring video. Reminds me of the 80's when everybody wanted to be a ninja.
punchy001 1 year ago
why do white people always steal other peoples culture?
this is a stupid boring video.
punchy001 1 year ago
@punchy001 I cried laughing
LikidySplitz 1 year ago
I was reading a book on taekwondo, and it seemed like taekwondo was based on age-old defense system -- like, really ancient history kind of thing.
kakliza 1 year ago
Why does North korea have South korea's Flag??...
2JMOON 1 year ago
korea's image is different with china, japan. don't use music that looks like china's kung fu feeling. korea is smart country in 3 asia (china, japan, korea.). anyway BGM is gay shit smelling. also korea is not original korea's marticial arts. it copied japan or china's marticial arts. we korean have "sip pal ki" or some other original korea maticial arts. it is strong than tea kwon do. TKD is just show.
real strong army's people don't learn TKD in korea.
gundrag000 1 year ago
King of the demo!
christlicker 1 year ago
this video seems a turistic hotel tv spot
ParkFight 1 year ago
@ParkFight lol you got it right on the money :)
punchy001 1 year ago
those are prebrakable boards. TKD does not condition thier hands like a KYOKUSHIN school does. TKD does not hit markiwai boards. Its all for show to get members for thier school. TKD is the worst comercial martial art thier is!!
edlo123 1 year ago 2
@edlo123 nope
9090336 1 year ago
lol. THE ULTIMATE MARTIAL ART... hahaha. noone really cares for Tae Kwon Do, dude.
misterlunatic 1 year ago
sorry but that school sucks.. their technique is terrible. the black belts looked awful.they he couldnt even do a spinning cresent kick ..wtf? and why are they wearing different colored gi's?
whycantibefree 2 years ago 6
@whycantibefree believe its called a dobak
Farreller2011 5 months ago
esta wea nunk fue taekwondo wn !!!
gringos qls desonra qla aprendara diferenciar artes marciales primero x la bestimenta !!!!
fellemc 2 years ago
i startet with taekwon do when i was 12 but.. to say the truth, i´m now 21 and just startet with hapkido after more than a year without taekwon do and i don´t think that any age is too late :D
WhiteSAM20 2 years ago
MISLEADING TITLE. This is simply average Tae Kwon Do.
rellimsevens 2 years ago
hand skill is top-notch. Judoka do not practice unching, or kicking, and thus their grappling and throws are top notch. It is not because they don't know how to punch, or were never taught, it is because they participate in a skill-specific sparring category.
TKDFighterJoe 2 years ago
especially since the creation of taekwondo at the time it was simply korean karate, he was defiantly not involved in creating any techniques. Five main kwans unified to create the kukkiwon and succesfully spread taekwondo to 180 countries and 80 million people. General choi had nothing to do with that. He was in N. korea talking with kim il jung.
Kukki-taekwondo does not focus on face punching in sparring, the focus is on kicking. Much like boxing does not focus on kicking, and thus their....
TKDFighterJoe 2 years ago
wow lol you wrote alot xD ...im starting taekwondo on wednesday :) but im 15 and i think its a little late for me to start :(
1000erey2 2 years ago
@1000erey2
NEVER too late to join Tae Kwon Do! I started when i was 13, and i see 40+ (age wise) women and men join. Enjoy studying Tae Kwon Do my fellow brother
Biohazard1369 2 years ago
thanks dude :)
1000erey2 2 years ago
@1000erey2
No problem!
Biohazard1369 2 years ago
im 17 and i just started... its never late
g36xprt 2 years ago
hey man we have ppl in are TKD school that are older like this lady is 72 years old and is running up walls and breaking boreds i will send u some videos so u can see but its never to late i am also 15...
slickkidd2000 2 years ago
General Choi fled for his life from south korea to north korea (the country you paired with the s. korean flag) after a failed assassination attempt on the S. korean president. He continued to spread ITF taekwondo to communist countries. Eventually it came to canada and america, however it is divided and dwindling.
He did not create taekwondo, He was in charge of teaching it to the army, and was merely at the meeting where the name was decided. The minutes to those meetings are online.
TKDFighterJoe 2 years ago
The world taekwondo federation (WTF) is the tournament organizing body which uses kukki-Taekwondo (aka world taekwondo, the national sport of S. korea, and over 90% of taekwondo in the world) and organizes tournaments for olympic and world championships.
The ITF is both a curriculum creator, and a tournament organizer unilke the WTF.
Under WTF rules punching is only allowed to the body. However, in kukki-Taekwondo there is extensive material on the training of hand techniques.
TKDFighterJoe 2 years ago
yeah nice powerfull techniks I like that!
NiZumaBujinkan 2 years ago
from what i seen, it seems like ITF style.
saexhyung 2 years ago
geenius3ab International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) TKD uses hand techniques
(It is the main difference between World Taekwondo Federation {WTF} e.g at the Olympics)
And as for Extreme what a load of shit
flx59 2 years ago
I have been doing martial arts and have been interested in different martial arts for quite a long time. I have seen TKD olympic and sparring vids therefore i have been thinking it was an leg fighting arts.... Nice to see that it's an decent art, have always thought it was an leg boxing for a few months already.. :P
geenius3ab 2 years ago
well its not only kicking people who say its worthless have never taken it i take therefore can give you an honest opinion in many dojos now they do teach wtf rules but also some good fight moves and ground fighting its really a good martail art
XxS14y3RxX 2 years ago
I'm a black belt in it. You have to either be unbelievably good at it, or just use the techniques as they suit the situation. After TKD I took a form of JKD, and I then began to see how easily countered TKD alone was.
Rakansen1990 2 years ago
wats JKD??
1000erey2 2 years ago
@1000erey2
Jeet Kun Do.
Rakansen1990 2 years ago
what??
1000erey2 2 years ago
Wiki it, dude. This is the information age.
Rakansen1990 2 years ago
LOL ALL WRONG INFO. THAT'S A MAP OF NORTH KOREA, BUT SHOWED SOUTH KOREAN FLAG. Get some multicultural education, you sheltered white boy living in white hickville. Napolean Dynamite knows more than you. Probably don't even know the difference betwen South and North Korea. How much ignorant can a man get LOL
warmdog 2 years ago
TKD is known as an leg style martial arts..Actually have never seen people use hands in TKD tournaments...So im suprised that TKD had any moves for hands aswell -.- ...Or might this be a video with some karate style mix of tae kwon do ? -.-
geenius3ab 2 years ago
@geenius3ab TKD has punches, kicks, knees and elbows...but when you compete its only kicks...and well its kinda boring like that. But real Tae Kwon Do as seen in a selfdefence instead of a sport has everything.
VivaLaCric 2 years ago
for sparring i am a black belt and we use chest protectors and can beat the shit out of each other and get k.o and we have sparring every friday
bmxrocker123 2 years ago
why?! I supose U have seen WTF sparring? they only use their feets, no action they just stand and waith to the other to attack. BORING! if U want to see reel ITF sparring see this videoes: viking cup international 2008 part 1 and 2!
Taekwon22 2 years ago
ITF?
NightFan92 2 years ago
They spelt... Discipline wrong...
welchie111 2 years ago
It doesn't depend of the sport, it deepens of the guy using it!
barekallmeg 2 years ago 20
I really don't understand how you guys really can say which are best of ITF and WTF. If you ask your tkd master and ask him: Which is best, itf or wtf?. If your master even say one of them he should be ashamed. If you are an really good and experienced tkd fighter you should know that it's both really good. The biggest differences is the rules. the kick is the same, the mental focus of the sport is the same: Respect, discipline and restraint.
barekallmeg 2 years ago
You're using South Korea flag where there are no single ITF school , and is it a running session or Taekwondo why they do all this running during sparring !!!!!
doystkd 2 years ago 2
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ITF is for pussy!
RedKetchupz 2 years ago
I prefer WTF, but being biased on which Style of TKD is destructive and unneeded, as a giant family of Taekwondo we should remember our roots, not our favorites, Tae Kwon Do was created for a reason, lets build eachother up and promote ourselves not destroy eachother.
Am I correct?
spinkicker43 2 years ago 30
@spinkicker43 is it me or does this video seem like a bias commercial?
Kensei83 1 year ago
@spinkicker43 best points and comments around this issue....
papaiosif 1 year ago
@spinkicker43 >>> yes sir! you are right.
Paran0id27 1 year ago
@spinkicker43 WTF is even worse, any art that doesn't spar with face punching is silly.
SuperSneakySteve 1 year ago
@SuperSneakySteve Any Idiot who think sparring will amount to practicality in the use of Taekwondo is silly.
spinkicker43 1 year ago
@spinkicker43 Maybe you're right, if you want to learn how to fight you shouldn't be learning TKD at all. So go practice some more spinnie kicks kk?
SuperSneakySteve 1 year ago
@SuperSneakySteve And if you want to learn how to fight I would recomend you stop looking up videos for instructinals and get into the real thing...how about you go look up how not to be a jack ass on youtube.
Perhaps you can get your blackbelt in that?
spinkicker43 1 year ago
@SuperSneakySteve I suppose I should be less agressive, so tell me of what martial arts you do?
I did many other's before TKD. Boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, Ju Jitsu, Krav Maga, Aikido, Kendo, Kundo, Kung Fu, Karate, and Shotukan, but I found what I wanted in Taekwondo, a blend of striking, elbows, palms, knees, kicks, take downs, submission, disarms, and lethality. I suppose you just have to find the right Dojang, I was lucky enough too, and that is what I teach my students.
spinkicker43 1 year ago
@spinkicker43 totally agree with you. i have been learning WTF for 16 years at the same time i learn ITF. they are different approach but the root are same to each other.
Peacemaker20XX 1 year ago
@spinkicker43 Let's just bring it back to hwarangdo, i wanna swing swords at ppl...
veshkeat 1 year ago
@spinkicker43 Yep!
xxCimarronColoradoxx 8 months ago
the ITF is the original korean taekwon do--
the WTF is the american way ........ ITF rules
ffiero 2 years ago
Do some research! LOL!
fungoli 2 years ago
Lol in the free sparring they hit to the head. Is this ITF taekwondo?? WTF is way better..
musicfanxd 2 years ago
not for fighting. demo only
TheLibertard 2 years ago
it's not called tai kwan do you piece of white trash! it called tae kwon do in korean dumbass! get it right whiteboy!
takeshimiyagi 2 years ago 2
DUDE your location of Korea! thats north Korea not south korea! the flag you guys posted is South Korea but showed geography of north korea! you guys need to fix that!
dawnofdarken 2 years ago 3
Yeah its allmost DBZ:p
55peedy 2 years ago
Definatly one of the best martial arts ever.
HardstyleMatt 2 years ago 3
those red belt sucks! i got blue/red and i own this guys hard xD but nice vid ^^
Taekwondoinmyblood 2 years ago
1:37 is the famous Golden Palace in Japan.
what kind of documentary is this?
BrettNASTYY 2 years ago
Las formas no son efectuadas como las creo el GeN, Choi.
ITF MEXICO
bacoseca 2 years ago
Hi all while i compleatly respect all forms of martial art i must ay the technical abilitys shown in this short vid DO NOT mirror a ITF taekwon-do student. to be itf there needs to be SIGN WAVE motion before every more. i study in the ukta under grandmaster Rhee ki ha grandmaster Choi's number one student. there seems to be a big diffrence here! I would be intrestead
wallymac56 2 years ago
the only difference there really is in the both (cuz ive done both) are the patterns, tournament sparing and the round house or "turning kick" where you kick with the top of the foot instead of the balls of the feet thats about it really
JPlesley 2 years ago
8:00 FAIL!
PsyPhic 2 years ago
ITF is Traditional Taekwondo.
WTF is a modern taekwondo which is a sport in OLYMPIC
thienpham911 2 years ago
hellow im prince im blue belt i want to learn about option kicks tat good kep the good work heheheheheh deat befor dishonr
djinimc 2 years ago
if you want to learn taekwondo kicks you ask your sabum
ea95osel 2 years ago
This is ITF. Actually TKD is spring from south korea, not from north korea. Choi Hong Hi was expelled from south korea because he helped north korea to learn TKD. ITF is north korean way of TKD
doggypapa 2 years ago
Actually ITF competes in sparring while WTF is mainly forms those are the main diffrences now and that some ITF is close to traditional ITF that was created for the battlefield and self defense
Carnisedo 2 years ago
ITF self defense, battlefield and full contact rules under light contact sparring
WTF sport, WTF rules (kicks above the hips and only straight punches to the chest)
uncabro 2 years ago
actually i take wtf taekwondo and there is more than the sport. u probably just watch the shit in the olympcis
ricklsalinas 2 years ago
*cough*...sucker...*cough* where you train then :D ? god must be a shitty please then if thats what your master is training you in. in proper TKD learn self defence techniqes, and how to reach on real life situations, you learn how to punch and use your whole buddy to take down your oppenant if he attacks.
PeterTKDinDK 2 years ago
Actually WTF is Tournements, wich comprise of spparring and self made forms.winning medals
and trophies.
and
Gradings wich comprise of step sparring,power tests,board breaking at a higher level, multiple sparring partners as you higher through the belts.
NZ2RAY 2 years ago
Dont know what corner of the world you train in, you even know what you talk about o.O? YOU choose(or how the hell you wanner spell it :D) if you wanner go tournaments and fight other people, but basic WTF is that you train you defend your self in the street and in real life, a proper way to get black belt takes minimum 6 years.
PeterTKDinDK 2 years ago
Es ITF o WTF ???
aquan1966 2 years ago
Not saying that this is bad or anything, but most of the kids are inspired by what they say in Anime or TV with all the Flying Slo Mo type stuff.
So normally they stay for what? 3 Months and go "Nah.. I'm starting Parkour" or something like that.
Good job too all you people who just took Tkd or Karate up for Free Will.
NotEdwardCullen 2 years ago
well yea, but if u kno who the K-tigers r, then u've gotta admit, those guys r pretty crazy.
LinkyXDou 2 years ago
this is ITF... WTF is where its at
JasonNguyen94 2 years ago
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I don't think white kids can fight -.-"
at all.
kousalkousal 2 years ago
People like you is the reason there is still racism today. White people can do the same as people from a different race and vice versa. That is like saying a black man cant be president because hes black.
FlorianFive 2 years ago
its true, white kids should just quit going to their taekwondo lessons. go Korea!
kousalkousal 2 years ago
Korea looks like Japan ^^
ThePower87 2 years ago
karate ftw :p karate kumite ; - )
Stian1342 2 years ago
naw wusho and krav maga ftw ^^
wardancer400 2 years ago
Tae kwon do is good for one thing, flexibility. As far as self defense is concerned, it fails miserably.
Fenixblack19 2 years ago
Are u a frog in the well? who say's tkd has no self defense? it's juz tat u are looking more the point where u are watching a taekwondo sparring compeition where they only use kicks to score points.. They have basic guards and blocks.. and also unarm combat techniques.. u wuss
chunxhao 2 years ago
wtf they use this in the military and korea is quite a powerfull country, are u saying they train their men to fail in combat? think about it dumbass
mattyboy7071 2 years ago
Whose military is the strongest in the world? Hint: it's not the Korean military. The most effective military units in the world train in Wing Chun/ Kali/ Silat/ and Jeet Kune Do. Your use of profanity shows that you are a child, an ignorant one at that. Hopefully you will not have to learn how ineffective TKD is by getting into a fight with someone who has trained in any of the above mentioned arts.
Fenixblack19 2 years ago
so your saying that every other martial artist will beat a tkd person? its not about the style its about the fighters u dumbass, and if the koreans know their method isnt as good as others im sure they would have changed it, unless they wants their military to be beaten the crap out of, its commno sense, all martial arts are equal, al have ups and downs, the only advantage is how they fighter uses them
mattyboy7071 2 years ago
All martial arts are equal? Ha! Lmao! That's like saying that all cars are equal or that Lance Armstrong could win the Tour De France riding a tri-cycle. You really have no clue as to what is happening in the combat world so, I'm done here. Those with the eyes to see your foolishness will see it. Again, I hope you don't find out the hard way...
Fenixblack19 2 years ago
all martial arts have advanatges in their styles, tkd has feet, karate has punches, judo uses throws and takeodowns etc. its how the fighter uses them that matters. every style has the ability to kill in several ways, if used correctly the styles are evenly matched. think about it, if a martial art was superior to others then the others wouldnt exist cos they'd be useless.
mattyboy7071 2 years ago 3
TKD is not ineffective. Isn't the martial art but the martial artist
JasonNguyen94 2 years ago
is this a korean TKD?
Lhey23 2 years ago
Sorry if im wrong but aren't all Modern TKD used for a type of sport instead of real practice...however TKD in my opinion is one of the many great skill asset to have
Kaidenki 2 years ago 2
Simple motor movements are basically punching and kicking. But there are martial art standards that help promotes simple motor movement. Like Filipino, which develops the brain's ability to predict the offender's actions, and use the surrounding enviroment.
27riccioconroe 2 years ago
Realize though, that most TKD moves are not really for combat. TKD, I believe represents balance and flexibility, and increases hand/eye coordination. TKD is merely a choregraphy, not that really recommended for most people, even black belts, to use in actual combat, as most of the TKD's move require the brain's 'complex motor movements' abilities. In an actual fight, your brain will register two possibilites: Fight or Flight. If fighting, then your brain will do simple motor movement.
27riccioconroe 2 years ago
There is not ultimate martial art, it all depends on a person's willingness to learn and the heart they put into their training, it is not the art but the individual
JackS290 2 years ago
of course, the only thing that is important is the individual, is you. but how are you supposed to develop any real skill if you accept circumstances and masters like that?
no matter if it is traditional, and i emphasize that word, taekwon-do, kyokushinkaikan or muay thai, there aren`t any differences in hardness and conditioning in between these styles.
training the way this video shows it is just plain dangerous, because it gives the poor kids a wrong sense of security.
robertgaudlitz 2 years ago
showing a south korean flag and showing ITF style taekwondo (the taekwondo of communist countries) lets us know its not the real deal.
thank you.
TKDFighterJoe 2 years ago
what is the extreme on extreme TKD? that the technics in forms looks extreme slow...?
unbestaendigermoench 2 years ago
if this is how taekwon-do looks like in the united states, that really is downright embarassing.
and a test for a new rank every three months? are you kidding me? or are they really training three hours a day, six times a week?
and that little poser there is really annoying.
robertgaudlitz 2 years ago 3
i take taekwondo and i am a purple belt, which is the 5th colored belt, and we have a belt test every 2 months, and we have 2 classes a week for an hour. you can also sign up for the black belt club, which is about 45 mins long, but it is extremely tough and is made to train more for the black belt test. black belt club classes are once a week. taekwondo is much more advanced than karate, and takes much more dedication and will power to get a black belt than karate.
Ace122095 2 years ago
I honestly think that not enough..Where I go, we train all the week, one hour each class and two of them are for training our body, just exercise to make us better in the techniques, such as jumping, acrobatics, running, jogging in sand for about 20 minutes to make us last longer in battle, weights, push ups, and things like that. We do test every three months, but everyone has to be a advance belt first to get the next color. And I don't think we have that much of training. I'm from Mexico.
AndreaZ91 2 years ago
mines the same way i gow to robinsons tkd and i signed up for the black belt club after a belt test.
chevydude30 2 years ago
this is shit...americans make this art look sucks!...watch the koreans version pf taekwondo history and u'll be amazed by the way thy train
gamekua 2 years ago 2