2009 WORLD TAEKWONDO TEAM POOMSAE CHAMPIONS(PHILIPPINES) SIPJIN FORM

Team Philippines performing Sipjin form during the 2009 WORLD TAEKWONDO POOMSAE CHAMPIONSHIPS, in Cairo, Egypt. Team members Rani Ortega, Camille Alarilla, Janice Lagman

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• World
• Taekwondo
• Poomsae
• Cairo
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• WTF
• Japoy
• rani
• Camille
• Janice
• Lagman
• Alarilla

[junnabriza]

@Joshua1449

more classy? then why, karate is not included ( or always rejected) in the olympics?

[khwahfu76]

we join taekwondo not to conquer others but to conquer ourselves., our lack of focus, anger, hatred, is our biggest enemy! and pomsae, is one of the many ways.,

[saijin91903]

@Dobbersky I agree, too sad Filipinos are greatly focus with foreign martial arts.. I'm a proud YawYan Fighter..

[joshuag1449]

@xoni1996 Karate is the strongest, in the literal sense.

Not the best.

(I'm a Karate-ka as well as a competitor)

[joshuag1449]

@Rikashiku Well, traditional Karate dudes (the old guys), I've read, say that they don't like kicking high so they can stay rooted and generate more explosive power without a windup. It's really just personal preference. That comment I posted a year ago you can pretty much just throw out the window. Haha

[joshuag1449]

@bayilemot You won't find power at the WTF or ITF, I think. Just cuz' the good TKD schools do a good job of staying out of the competition world where martial arts gets watered down.

[joshuag1449]

@bayilemot Kata is conditioning and Kumite is mental..

[joshuag1449]

@saijin91903

Well there's sport karate and there's real karate.

WKF has pretty strict contact rules though...

[joshuag1449]

@takashidow

WOO! SHOTOKAN!

[Rikashiku]

@joshuag1449 Not grounded? What do you mean? A lot of Taekwondo techniques rely on your footwork.

[joshuag1449]

@Rikashiku

uhm.. it kind of does... basics are sort of the same but fighting style is a lot different. Like, the main difference between the two is that TKD isn't gorunded heavily so they can kick and karate is so they can generate better power. It's just a trade off.

[joshuag1449]

@junnabriza Because the style has too many substyles for the Olympics and isn't organized enough... The World Karate Federation changes its rules to conform but for the most part there are just too many different organizations. :P

I do shudder at the fact that Ping Pong is in the Olympics and not Karate, though.