Originally posted by Surferdude
But besides that, your legs are longer than your arms so you could keep your opponent away easily.
provided u know how to use it rite way…
UltimateFighter wat u said is very true but it restricts to olympic TKD only. beyond that u’ll know TKD is good at all ranges…
tho some guys don’t do ground work but most of them will be good enuff for stand up grappling
hell for once one of Aikido teacher blamed us for stealing his techniques because we were doing lots of locking/grabbing which looked like aikido. when we show him lot other which we hav learnt he got a little calm down but kept saying u stole our techniques…
-TkdWarrior-
UltimateFighter have you ever been hit by a side kick or roundhouse in the leg? It would break like it was nothing. How about a kick to the groin? That hurts like crap. As for not using your hands enough that’s not true at all you use a about 50/50. You start off learning to use your hands in TKD and one you get that down then you get to the kicks. Most people use their legs more often because they do the most damage and the longer reach. If you are going to bash something at least get the facts right before you make a fool out of yourself.
3/. Unable to strike from close range. Very basic with the hands and ineffective jumping/spinning attacks used.
Sounds like you only have experience with sport sparring TKD. Actual tkd uses mid range kicks, if any kicks at all, also uses grabs, joint locks, take downs, and plenty of other hand techniques.
What happens in many schools is that they focus on sport tkd rather than the actual martial art.
Good mate of mine practice TKD (Not WTF). TKD being recognised as Olympic sport is probably the worst thing happen to TKD. If you watch Olymic TKD you can see why.
I don’t really buy that TKD can trace their origin to taekwon. The smiliarity between TKD and karate is too close to be a coincidence not to mention the fact that the guy who invented it did study karate plus he claim no lineage of traditional korean school. But this doesn’t mean TKD is worse than karate.
Though it is true that leg is far more powerful and longer than arm, once holding and grapling is allowed it effectiveness is severly reduced. In real fight most kick is low kick aimed at legs. If one only done sporting side of TKD he won’t be able to use fist because his punch has no power and it’s likely to break when used without protection. But then, there are some genuine school of TKD which teach how to punch properly. But because TKD is now a Olympic sports, availability of such school are becoming less and less.
I believe that’s what is wrong whith most schools today not just TKD but almost all stlyes in general. They(the people running the schools) no longer teaching self-defense but are in it for the money and when that happens it starts to look like cr@p. How are you going to defend yourself if you don’t know the basics or how the moves are supposed to look like and what they are used for?
