Something alot of people outside of TKD or that are involved with WTF TKD don't realise is that the ORIGINAL TKD (old school ITF style or Oh Doh Kwan) is taken almost directly from traditional karate and includes alot of techniques outside of kicking. Just because Olympic style has dominated the world scene and therefore lead everyone to believe that ALL TKD is a certain way does not make it so. Traditional TKD was and is quite different from what you guys think, it is not copying HapKiDo, this is the way it originally was.
Having said that, even in many ITF schools (Oh Do Kwan) they have lost alot of the older techniques and focus almost exclusively on striking with kicks taking up the majority of the curriculum.
Don't say it is TKD copying something else, that is ignorance, TKD has always included many different techniques and only recently has become what it has become. Good for any old style school that refuses to jump on the trendy sport bandwagon.
Damian Mavis
Honour TKD
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