Maxx

Nearly every Taekwon-Do school that I've trained in or visited dedicated very little time to point fighting, of course I've never really spent time in a WTF Taekwon-Do school.

Most of the schools that I've trained in dedicated a good deal of time to heavier contact sparring which included punching to the head. A few of the schools even worked the clinch a bit and some of them allowed leg kicks but rarely spent time practicing either of the afore-mentioned skills in isolation.

I have had the opportunity to train with a few people who were Olympic Level Tae Kwon Do competitors and I will say this: Despite the fact that they had little if any boxing skills clinching or wrestling skills and that they compete in a tournament oriented atmosphere where scoring points is the main focus, given the chance, they will kick your head off. Never underestimate the abilities of a highly trained competitive athlete.