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Originally Posted by rkcann01
Ok, in the two days that I have been on this site, I have probably seen at least 6 dozen posts about how TKD is the most ineffective martial art. Uh, I find this somewhat amusing, and I am wanting some feed back about how many of you have actually watched black belts spar?
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I know im coming in kidna late with this one, But i would argue that TKD is one of the BEst systems when trained correctly, I admit that when in a tournament situation where pionts matter more then anything else, IT may be weaker then something like karate which doesnt lift legs above the waist, ITs alot faster to kick wiast level then head. But WHen I do any "UFC" style fighting with my buds, where usually we do light contact anywhere on hte body sept nuts, with takedowns and al lhte grappling type fun stuff, I have never lost, Because The other style have major flaws, eitehr that or the person training has a flaw, like fallowing my eyes or eating up fakes like there is no tommorow. My instructor was origanly an active soldier in the army, he is still living after beign attacked by machettte wielding maniacs in korea.
Basicaly what i am saying, is if you come from a half as "lets do patterns all day, and a "self defense" technique is just anotehr pattern with only 2 or 3 steps" school, al le WTF. You will suck the big one becasue you dont have ability to do anything that is not already put infront of you a few tiems before.
Another thing that most people dont understant is there is WTF taekwondo and ITF, which is almost a different style all together, but heres the scoop. I have been to classes of both styles and decided WTF was gay within 10 minutes. Not only do they know nothing abotu taekwondo as a form (ex: who crated taekwondo??............. Everybody man, its an ancient art. WRONG: General Choi Hung He, adapted it as a military fighting style from the style of the hwarang mercenaries that protected the royal family in the silla dynasty in korea, 2131 BC (not sure about that year)). That was a turnoff . Second of all when asked to proform a self defense technique agasnt a punch I trapped the arm and immobilized trhe fool, but was told that was wrong, and that i should do it like this...... this... was a forarm block then stepping out and punching.
The key to any art is speed, power and perfection of techniques and how you deliver them, I have trained like 5 styles adn all of them are basically the same, accept the diferent techniques which i adopt if they have a purpose. I have trashed certain tkd techniques from my "vocabulary" becasue i thought they where dumb, like a double forarm block, u know the one shpaed liek a C with your arms infront of you, thats stupid. Basically if you go to a sorry ass school, with a cookie cutter black belt as a instructor who has never had to use his skills in a real life situation, u will then be a cookie cutter black belt your self, with a useless sport style martial art to your belt, and if you teach then your student will have a third generation shity style of marttial art belt, and this will degenerate until your style is a flayling mess. I have seen it happen. SO TRAIN HARD and fight like your gunna die, becasue when a native has a rather sharp knife to you kneck becasue he wants weed, you better act fucking fast, and you do and usually alot stronger to.
PS : How do you put photos on this site??