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Originally Posted by Praetorian
I have always wanted to know if any karate stlyes have the same kicks as TKD.
And if they do, do they kick the same with the same technique.
This guy i knew told me that there side kicks are less powerful.
Is that true???
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The base of taekwon-do is karate mixed with traditional korean foot fighting(answer based on ITF Theory), so almost all of the kicks are the same, taekwon-do just focus's more on the foot fighting vs the hand fighting..... however don't mistake the ablity of taekwon-do practitioners to use there hands, it all depends on the school and organization of taekwon-do + cross training. In my school you are chastised if you don't keep your hands up / punch when you are to close to kick.. however in the WTF school i train in(cardio) they keep there hands at the side and don't punch at all... it all depends on the school