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Originally Posted by MA-Furious  what are the differences between these 2? |
I have experience with TKD and Shotokan Karate.
My experience was that Shotokan focused more on a stable base and a philosophy of fewer but more powerful shots. They typically used simpler kicks, more hand strikes, sweeps, grabbing the gi and counters.
TKD focused on a greater variety of kicking techniques including spins and jump spins as well as multiple kicks with a raised leg.
Shotokan usually trains on a hardwood floor and love to knock people who use to many risky kicks down on those floors.
TKD usually trains on padded carpet where they are not so easily swept and can torment a Shotokan opponent relentlessly at extended kicking ranges.
Both spend to much time on forms and testing and not enough on realistic sparring.
I learned a great deal from both by sparing against them.
From TKD I learned to make front stomp, round, and sidekicks look the same by chambering the knee the same. The spinning and jump spinning sidekicks I have found to be very useful. The have a nice double round kick and spinning kicks in general have a great deal of power and can be very useful if you know how to apply them.
From Shotokan I learned about how to sweep or even push an opponent to off balance him and follow up with punches or kicks while you still hold him. The round kick with the ball of the foot while holding his sleeve is a nice short and usually unexpected attack.
That said Muay Thai or Boxing will make you a much better fighter much faster.