Originally Posted by spetnatz

Taekwondo may be a good upper body kicking art but is certainly not a full body kicking art. The lower half of the body is excluded from taekwondo kicking practice, so TKD people don´t know how to deliver or deal with low kicks. As they also not practice much delivering and dealing with punches, they are left with an art that is almost only made of upper body kicking techniques. TKD may be renowned for its kicks but is certainly not a complete kicking art. Muay Thai has fewer kicking techniques but they cover the entire human body, from the head to the feet.