tkd is actually very valuable for SD if you train under the right person. tkd actually has a lot of SD stuff in it, like some joint locks, throws, open hand strikes, elbows, knees, strikes to vital points, it has all that stuff. you just have to train under good instructors.
tkd has been used for SD for quite some time, and has saved many people. i kid you not, yesterday i was talking to an old carpenter who was telling me he used to train in tkd in his younger days, and once threw a man charging at him into a wall at a restaurant. the guy broke his arm from slamming into the wall so hard. it was on of those moves were the guy charges and as you sidestep him, you push him as he goes past you to really propel him. he learned that in tkd in the 70s-80s. just cause you met a few chumps who claimed to train in tkd, i doubt it makes the art completely useless.
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