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Originally Posted by Maxx
Overall, I don't see a great deal of flaws with TKD as a martial art either as a systematized style or in the way that it is practiced. TKD has the reputation that it does due to it being the most widely practiced martial art in the world. And there are problems with it, to be sure, but what it has done is exposed martial arts training to more people than at any other time in the past.
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What good is it doing if it is exposing people to martial arts training that will get them beat up?
Punching from the hip
Initiating attacks with the feet
Initiating attacks with the rear hand
Blocking out in front of the body with the arms extended
Using the arms/hands to defend the groin
Deep and wide stances
Footwork that
doesn'twork
No punching to the face
Depending primarily on kicks
Massive emphasis on worthless Kata
Sparring rules that make people WORSE fighters, not better fighters
No groundfighting
Few (if any) throws
Standing joint locks
"Weird" methods of attack that no one really even undersatnds or utilizes (the Psuedo or whatever it was called is a good example)
"Snap" kicks
Almost TOTAL LACK OF EVASIVE techniques
Flat-footed stances
god, and that's the short list! It is BACKWARDS and SCREWED UP and no amount of "Your way is good, My way is also good" mentality will change that.
I think TKD is one of the most fraudulent industries in the country, next to Fast Food (because they don't actually sell food) and Insurance (the world's biggest, most f'd up racket ever..)
TKD isn't even a good choice for fitness reasons - ANY good cardio/weights program would outdo TKD by a long shot in that arena.
And I think people in "kickbox aerobics" classes get better fighting information, and believe me, most of those classes are
horrible.
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People can say I'm flaming the art, but this is what I really believe. And for good reason. I gave TKD instructors my money, and in the end, they lied to me.
They basically sold me a revolver full of rust, and told me it would help me protect myself.
When in truth, if anyone fires that revolver, they are more than likely to get metal shrapnel in their
own face when the damned thing blows up in their hand.