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Originally posted by Loor
Hey,
I am a Martial Arts student, and I am that of the Korean Martial Arts, Tae Kwon Do. I know that Kung Fu is more of a "pretty" art. I have always said that if you look "pretty" when you fight, that it is by accident. Tae Kwon Do is a very forceful and aggressive way. I've know from experience that you should go for either something like Jiu Jitsu or Tae Kwon Do because they are more effective. I say not Karate because you are not as free as you are when you practice Tae Kwon Do. This is just my outlook on things, and this is my very minimized opinion.
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Puahahahahaha... Thanks for the great laughs... No, I mean it, kid... I honestly don’t think that you’re naive, more likely, you’re ignorant and misinformed so I’ll enlighten you.
First of all, I’m positive you’re referring to Wushu performance-style martial arts when you say “pretty” kung-fu techniques. However, I will tell you that the other aspect of Wushu is Sanshou, which is a legitimate fighting art with less “prettiness.”
Furthermore, kung-fu and karate styles range from being effective to laughable, so to put all of them into one category is a bit presumptuous. More likely, you can label TKD as being effective or noneffective, but there are only about 7 styles, and they all look very similar.
MOST people in the Martial Arts community will disagree with you that TKD is an effective, forceful or aggressive art. They WILL AGREE with me that TKD falls into the “pretty” martial arts category. Simply put, TKD uses fancy kicking techniques, flowery forms and static postures.