Tae Kyon, though some people would like to believe it for some reason, HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TKD. In fact, Tae Kyon still thrives in Korea today. If you watch anything on it, you can get a video of it from turtle press by the way, you would see that it is a very unique martial art with a very rhythmic range of movements. One main distinguishing factor is they are proficient at the inverse/reverse roundhouse kick. Now, I have noticied that for some reason, people relate Tae Kyon with Su Bahk Do, dont know why. I would like to say that TKD is more rooted from the "Chinese Hand Way" or Dang Soo Do(Mu Doo Kwan) or Karate Do(Okinawa) than any other martial art. Since Koreans are very nationalistic, and often try to stay away from relating anything to Japan(for some good reasons), thye often speak about TKD as being related to previous ancient Koryo and Sill martial arts, though their influence is probably non-existent in most TKD.
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