I tend to agree with you, BeCubic06... TKD is actually more related to Japanese karate than the Koreans would like to admit. In fact, it's almost identical in some regards; same stances, knife hands, reverse punch and kicks etc...
This is due to the fact that during the Japanse occupation of Korea, civilians were prohibited from engaging in cultural activities, including martial arts. They COULD, however learn Japanese arts. Therefore, many koreans studied karate.
After the war, several Korean karate masters continued their training in Japan. When karate began to spread wide in Korea, it was changed little by little into what is now called TKD. The stories of the Three Kingdoms of Old Korea has little, or nothing to do with TKD.
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