hEmPY

Every art is good if you know thai low kicks, boxin, a lil judo (for cordination), bjj (to defend and takedown).

I think TKD is shit coz of point system. Sparring is the best part of training, and if you sparr of points you know shit bitch!

Maxx

Nearly every Taekwon-Do school that I've trained in or visited dedicated very little time to point fighting, of course I've never really spent time in a WTF Taekwon-Do school.

Most of the schools that I've trained in dedicated a good deal of time to heavier contact sparring which included punching to the head. A few of the schools even worked the clinch a bit and some of them allowed leg kicks but rarely spent time practicing either of the afore-mentioned skills in isolation.

I have had the opportunity to train with a few people who were Olympic Level Tae Kwon Do competitors and I will say this: Despite the fact that they had little if any boxing skills clinching or wrestling skills and that they compete in a tournament oriented atmosphere where scoring points is the main focus, given the chance, they will kick your head off. Never underestimate the abilities of a highly trained competitive athlete.

hEmPY

Do you know why kyokushinkai, boxin, muay thai are good?
Coz they fukkin have limited rules
Boxin= only fists, no low blows, etc
Muay thai= no headbutts, no throws, etc
Kyokushinkai= fight bare handed, no punches to tha head, etc

And Taekwondo=
MUAHAHAHAHAH
Muay thai is punchin to tha head, leg kicks, lot of leg kicks. Now you wonder why TKD sucks? Sparr by Muay Thai rules, and it wont suck kid

Maxx

I've actually trained extensively in all of those arts, with the exception of Kyokushinkai Karate, but I have done a great deal of sparring under those rules. I'm a skilled Boxer as well as being a highly skilled Muay Thai fighter. I used to fight in the early 90's and I currently train others who are hoping to fight. Taekwon-Do always added a level of versatility to my personal style as a fighter. Not too many people who were strict Thai stylists knew how to deal with things like a spinning back kick or a side kick.

I've also seen examples of people from all of those arts who were just as incompitant as any TKD blackbelt I've seen.

hEmPY

Thats it. You can't win just with TKD. Coz some faggot made this fag rules, so you sparr light. That is wrong. If you teach like that, the next generation would get even worst. If you believe in TKD, sparr heavy.
Muay Thai, Kyokushinkai rule are just fine.

Maxx

I don't think I've ever been in a TKD school where the sparring was light. In most cases whether there was head punching, leg kicking and clinching or not, one thing that was a constant was the level of contact. Most the the TKD guys that I've run into were hard hitting fighters. People in He Il Cho's group are hard fighters as are people who came up under Ernie Reyes.

People like that definitely use contact when they spar and it shows when they hit you. And they know how to fight quite effectively regardless of whatever "fag" rules you're talking about.

hEmPY

Face punchin, leg kickin is most common thing. You can't say that sparring is heavey if you can't even punch or leg kick. Btw you spar with armor, aint you?

I know someone, he took kyokushinkai. Now, he is in TKD. I dont sayh that he modernize TKD with Kyokushinkai background, but coz he did Kyokushin his TKD aint weak. So why can't you just sparr with Kyokushinkai rules, that be fine...

Maxx

When I spar, I usually wear a cup and a mouthpiece. Somtimes I'll use shin guards, boxing gloves and headgear, but thats about it. Generally the same type of equipment you would expect a kickboxer to wear while training.

Body armor or the "Huuguu" as I believed the chest protectors are called are something that is generally only seen in WTF schools and is emphasised in those schools that practice olympic style training.