KWON

AS AN ITF TAEKWONDO WITH 9 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE I AM TIRED OF HEARING ALL OF THE TKD BASHERS .THAT TO ME IS AN ACT OF CLOSED MINDED AND CONFUSED PEOPLE.(NO OFFENSE TKD BASHERS)TO START OFF MY LONG ARTICLE I WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON THE TKD BASHERS AT THIS POINT.FIRST OF ALL I BELIEVE WHO ARE U GUYS TO SAY O TKD SUCKS,THEY ALWAY KICK HIGH,SINE WAVE IS DUMB AND THIS AND THAT WHEN U GUYS USUALLY GO BY WHAT U HEAR AND SEE AT CERTAIN MCDOJANGS.NOT ALL SCHOOLS ARE LIKE AS FEW AS U UNDERSTAND.WHEN I HEAR U GUYS SAY THIS ITS THE WORDS UED EXPECT FROM NON MARTIAL ARTIST.U KNOW THE GUYS WHO ARE ALWAYS DOING THE KARATE KID CRANE THING,MAKING THE BRUCE LEE NOISE ,AND SAYING KARATE DONT WORK THIS AND THAT NO ONE IS GOING 2 LET U KICK THEM THIS AND THAT.NOW MIND U WHEN I SAY KARATE I REFER TO ALL MARTIAL ARTS BECAUSE THATS ALL NON MARTIAL ARTIST KNOW OF.NOW LET ME GET CLEAR UP THE STUFF THAT SOME OF U TKD BASHERS SAY.NOW IT IS TRUE THAT TAE KWON DO STYLIST kick HIGH AND FOR THAT REASON I DONT KNOW.BUT I DO KNOW IN MY SCHOOL WE ARE TOLD TO KICK BELOW THE WAIST IN AN ACTUAL STREET ACOUNTER.PERSONALLY I DONT KICK BELOW THE SOLAR PLEXUS.NOW I BELIEVE THERE ARE MANY CONS TO KICKING AT THE HEAD SUCH AS LOST OF BALANCE,EXPOSURE OF YOUR LEG KEEPING U BALANCED EX.THE PROS CAN BE AN KNOCKOUT OR THE DROPPING OF THE PERSON U KICK.NOW IMMAGINE IF YOU WERE TO KICK SOMEONE AS HARD AS U CAN WITH A HOOK KICK WITH YOUR HEEL ARE A TURNING KICK WITH THE TIP OF YOUR SNEAKERS OR SHOE THE RESULTS WOULD BE DRAMATIC AND NOT GOOD FOR YOUR ENEMY.NOW LETS GET ON SINE WAVE NOW I MYSELF WAS TAUGHT SINE WAVE CORRECTLY BUT NOT TO THE DEGREE OF MOST ITF SCHOOLS WHERE THEY EXAGGERATE IT.JUST PUT IT LIKE THIS I WAS TAUGHT THE WAY WHERE IT CAN BE COMBAT EFFECTIVE BUT COME ON IN A 1 ON 1 WHO WOULD REALLY GO DOWN UP DOWN TO PUNCH SOMEONE WHERE U CAN PUNCH SOMEONE AND PUT YOUR WHOLE BODY INTO IT.TO ME SINE WAVE AND ALL OF TAEKWONDO TECHNIQUES ARE MEANT TO PUT YOUR BODY INTO ALL YOUR TECHNIQUE .AND TO DO THIS U MUST USE SOMETING CALLED CONTROOLED LOST OF BALLANCE.WHICH CAN ME FOUND MOSTLY IN MOVEMENT 18 IN DAN GUN TUL.WHEN U GET TO THAT MOVEMENT U MUST SWING YOUR BODY INTO THE STRIKE INCORPORTAING YOUR BODY MASS AND HIPS INTO THE STRIKE.(I HOPE ALL THE ITF PRACTIONERS CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT)TO EXPLAIN WHAT I CALL CONTROLLED LOST OF BALANCE U ARE BASICCALY TROWING YOUR BODY INTO EACH BLOCK AND STRIKE TO PRODUCE POWER IN YOUR TECHNIQUE.NOW 1 THE REASON WHY U BASHERS THINK TAEKWONDO DOESNT HAVE ANY HAND STRIKES ARE PUNCHES BECAUSE U NEVER STAYED IN IT PAST BLACK BELT WHERE MOST OF THE REAL HAND TECHNIQUES COME IN.TAEKWONDO ALMOST HAS THE SAME AMOUNT OF KICKS AS IT DOES HAND STRIKES IF U WANT TO GET TECHNICAL WITH IT.WHY REAL TAEKWONDO HAS FALLEN APART IS BECAUSE ITS MANY INSTRUCTERS THAT RUN MCDOJANGS,THE SPORT ORIENTATED WTF TECNIQUES,THE EXAGGERATION OF SINE WAVE, AND BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT MUST INSTRUCTERS DONT INCOPORATE ENOUGH BOXING TECHNIQUES.SOME PEOPLE ALSO BELIEVE TKD HAS NO GRABS OR PRESSURE POINTS STRIKES.THERE ARE ENOUGH ALONE IN PATTERNS.THERE IS EVEN A NERVE STRIKE STRIKE IN CHON JI.AND THATS JUST TO NAME 1.THERES GRABS IN WONHYU,YULGOK, AND MANY OTHER TULS.BELIEVE IT OR NOT TAEKWONDO HAS MANY RELEASES FOUND IN PATTERNS SUCH AS HWARANG AND JOON-GOON.WELL I HAVE TO SAY THATS THE END OF MY LONG ASS ARTICLE AND IF U WANT TO READ SOME OTHER ARTICLES THAT TELL THE TRUTH BETTER THAN I DID VISIT www.raynerslanetkd.com
and go to the article section which inspired me to right this article because they give u fact about the cons and pros of tkd that stick like glue in your head.

Hardball

Nice try at justification of tkd. But why to you feel you need to defend tkd? It's not the only art that gets bashed on this forumn. Wing chun and shotokan gets bashed just as much. Traditional martial artist train with weapons thus their approach to combat is different that say a mma or grappler. Forget about defending tkd, or wing chun or shotokan. Just get in touch with your purpose. That is why do you study and why do you practice? The answer to these question should help you find peace with yourself and your art. Practice every day and you will be ready for anything. Unless you plan to fight for money in a mma tourney, any art will suffice. Be it wing chun, shotokan, jkd or tkd. Don't worry about what others think; just go somewhere and practice.

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jubaji

If you hadn't typed in all caps I might have actually read whatever the hell you just said.

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KWON

i really dont care as long as u made an attempt to read it

jubaji

That's the point. I didn't make an attempt because the damn all caps thing was so annoying!

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Hardball

For future reference, All caps = screaming or yelling in cyberland or email.

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KWON

dam i never knew some martial artist are so bitchy

jubaji

Sometimes you need to capitalize.



(Grammar and spelling are important too, but we'll save that for another time)

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KWON

dam i never knew 8 year olds could be so fucking intelligent (oh i dont use proper grammar and spelling when online its just something i dont do like your thing is to start arguments and be an ass but hey we will save that 4 another time)

jubaji

You don't seem to be providing any evidence of that.

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Garland

Well...since you pointed out in your rant...yes, it is closed minded of us "tkd bashers" to completely dismiss your art without actually researching it. However if you weren't so fucking closed minded, and actually listened to what some of us were pointing out about your art and it's cons, perhaps you would realise why most tkd people get their asses kicked. Research the other arts, take a good long look, compare and contrast...and then come back to be and try to argue and intellegent retort.

And when you do, try not to type in caps, it hurts my eyes.



Till then, ta ta, twat.

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Toudiyama[NL]

It's hard to get the point of your post this way, I too gave up reading beyond the fourth sentence

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