Damian Mavis

Bastard! haha

Damian Mavis
Honour TKD

polar

Doubleouch is correct. The methods used in training these days

in TKD are not " ALIVE".

My father who is in his early 50's had practiced and competed in

TKD in Korea when he was younger. We had a discussion about

TKD a week ago. He told me that the TKD he had learned was

very different the TKD taught today.

Back in the days, sparring was a major part of training. Two guys

went at it without any kind of protectors or pads. Front kicks,

round house kicks, and side kicks were mostly used. Unlike

today, where you see so many flashy kicks. The main reason why

the kicks were limited was so that their backs weren't exposed to

attacks.

Open hand and closed/fists were used to strike anywhere but

the face. The stance used when sparring was lower, guards up

and the back a little hunched. Semi boxing stance?

Unlike the stances I saw in many TKD competitions.

He told me alot of people got hurt sparring and competing. Alot

of broken ribs.

But the main point he made was that the TKD in the earlier time

was for a real fight. He had encountered grapplers( Judokas) and

have beaten them. (Not in anyway putting down Judo. My

grandfather was a Judo player and I'm also a grappler.)

He told me it's not what you practice but rather how you do it.

The cool thing is I'm getting my dad into grappling. He is looking

forward to it.

Training "Alive" is the most important thing. I realize that after

fighting in my first NHB tournament.

Excessive Force- It's cool that your intergrating other MA into TKD

Keep it up.

I hope it helped.

David.

bvermillion

Alot of ma'ist are integrating other things into taekwondo.