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[Canucksaram]

For anyone pondering the question of whether or not to study taekwondo, watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2_bKP2GMTU&feature=related

Watch how many times the one in the full outfit makes a motion to describe an "illegal" or otherwise "problem" hit.

Watch how the pro just dismisses his opponent at around 3:11 of the video.

Other vids are to be seen, such as Taekwondo vs. Karate, Taekwondo vs. Kickboxing, and Taekwondo vs. Brazilian Jujutsu.

Enjoy.

-Canucksaram

[JustJohn]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=related&v=fL9ZXos8LfQ (TKD guy beats up Muay Thai guy)

[Ilsanman]

Tae kwon do is the most useless of all martial arts. This is no secret.

[JustJohn]

*sigh* I was hoping this wouldn't be necessary...

Link I posted is a TKD guy absolutely destroying a muay thai fighter. The TKD guy is simply better. In the first video it looked like both guys were decent but the muay thai guy did his homework and TKD guy did not so the muay thai guy's approach was good and the TKD guy's was poor.

Lesson 1:
It's much more about the fighter than it is the style.


Background info:
Modern TKD is sport first, fighting style second. Muay thai is just fighting. Also, TKD sparring rules are much more conservative. The result is that if you have a face off using muay thai rules the TKD guy will often get his butt kicked and if TKD rules the muay thai guy will often get disqualified. However, it's still about the individual.


Moral of the story:
If you want a sport TKD is great. If you want to fight muay thai is probably better, but both can be effective.

[Temporary]

[Temporary]

[FUBAR]

Pretty easy to just throw up any type of video up there. Muay Thai guy does well, but we really have no idea of the skill/experience level of the 2 fighters. TKD is also a sport, that focuses on scoring points to certain types of the fighters. The Muay thai guy just focused on kicking the legs from out the TKD fighter and attacking the lower legs.

Given the choice I would study Muay THai over TKD, but to be honest.... that video didn't prove anything to me.

[JustJohn]

Fubar's on the right track at least. Temporary is mostly right; I already made the point earlier that TKD rules are conservative because it's more sport oriented.

However, anyone that says TKD is completely wothless as a fighting style doesn't know crap. Sure the average TKD guy isn't going to be great at street fighting due to it's sport nature. But it all comes down to the individual. There are definitely TKD people out there who can throw down in a real fight.

[ernie]

i'm no martial arts expert, but every time i see a taekwondo match one of the guys gets injured doing something stupid like twisting a knee or ankle or falling on his arse, i.e. not as a result of being struck... imagine what would happen to him in a real fight!

[Temporary]

To be honest with you most martial arts are unsuitable for street fighting. Maybe for the exception of boxing. Most martial arts trained people overthink their openents in a street fight.

[canuckistan]

[xingyiman]

I studied Tae kwon Do in my younger years and I trained in Muay Thai at a World Muay Thai Council gym in Bangkok Thailand for a year.
TKD's self defense techniques only work when the opponent is working with you.
I do disagree somewhat with the observation that most Martial arts aren't practical for combat.
Now if you say that most martial arts exported to the west have been dumbed down and are impractical for combat, and by the west I mean morphed into sports oriented, then I would have to agree.
I've studied on two continents and in 4 countries with various martial arts masters from TKD, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Judo, Muay Thai, Taekgyeon, Fisticuffs bare knuckle boxing, and Shaolin Kung Fu.
I was a street brawler in my youth and I pretty much have a good idea of what works and what generaly doesn't in a fight when I observe training and technique.
It's often up to the individual. Sure agression will lget you a ways in a fight and westerners seem to be good at exhibiting it, but eventually you'll run into that guy who just stands there unaffected and lays you flat on your a$$. Then it won't seem like such a viable tactic anymore.

[hellofaniceguy]

When one gets into a fight...the rules are...no rules. Simple as that. Kick, bite, use a gun, knife, whatever....as long as you win. Why waste my time getting my butt whipped when a weapon will do the trick?

[xingyiman]