When I learned taekwondo as a kid our teachers always told us: There is no superior martial art. Only superior martial artists.

Pretty solid appraisal. I grew up in Taekwondo. Had a couple years of experience in Hwa Rang Do starting when I was 6, then went to Taekwondo. However, my experience seemed to differ from a lot of what I see in tournament-oriented schools. My instructor from 8 to 18 was a Vietnam vet, and looking back, I think he brought a lot of things into his training that he learned in the military...both in terms of discipline, training, and technique. He was very regimented. We trained in an old gym that didn't have A/C. Hot in the summers and cold in the winters. Made us do knuckle push-ups all the times, and at the first snow of every year, he'd make us run around the outside of the gym barefoot 7 times. He also employed more hand techniques than I tend to see in other Taekwondo schools. Looking back, I was very blessed to have the teacher I did. He was a real-life Mr. Miyagi. He taught his class 3 nights a week in a run-down gym...for no charge at all. He wanted poor kids to be able to learn just as much as those who were better off. Never asked a single thing from us except that we show up and that we go hard. And he didn't hand out belts flippantly. He had a hard and fast rule. Couldn't earn your black-belt until you were 16. Since I started when I was 8, I had to go 8 long years. Many schools would've given a little punk-ass 12-year-old his black belt just cuz he "went through the process." My instructor knew and respected what that belt stood for...and like a rite of passage...that no child should wear it.

"When you lose a fight, it's bcoz of you, not your marital arts style " Ip man

No one martial arts is better than the other. That's why UFC fighters practice different forms except kung fu. :)

I have a black belt in karate. But I practice other forms also. It's best to have more than one option when it comes to defending yourself. All forms off self defense are useful.

Yea, "UNBELIEVABLE FIGHT", because there IS NO FIGHT!

No art is the best....it is the artist who excels.

2:19 That is the coolest thing I've ever seen

Having attained black belts in both karate and tkd, I appreciate your balanced presentation of both of these art forms. As you said: neither is superior to the other . . . It comes down to the individual practioner and their willingness to work hard.

I'm in taekwondo and I love it! Martial arts is a really neat skill to learn. In addition to taekwondo I would also like to learn brazilian jiu jitsu and wushu, have multiple different defense strategies for a variety of bad situations.

TaeKwonDo teaches fist and feet as first way. My TaeKwonDo Instructor always said patience in all situations. Yes there are many different kicks used but also many different blocks and punches. TaeKwonDo is all about developing one's spirit, one's way of life, along with protection.

Be water my Friend, be formless - Bruce Lee Actually, you don't need Martial Arts, you just have to be a mineral water 😆✌🏻

If you train to a high level in boxing, judo, and taekwondo, then you are a formidable force.

I'll just like to note there are many types of karate and each one is pretty different than the other. The karate mentioned in this video is only one type which is named karate kyokushin. It's the most brutal one out of all types and focuses mainly on power and enduring pain. It's mainly about fighting full contact with your opponent without wearing any protection. Punches aren't allowed to the face during tournament fights because we're not allowed to wear any protection although kicks are allowed so as knees on the face. That's the rules. Of course, they train at the dojo how to punch the face and so on and learn how to fight with punching the face but they're not allowed to use it at tournaments.

Karate is not only Kyokushin Style, there are much more, Shotokan, Wado-Ryu.... Taekwon-Do is not only WTF style. There is much more, ITF-Style, WTF-Style, Traditional Style, Kwon Style...

I am Korean and in taekwondo you learn how to switch your stance very quickly and we have a lot of hand techniques too though we focus on legs no two martial arts are better than each it is really based on what you are trying to do though I am not biased I do very much recommend taekwondo.

I believe in learning multiple styles. I started as a kid (6 years old) with Taekwondo still practice now in my 50's. My dad was a golden glove boxer so he taught me over the years. I also took 5 years of Jiu Jitsu, 4 years of Muay Thai and 3 years of Kenpo (Kempo) . I served 8 years in USMC also got to learn MCMAP. (go ahead with the crayon jokes) . I now have both my girls in Taekwondo they love it a lot and look forward to their sessions. Side note: we were recently at the park helping my girls with their Taekwondo techniques and some random guy comes up and says to me you should put them in boxing it's superior.. I said ok thanks I'll think about it. Instead of arguing with his narrow focus I just let him talk. He was promoting his gym. which on it's own was fine just the way he came up I didn't like. My 6 year old said grandpa boxes with us. He walked away 🤣🤣 kids no filter. I don't need his training since they are also learning boxing techniques from me as my dad taught me, he's still around so smiles when he sees them boxing and helps when he can. Next year I'll start them into Jiu Jitsu and mix a of some MCMAP. I strongly believe as parents should have their children do one form or another. The more the merrier They learn respect, patience and self discipline. Plus they can protect themselves.

I love tkd when automated armors are not available

The Founder of Taekwondi ( choi hong hi ) was actually a 2nd degree blackbelt in Karate, so most of the moves we do are inspired by Karate

You forgot that taekwondo has 2 different types of the martial art. ITF and WTF. ITF uses more hand techniques than WTF which you just showed

When you master both karate & taekwondo its like you handling a ball with the hands of Michael jordan & the legs of Pele so why don’t you just get both?

I've been training Taekwondo for 30 years now, and I also trained in Judo, MMA, and boxing (and some others but not karate). Of course, I don't think that any martial art is superior to another; I love them all. But the idea that in taekwondo we use more kicking than punching is a misconception. Actually, there are more punching techniques, if you count them, than kicking. The problem here is that in competitions, we limit a lot of punching for security reasons. Of course, in the WTF, where they are more focused on competitions due to the Olympic games, they will have more kicking than in the ITF, where we don't focus that much on competitions. Anyway, in the ITF, once you get within a short distance of the opponent, you will start sending as many punches as you can. That could be a difference between WTF and ITF. Another thing would be the way of counting the points; they could have a sensor to count it. We didn't add those things as we wouldn't count a kick as a pushing technique or if the kick didn't have the intentionality to cause damage and then be controlled (at least, those are the rules... I asked why we didn't do that in the 2009 World Championship during the coaching courses, and that's what they answered me. That's the reason we wouldn't start a circular kick from the front, but we also do our cheats. Anyway, those things are competition techniques but not the real martial art. Neither Taekwondo from Grand Choi nor Taekyon trained by the Hwarang warriors. By the way, ITF was founded in 1966 and WTF in 1973, and there were a lot of disputes when this happened as WTF used the same name as Gral. Choi, then we became all friends, and we could move from one to the other and keep the rank. I come from the linage of Master Kim; he was the master of the master of my master. Now Master Kim is in the WTF as Chung and Choi, who were the 3 masters that brought Taekwondo to my country. This is not that ITF is better than WTF, but the video said it was from the old corea... Taekwondo is a mixed but it is a new martial art and it's name invented by gral Choi during ww2, the old martial art from Korea is Taekyon. We also have the Kwon part.

I started taekwondo 1981 and kept on to around 2000. Tried Karate for a couple of years but it wasn't for me. And when I was younger, 49 today and hopefully wiser, I thought that taekwondo was the best. Then after a couple of tournaments and some ass whopping and some wins against other styles I found out the truth. It wasn't the best. It's like Joe Frazier knocked down Muhammad Ali, Foreman KOed Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali KOed Foreman... The one thing I've learned is whether you do judo, karate or tkd... We're all the same. We love martial arts. And that, puppies and kittens, is what matters. To have fun😊

As a karate user myself I say that I don’t think one is better than the other but one can surpass the other with the amount of effort you put into what you’re doing

Andy Hug at 1:15, RIP, great fighter.

1:43 That's Kazuya Mishima's Kick! 💥🦶🥋🎮

there are 3 disciplines of martial arts, 1) sport and competition, if you want to compete with similar schools, 2) body toning and the spiritual aspect, and 3) military application, which teaches entry, finishing and quick kills. You best decide which discipline you want, find a school that teaches it, and throw yourself into it fully. I've found that most students just learn enough to go out and get their nose broke.

"The best style is no style" by Bruce Lee

At the end of the day you have to choose what martial art is best for you depending on your strengths and weaknesses. For instance, my friend was tall and agile. He went for taekwondo. I'm shorter and more muscular so I went to karate. (Unfortunately not for a long time due to finances.) We could have probably both trained well in either, but it's about what form of martial art you can use best.

A lot of it depends on the particular school you're going to because a lot of times either one is gonna help you more simply depending on the school. I take Goju-Ryu Karate, and our dojo teaches rounded self-defense, punching, kicking, knees+elbows, takedowns, locks, etc... so really what it comes down to is finding a school in either martial art that teaches more than just one thing. I used to do Taekwondo but quit because all we ever learned was kicking literally nothing else, however, I have a friend whose TKD school is crazy good and of course, focuses on kicking but still teaches a good amount of everything else as well.

I used to learn classic style TKD, which is a full-body contact style when was 7. for nowadays international tournament-style TKD is much popular and had big successes as sports. but missed lots of good things.

Brutal tv is a brutal guy nd a good martial artist! Nd top advice knowing perfect to hv known to teach us. Appreciate ur knowledge pal tanks a mill...

Like Bruce Lee said become like Water that is as deep as any buddy can probably think that's why he was so good.

I learnt kungfu 4 3 years, taught not 2 punch in d face, not to kick below d knees, when I had a fight, he punched me in d face , I just collapsed

Jesse Enkemp debunked all myths surrounding the origins of Karate such as peasant not allowed to bear arms etc... Must watch.

Two of these martial arts is the best because my sensei told me once, the one who train harder and never give up he is the one who can be call a master of they own martial arts

The person who made karate famous all over the world is Oyama Mastatsu, the creator of Kukjin Karate. He is not Japanese, he is Korean. When General Choi Hong-ui was making Taekwondo in Korea, he helped a lot in making Taekwondo and went back to Korea to run Taekwondo together.Then, in 1967, he suddenly became a naturalized Japanese under the name of Oyama Mastatsu, and many people know him as a Japanese. His Korean name is Choi Young-eui.

But it also helps to know what type of karate and taekwondo you're talking about, because the sport versions of these are basically useless in a real fight unless the type you train with are tailored to the type of situation you're in that calls for it.

I saw him and favorite martial art fighter, Andy Hug. Thank you for enriching the art so much with your creation!

In a match in a ring, the difference would be the rules. I have trained karate for over 40 years, and every time I had a conversation with someone practicing Taekwondo, and they ended asking me to a "friendly match" I tried to refuse because I said "under what rules". The few ones that said "rules don't matter, just a friendly match, we are not counting points" they ended angry and saying I was a dirty fighter because some of the karate tools like punching to the face, leg sweeps and throws (in karate a few ones are accepted in competition, but we learn a lot that are not) are seen as dirty fighting in TKD. To come on an agreement on how to make rules KD vs TKD where the two competitors could use the best of their abilities is almost impossible.

As a black belt in karate , I can promise everything he says is correct.

Karate use hands, taekwondo use legs, that's the difference .. Taekwondo sparing is real, full contact and don't mess with your opponent. They will aim to kick your head all the time ..just imagine how it feels when your are kicked hard on the head .. there two types : International and World Taekwondo Federation. I can tell you the training is quite practical , although not as deadly as MMA, but still good for basic combat and self defense . Common use are front kicks, turning kicks and back kicks , jumping back hook . Hands are utilized for blocking the attacks .

I am a martial artist myself. I practice wing chun, Filipino martial arts of arnis/kali, and Thai boxing. In reality no martial arts is better then others. After we train Martial arts from a master, you learn how to have your own expression as a martial artist. I really don't fight in tournaments. My art is only for self defense and for the streets as well. To prepare for the unexpected. Great video by the way. Karate tournaments didn't have protection. It was full contact, teakwando had protection but still was good. Karate can definitely with Stand pain. Because they are known to that. All martial arts can learn how to take pain so that way you can be use to getting hit. Mind, body, and spirit

Just so everyone is clear the karate portrayed is Kyokushin/Ashihara/Enshin. Not the watered down Shotokan variant.

Both arts are beneficial true. But, I decided on Taekwondo as an art form to learn. Because of the fact that has more kicks. And my opinion, more powerful kicks than karate. I had a niece that was taken karate, at the same time I was taking taekwondo. I remember when she came to watch me. In one of our full contact tournaments. I recall her saying just how brutal we were! Of course that was old school Taekwondo that I took. Not like the water down crap today. When we did full contact. We did full contact! Just training in class sparring. I received many bruises, and three hairline fractured ribs at one point. All part of the game. If you really want to get good. I was lucky enough to have a former Marine, as our master. He pushed me hard throughout my training. And I am very grateful to this day that he did. I've had so many people ask me. Can Taekwondo be effective on the streets? The answer is yes. But only if you train hard, often, and with everything you have. And most of all. Do not use it like you would in a tournament. Stay away from the high kicks. Everything waist and down. When you hit heavy bags and so forth. Do not pull your power. Hit with everything you have. That's the kind of muscle memory you want to develop. In order to be effective in a street altercation. Anyway nice video. It was pretty entertaining to watch.

I am a senior blue belt and TaeKwonDo and I promise you TaeKwonDo got good hand attacks. Clever ones too.

This is by far the most informative video I've found on the differences

When i was young i train in taekwondo, but in practice i run very fast a sprinter to be exact, made my assailant even more mad.

In Kyokushin Karate which is shown in this video, you will 100% take the opponent's hardest body punch and leg kick no matter what with no protective gear. Very brutal martial art.

I’m taking TKD, im currently a yellow belt and even though I seen some improvement sense I started I know I got a long road ahead of me to get better

i was in taekwondo as a kid, got to a blue belt. And in 7th grade I did boxing and Okanawan karate. now I'm being taught jujitsu by my mom who learned the basics in the military. it best to know multiple types of fight skills

I am a black belt 2nd dan in karate and have been practicing this martial art fot 10 years i love it and have been continuing it with dedication.my style of karate is kyukoshin full contact karate the strongest karate in the world i also a 4 time gold medalist in all india ashihara karate championship and 7 times silver and bronze medalist in state ashihara karate championships i love it and also encourage many other ppl to learn and practice larate

lol where's the actual karate vs taekwondo again? oh wait....

Karate 50% punching 50% kicking Taekwando 15% punching 85% kicking Note: it depends on % of strike

Brilliant analysis and evaluation ❤👍

The results we expected would be a survival fight a.k.a(street fight). Even a basic boxing technique of kick boxing can strike well and defend against flying dragon though.

I train Kyokushin karate and I am a green stripe belt, which is three away from black. I promise, karate is what keeps me living. It gives me something to look forward to everyday. My brother, his friends and my friend fought for the USA Kyokushin team in London and they became champions. I train with Sean Schenker and I Couldn’t ask for more🙃🙃

No martials arts are better. It depends how dedicatedly you learnt it. I played Kung-fu for decades but learning everyday

Like Bruce Lee said, remove all the unnecessary movement take the best moves and let instinct decide which move is the best at any moment. Be the flow

They made the taekwondo scenes look so goofy but it’s litterly one of the most deadly techniques in the world..

If Teakwondo user keeps his distance he has the advantage of reach. If karate user blocks or dodges taekwondo users attack while chargin in he might win.

Great video!

Video clip was perfect Thanks a lot

I've learned nothing after watching this, it was brutal TV at its finest

The click-bait is strong in this one. Came to watch a fight, instead got a guy talking about things I already knew for 8 minutes of my life that I will never get back again.

Pour le Taekwando c'est un combat pur compétition que pour les pieds,mais très rares les coups de poings,ils utilisent rarement des coups de poings.Par rapport au karate japonais, ils utilisent toutes les techniques des poings, pieds,des projections tous.....ceux qui sont possibles ou impossibles à réaliser pour un Art martial.

I remember looking at Taekwondo videos and all I saw in the comments were people being snobs and saying 'Well Karate is better and Taekwondo is literally the weakest ever'. But it's nice to see this comment section is pretty nice. So this makes me happy!

Karate and Taekwondo are completely different martial arts, so I don't think it's up to us to decide which is better. However, it is interesting to note that the founder of Taekwondo was originally a karate practitioner, while the founder of Kyokushin Karate is a naturalized Korean to Japan. (Kyokushin Karate = a type of karate）

Which one do you like better?

Stances are for strength-building, power-generation and intimidation. Hence do not necessarily work in streetfight situations.

Thank you Brutal TV for your amazing and fact shows update. Praise the Lord! Amen.

I was like just get on with the fight 🤣🤣!! I'm dying to seee it

Kicking method is different between Taekwondo and Karate. Taekwondo kick is double movement. It starts with folded knee and unfold it throughout the kicking movement. Karate kick doesn't fold the knee.

최영의(崔永宜) who came from Korea slayed all the famous Japanese martial-arts players and established todays Japanese Karate in the contents.

Great content; thanks for sharing

I've done Taekwondo since 6th grade, and I've seen the things in this video come true. 1) Lower body strength is strengthened and made faster 2) Reflexes are used at maximum potential and can be used for quick counter attacks 3) Its emphasis on fast, short blows works well in small areas when fast thinking is needed Only problem with this is I have no upper body strength, and I can't hold a pushup 😬 Maybe I might take Karate and Taekwondo?

Jiu-Jitsu...don’t touch him, just wait till he wake up.

Karate is from Okinawa and was a martial art of mostly richer people since farmers had to.. farm and didnt have time for martial arts training it wasn’t a martial art from Japan for farmers Japan was the place to ruin and modernize karate

Hope u can review SILAT martial art

These comments are extremely helpful. My son is almost 5 and wants to try martial arts. I’m researching trying to figure out which is best. My best friend has her son in Karate but there’s a Taekwando place close too. I am just trying to figure out which one is “best” but I can see neither is the “wrong” choice. BUT if you have any input on this decision I am all ears 😊

The thing about taekwondo is that it has the strongest kicks. If you can land them you win. But can you? Its extremely hard to keep distance in a real fight with taekwondo. But if you do it should be pretty much a guaranteed win. Especially if you get a headshot.

I've never tried Karate But I've grown up doing Taekwondo, I still do it And generally as a martial artists, I can confidentiality say there absolutely no way to determine which martial art is the best, because each one has its own strengths and weaknesses, and there also the individual skill that makes determination of which is better even harder

I hope you enjoy this video! And please like the video it really helps a lot! thank you:)

I believe learning a variety of martial arts helps and you take what’s useful from whatever martial art you studied and combine techniques.

Queria ver una pelea entre 1 de TKW vs 1 de Kárate😌

Depends what karate I do taekwondo and I went to this world tournament which had taekwondo, kick boxing, kung fu and karate Taekwondo Kung fu and kickboxers fought each other but karate only fought other karate cuase they stopped the fight after every point scored

I like taekwondo for the leg techniques and reflexes and boxing for hand to hand combat and head movements. I like muay Thai for going against bigger opponents and chopping them down with knee kicks. My point is that it's good to learn different styles. No matter how much you learn and how many tournaments won. A street fight ends very fast and being well prepared helps

My dad was a master at teakwondo as a kid he tought me some, but im learning karate now, nice to know some moves

I love taekwondo kicks and kata and karate strength.

UFC 1 was supposed to prove which martial arts was the most effective and jujitsu was the style that won with Joyce Gracie taking home the trophy

"Its about the person, not the martial art" -Sensei

As A WTF(World Taekwondo Federation) Student I am a bit shocked to find out taekwondo was mainly feet but makes sense, also in my specific martial arts place we use fists and legs 50/50.

You mentioned mma as well. You didn't mention boxing. Boxing really helps in Street fight👍💪

While I wouldn't disparage TKW as an "invalid" fighting form, I do think that it ranks among the lowest of the most common ones. That is to say, if you took a master from each discipline and pit them against each other, TKW would be at a severe disadvantage. However, what style might be right for a particular individual will depend on their physique, temperament, goals, and overall health. A couple examples: A 70 year old 4'6" woman of 100 lbs is hardly suited to the aggressive power needed for Shaolin or Kung Fu. For her, Wushu might be the best option as it would be more for the health benefits of exercise than for actual self-defense. On the other hand, a guy who is 7' tall and 400 lbs wouldn't likely do well with TKW due to his mass slowing him down and restricting his flexibility. He might be better served by Judo where his power can be matched to technique for overwhelming his opponents. We all know exceptions exist, but as they saying goes, "The exception proves the rule."

all martial arts compliments each other.

Just mix the two, add boxing or muay thai, and a grappling art and then you should be good, it's worked for me and I would recommend doing something like this if you want to be a well rounded martial artists

I missed the fight...

這旋轉踢等花式動作都是在比賽有限制動作或表演中使用的，尤其在電影裡面，動不動就來個迴旋，像在跳芭蕾舞似的，這些動作有很大弱點，要背對敵人，重心又不穩，遇上高手，後果不堪設想。

I studied tae kwon doe when i was a kid and later on it really came in handy

Merci beaucoup pour le conseiller je cherches vraiment ça!