I hope you enjoy the video! Thanks for watching guys!

I can't believe I just watched that whole video thinking I would see a confrontation. If I wanted a history of Taekwondo I would look it up

I was born and raise in Brazil. I have been learning taekwondo ITF since I was 6 yo. I had to defend myself many times on the streets and as well against people that actually know some kind of martial art. Taekwondo was allways pretty effective. One must just remember that in a martial art there must be the moment for art techniques and there must be the moment for martial techniques.

a great martial artist once said, "martial arts don't make people into fighters. they make fighters into better fighters."

Nearly ten minutes of blah blah and tournament snippets. Was hoping for taekwondo vs bullies as described in the title, but it never happened. Wasted time. If I wanted to watch taekwondo vs taekwondo I had watched a tournament.

I trained in Tae Kwon Do ITF for three years. When taught well it is extremely effective against anyone, whatever size or technique. Are they seriously saying that Korean soldiers train in an ineffectual style? Get serious.

Even if the attacker is a big guy just imagine a quick spin and kick into his face in less than a second what can do to him. I believe taekwondo is effective if you know the kicks.

Taekwondo was taught by Korean Tiger Division to South Vietnamese soldiers during Vietnam war. With rifle bayonet on both hands only legs are left to kick in close combat. Is TAEKWONDO effective in warfare hand to hand combat? Vietnam war usage proved its usefulness. It is the dilution of combat techs to competition techs that has made it less effective. Why the present generation criticise it is because they see the sport version and not the original version.

well it helped me in a street fight.. true not with flashy kicks but muscle memory and improved reaction time that helped me automatically block shots that were coming toward me.. people often confuse street fighting with sports that have many rules for competitions as well as weight classes.. every skill you learn can help you if it comes down to it, rarely in its pure form but you have to adapt to the situation.. best skill to master is to conquer your ego and run away if you can as street fights are never fair, and you never know how many friends dude has near by and weapons on him/them..

As a 3rd Dan in ITF Taekwondo and a certified instructor, it can be very effective in a street fight. ITF Taekwondo was made to kill people. The spearhand to the stomach was made to go between the muscles and corkscrew in to the human body. The spearhand to the groin was meant to rip off a man's testicles. We have watered it down to self defense. The kicks were meant to hit the body like a whip or a bat. ITF Taekwondo was meant to end a fight with one hit or kick. It was not just a martial art, but a killing art.

Training hall for Taekwondo is a “Dojang” not a “Dojo”, one is Korean and the other Japanese.

I trained in itf. It's not just kicks, which can take people by surprise. I did a lot of sparing, as well as learning to break boards. This latter is good for technique, since if your style sucks, you hurt your hand. This allows you to punch with power. I have also done sho to Kan. Very similar and I found that I was able to hold my own when sparing. Sparing is very important as it teaches you to read your opponent. The other thing we do in itf is close up work, like interrupted punches, or break away techniques. I have also done ground work with judo. I think that mixing different techniques works well. Kicks, punches, throws and ground work make for a viable form. The problem is that you also need an understanding of Saturday night brawls to understand that the best defence is often the sprint. Running away is a time honoured fighting style that, while lacking the glamour of many fighting styles, still has the best defense of any martial art. As mr miagi once said, the best way to avoid a blow is not to be there.

One of the problems with discussions like this is that they seem to assume that martial arts styles (or substyles) exist in a vacuum. The individual is the main variable. Any style of martial art can be very effective if the practitioner is skilled enough.

I have two black belts, one in ITF Tae Kwon Do & one in karate. It really depends on the individual & who trained them. Karate uses many more locks, breaks & is meant to take out an opponent hard & fast without all the flash. Personally, I think karate is a better art for self defense than Tae Kwon Do. In several real street fights, I pretty much used all hand techniques and didn’t bother throwing kicks. Breaking a knee or a good defensive side kick could be useful in the right scenario though. All those high kicks will just get you in trouble IMHO.

It’s so cool that I recognise these moves and I do them in my Taekwondo Classes. Taekwondo isn’t that powerful against bigger and people who can box, but if you know how to power your moves and do the correct punches and kicks, it can be very effective. My instructor told me to make my movements calm and relaxed and then use power when doing your strike. Edit: For those who wanna know what Taekwondo organisation I do, I do P.U.M.A. The organisation is one of the biggest and has a lot of classes.

As someone who held a black belt in Taekwondo Chung Do Kwan in my younger Day, it is very effective in the streets. I still find myself having a learned reflex in certain situations.

I think people only see Tae Kwon Do practitioners as head kickers. It was always said when I trained that flying and head kicks were more finishing techniques unless up against someone who wasn't a street fighter or trained fighter. There have been plenty of people that have run into a front or sidekicked to the stomach or been roundhouse kicked in the ribcage and dropped. Spinning kicks weren't originally part of TKD. I think one was thrown in an American tournament back in the 60s and that was the first time they were used. Then they were quickly adopted into TKD. Most people who train aren't going to get away with throwing them as a lead technique. The TKD I did had numerous self-defence techniques where the objective was to attack the joints, but nobody attacked the kneecaps out of commonsense - the idea was to train in martial arts, not leave everyone with a broken knee joint at the end of the lesson. There were two styles of patterns back in the early '80s. One version had quite a bit of punch kick so TKD did train to set someone up with their hands first. The biggest revolution I saw in TKD during the '80s was when Bill Wallace came to Australia. I went to one of his training seminars, but our chief instructors spent a week or so with him and devised a more practical set of patterns with a lot more hand techniques. All martial arts have flaws, but regardless, I have never met a bloke who can stand and fight with a broken knee joint or walk away from a good knee or kick in the family jewels. ;-) I think it was Bruce Lee that said 'if you get in trouble, start kicking kneecaps. If you get in real trouble, kick them faster!'

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I was into TKD since I was 6 yo, been doing it for 20 years, and I can tell that it is very effective in a street fight. Matter of fact, I never used more than 5% of my TKD skills in a real fight, almost never used my legs, the most powerful TKD weapon. I just punched them out of my way. The most important thing you take away from all that training, sweat and pain is not the fancy footwork, it is that you forge yourself into a being that knows what to do when pushed without thinking. BL said it, I don't hit, it hits all by itself.

I think you make a good point about the street fight scenario; although you forgot to mention that these fighters are so strong that their punches or kicks can break bones. Applying that into a street fight makes you more versatile.

I agree with most of what you say. Having trained in ITF & WTF as week as amateur kickboxing, 1st degree isshinryn karate, training with shotokan & Kempo totaling 45 years in the arts with a 7th degree with WTF I feel ITF is a more combative art than WTF. Taekwondo has changed quite a bit since I started training in martial Arts after the Marine Corps in 1972. I feel this is a worthwhile video. Thank you for posting.

When the adrenal glands kick in, reflex takes over and the tight stance allows for very close combat such as crescent kicks. The hand techniques are superior as well.

I'M A TAEKWONDO INSTRUCTOR AND MY CHIEF INSTRUCTOR THOUGHT HIS TAEKWONDO CLASS IN A WAY FOR HIS SCHOOL CLASS MATE'S TO LEARN TAEKWONDO FOR THE CLASS ROOM AND ALSO THE STREETS I HAVE BEEN IN MANY ALTERCATIONS AND TAEKWONDO HAS SAVED MY LIFE AND THE PEOPLE AROUND ME LIVES ALSO WHERE SAVED SO YES TAEKWONDO CAN BE USED EFFICIENTLY FOR SELF DEFENSE IN AND OUT OF THE SCHOOL...

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I absolutely think that it could be useful in a street fight. Especially if you can combine it with other MA forms and styles that are designed for much more close contact fighting styles. Constantly change it up to keep your opponent guessing and give you the upper hand. You could combine things like tae kwon do and jujitsu, tae mown do and karate, tae kwon do and like multiple other things (maybe even a few good solid boxing moves. Or ever a head or stomach or groin punch/kick. There are literally so many ways to defend an attack.

As a boxer and Muay Thai fighter, I can vouch for Taekwondo 🥋. The efficiency, Versatility, and speed of my kicks improved dramatically once I started learning. It really throws your opponent off and makes them backpedal when they see how proficient you are throwing multiple kicks

No matter what style you practice, if you understood the concept of combat while you practiced you will have the upper hand over anyone who didn't have that experience. The efficiency of the art doesn't come from the art it self, but the interpretation of each individual.

A lot depends on how it was taught ..... true TKD HAS LEG KICKS ...sport does not ....A Good TKD CLASD will teach hands are just as important as legs ...

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I'm in ITF Taekwondo and it has saved my life a few times.

I've watched enough One Piece to know how effective kicks are and how it relates heavily in cooking

Great video,something that is always overlooked are the crescent kicks.I've found these most effective kicks for the street and often setup spinning forearm or elbow from these

Im a fencing instructor and have 40 vears of TKD Taekwondo behind me, the distance between two fighters is called the measure and is nomaly taken from the rear foot as the limit of there range. However a spinning kick is a very effective trap where placing the front foot at an angle and using it to become the centre of a spinning back kick allows you to gain about a foot and a half of distance, it's risky , but against a trained opponent being defencive is just waiting to loose. The extreme moves are one off stunts to open up an opponent's defences, fighting unlike sparing once an opponent has control its a brutal beating and I have often sparred against boxers there's no marquis of quenbry rules in a street fight. One kick Will leave an opponent in a seasure or spewing blood from both ends of the bowls TKD sprang from battle hardened troops not Hollywood inspired fiction..

As being a former ITF third degree black belt I can say it all depends on the practitioner we always teach it's better to walk away from a fight if you can however the times that you can't some will do much better than others all depends on the person

It’s fascinating to consider fighting styles. My impression (currently!) is that it might be a good philosophy to ensure coverage of all ranges (with MMA at least). The prevailing strategies always seem to evolve over time as more and more widespread popularity is associated with practice of MMA. I think currently it might be advantageous to be very well practiced and tested in the basics (and mixing) of for example; 1) BJJ or shoot wrestling or Even judo 2) Muay Thai for close striking 3) Boxing 4) TKD for ranged attacks. Interesting I think these days, TKD and Karate are ‘back’ in ‘the mix’ as they allow an extra ‘edge’, opening people up with element of surprise…. 🙂

“It’s not about style, it’s about you” -Ip Man movie (Donnie Yen)

Muscle memory of the same few techniques are key, if a person can quickly do an spinning roundhouse kick, imagine just how instantlious an lower front kick from them would be!

Good video I can also attest to certain techniques of ITF being effective in a street fight, I studied it for fifteen years and am a first dan black belt. However I’ve also dabbled in other styles of martial arts which broadened my self defense arsenal.

When I did Muay Thai for a bit there was I guy I sparred with. He mainly did Take Kwon Do and boxing. I found it a very Nice Style very Swift.

Taekwondo black belt since 2008 here. You sir have my like and my subscription, very insightful text, amazing editing, just top tier content there, every word has a world of meaning behind it. Congratulations man.

This video is so wrong.. I've trained in tkd since I was a child and have been competing for 10 years. I wanted to prove tkd was good so I trained for 1 month of boxing drills with the owner of the school. I entered a kickboxing match at Advanced level. I'm 5ft 11in tall and in decent shape. The guy I fought was 6ft 1in tall and was ripped and experienced. He was even sponsored by a boxing brand. I knocked him down several times. His face was bleeding from his eye, nose and mouth. I won my unanimous decision. 1 month of boxing drills from a tkd master and over 10 years of tkd competition experience took out an experienced kickboxer. Tkd for the win. I did the same with a golden glove boxer for fun. This time no kicks and I trained in boxing for another month. The advantage is I was able to fight south paw or regular equally. This is from tkd training. Again, won every round. Tkd teaches so much more than kicking. Teaches you to use your body more efficiently. Your balance and coordination is elevated. Your depth perception is enhanced. Your ability to respond to strikes coming at you is enhanced. From all the speed and endurance training, you are able to move with increadable dexterity. This is what matters in a street fight.

Depending on where and from who you learn Taekwondo, it is not necessarily *only* Olympic sparring techniques that you see in this video. Most Grandmasters will teach more than just sparring techniques. This includes Hap Ki do, and other techniques that are strictly for self-defense. Tang soo-do which is strongly related to Taekwondo should also be mentioned. Besides the two large organizations: ITF and WTF, there are numerous private organizations that vary widely in what they teach. For example, I first learned Tang soo-do and learned grappling, Hap Ki-do and sparring. I do agree that in general Taekwondo teachers don't teach grappling techniques which are useful in street fights. However a well place back spin hook kick or back kick can stop the attacker quickly. My grandmaster was attacked on a golf course by 4 other men with golf clubs and defeated all of them with just kicking techniques. So it can be very effective with the well trained practitioner.

2:56 I do TKD myself an I have a very important distinction for you! Dojo (japanese) = A place where you practice Karate. / Sensei = A karate teacher. Dojang (Korean) = A place where you practice Taekwondo. / Sabumnim = A taekwondo teacher at or over 4th black belt. (We distinguish between teacher under 1st black (toganim), between 1st and 3rd (kyosanim), 4th and above (sabumnim)) Not to mention the amount of flac karate and taekwondo throws at each other; If you say the wrong thing at either place, you are going to have your ass beaten out of shape until you remember what to call it.

I took taekwando at age 65 and manage to get a orange belt so far. Pandemic stopped my Progress. I've tested my basic knowledge among a basic street fighter and he struggled To attack me. Lol not bad for a 65 year old man...

/.I'm a taekwondo practitioner myself I reckon taekwondo can be useful on the street depending on how you been trained with the style

Do you think Taekwondo is effective in a street fight?

“However, it’s very difficult to perform these if the other person is up in your grill.” Are we talking about BBQ? I love BBQ. I find KZfaq videos use language like this sometimes. They start out sounding intelligent and informative then they use this language and I roll my eyes. Be consistent.

Also learned teakwando from a young age definitely has given me the upper hand in every street fight I've been in so much so I've always held back alot to not injure my attacker but make them quit after a few kicks or punches

I love this video thank you so do you think I shrouds keep continuing takes so I’m a beginner I really need to learn self defense

Taekwondo also uses knees and elbows, althou not widely used in competitions, depends on the dojang you train, all arts are effective if used correctly 😉

Absolutely it would, I have been in some serious fights when I was younger and I can tell you if I was only schooled in street fighting I would have had my bottom handed to me, its all about muscle memory and trust me its effective and works well.

My Taekwondo Master started and I TF and went to WTF style taekwondo and now teaches us and he is a fourth-degree black belt we learn self-defense every once in a while like more Street fighting skills also we get taught multiple ways to do techniques . and we talk about street fighting situations whenever we’re learning a technique in class and how it would be effective he is a very good taekwondo teacher .but some controversy in our schools because he teaches differently even though we are a branch of kukewon I think is very effective it just matters who is Teaching you and if some instructors have experience and other martial arts and can teach you tactics to get away. We used to have aikido mixed in our program and it was amazing. I miss that so much but some of those technique stay with you forever. As we get higher in the levels he lets us choose which way is more effective for us. Which is usually not a thing in taekwondo schools. It might hinder our score during test sometimes though.

When asking the "is it effective in a street fight" question, you should consider: compared to what? Will someone with 3 years of Taekwondo training be better off in a street fight than the same person who sat on the couch for 3 years instead? Yes. They will be stronger, faster, more flexible, and have more control of their own body. I think that's what most people are looking for when they start up martial arts; to be a better version of themselves. And I think TKD delivers on that. If instead you're looking to be the biggest badass in the UFC, then yea, probably not the best choice of training.

I took from master Jung Kim in 1981...........he was a 7th degree in Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido also. He taught the Green Berets in Vietnam and was also got his 7th degree in 5 years. Another fun fact is that he was the coach of The World Tae Kwon Do demonstration team in the 70's until he moved to Morgan City Louisiana in the late 70's and started a huge school there. Sadly he was shot in the head at a bar Houma La. after my second tournament. The investigation stated someone with a high powered rifle outside of the bar to a shot and somehow it hit him in the head...................no way somebody shot him in that bar apparently he couldn't block a bullet

The spinning back kick is the hardest hitting in all arts 900psi of force

Used to be a WTF practioner 10 years ago, i am 25 years old. I have been in plenty of street fights, and random people in the street are never weary of a roundhouse kick as fast as a jab... I have never been in danger in the street, and i have fought 3 adults as a teen.

I trained in Judo for 10 years, achieving 1st. Dan Black Belt. I the n trained in Tae Kwon Do (WT) for thirteen years achieving 2nd. Dan Black Belt. The very different styles c supplement one another; i.e. distance/offensive & close/defensive. To use martial arts spontaneously you will need to have trained rigorously and regularly for at least four years. Other factors supporting your engagement in a fight include, fitness, reflexes & confidence. My master TKD instructor would quote "Pyung Ahn - peaceful confidence. Tiger doesn't need to roar in the jungle." In the 80's I was a "bouncer" for three years at a terrible nightclub know for trouble; the money being good. I had many encounters with trouble makers. I was never hit. My objective was always to control the situation expediently and effectively. I left after, along with another TKD practitioner, having dealt a blow to a bikie gang who then put a contract out on the both of us. This is just my experience.

Taekwondo is a damn fine sport, hell it's a damn fine olympic sport

Anyone who has spent around 5yrs in a martial art, training hard and doing some sparring is legit - especially if it's a well known out of the 10,000 or so martial arts.

Awesome video and informative.

Any training is better than no training. That being said you will only use what is familiar to you quickly. Many arts need real type fighting to train techniques into muscle memory for it to become a natural response to the physical tactics used.

I grew up in a bad place and because of this I was in many fights, even before I started Judo. With Judo I managed to stop bullies from picking on me in future. I became a 1st Dan. Then I switched to karate and became even better at defending myself and others. Funny thing is I have a very high pain threshold and that worked for me before any training. By the way I took on 8 men in a real fight, it did not last long and I left them having what I call a sleep. I still do not like fighting and only do it when forced to.

Weapons win in street fights, doesn’t matter of you’re a pro.

I'm an ex 1995 ITF North American finalist and did some street fights also. You don't attack with kicks in a street fight because they see it coming, but with punches. But you can counter attack with kicks such as side kick or spinning back kick because of their power and the fact you probably didn't stretch before walking down the street.

More important than the one or two possible street fights you may get into in your life, I found ITF Taekwon-do made my entire life better and I met so many good people and had so many great experiences in it. It really is excellent for your health... Both mental and physical.

This is one of the few videos that accurately addresses the point of contention with whether or not martial arts are effective: Do you train them for the real world, for the ring, or solely for self-development? People who train for the controlled environment of competitions will always be at a disadvantage of those who train for reality. Competitions have one opponent, boundaries, nothing to hit your head on when you fall, a somewhat cushioned surface, a referee, rules, and a medical staff on standby. In the street, one punch and then hitting your head on the way down could be the end of your life. If you're the MMA type, one take-down on that untrained guy your fragile ego wouldn't let you walk away from, he hits his head, he dies, and you go to prison. Or, maybe you take him down and pulls out a knife, stabs you repeated, kills you, and walks free because you crossed the line into reasonable fear of imminent great bodily harm or death with your actions. Real-world self-defense is not getting into mutual combat. It's being -forced- into combat against your will. You effect an immediate injury and then you get to safety. That's the difference. If your art teaches you otherwise, you're not studying self-defense.

The best way to be victorious in a street fight is to avoid one.

Kicks are very effective in street fights, just maybe not high kicks - unless the opponent is intoxicated or unable to see you. Low side kicks to the knee caps are very good if you're fast and accurate, which requires a lot of practice. And when they're trying to get up off the floor, you can boot them as hard as possible in the head or the torso like a soccer ball; though this should only be done to defend yourself or others, and not in an arranged street fight as it could quite possibly kill, or permanently brain damage, the opponent.

Nice!, Arguments on both sides, knowing a martial art, always helps. However, a "street fighter", can be resorceful and handle different situations.

taekwondo is a martial art that is more focused on self-defense rather than attacking the opponent

So Ive done must thai and we were always blocking kicks to legs and face but does tkd not allow blocks from kicks to the face ? Or is leaning back in completion your only form of defense ?

I didn't see a fight but this video is nice and Educating

My god where did the bloke at 5:01 ever learn to do that? He'd last on the street for about 30 seconds.

Pure Tae Kwon Do doesn't work well in a street fight but add, Judo, wrestling, and boxing you can win. Never depend on one skill to survive.

As a young guy I was practicing Taekwondo,then switched to boxing and other "styles". I m climbing and doing Alpinism since I m 12. On a top level. Taekwondo helped me to improve flexibility which helps You in any other sport. You meet many interesting people learning self defense for hundreds of different reasons And, my humble experience, it helps You big time in a street fight. Together with another Taekwondo not top level practicioner I sent 7 people attacking us to the ground. I m living in a pretty harsh environment were people detect me in a second as a stranger from another Race. My weapons are a Pen and a lighter, they are not forbidden to carry. But the best self defense is being at home early, gaining respect of people by being a nice human being and having the support of Your Neighbourhood. Without solidarity of the people surrounding You it s a miserable and dangerous life wherever You may be. Minimize the risks. If You look for street fights the fights will find You! It is a spiritual thing. The best victories are the fights You can avoid! Knowing to have a strong mind and body gives You self conscience. If You have this You don t have to test Yourself in street fights. This is the true common spirit of any self defense sport: respect and mental strength. I recently saw a Video were 2 guys beat the shit out of each other because they bumped into each other. As a man of manners You apologize and everything is o.k. In my neighbourhood You loose respect if You get into fights all the time. Respect is NOT coming from winning physical fights, don t try that, it never has worked and it never will. It s making You smaller instead of bigger. Self defense is a good thing to learn. Physical and mental benefits are enormous. As far as my experience goes people practicing Taekwondo, Judo, Aikido, Boxing, MMA, Capoeira- they are mostly nice and interesting people worth it being Your friends. I also met some incredible and aggressive Arseholes learning self defense on a low level which is just enough to harm others. But I this human rubbish is the exception, most masters will block and discipline them within no time.

It is a lot better to know how to use Taekwondo than not being able to defend yourself. You can recognize a potential threatening situation and better than having to defend yourself, walk away unharmed. The speed can be used as an advantage if the other guy does not expect it. I miss the times when I practiced ITF TDK.

The bottom: line fighting in a controlled environment and if you've been in a fight ever you'll know what to do. So if you know how to fight from the beginning no specific martial art is going to be useless. Stop bashing please!

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The main thing to remember is there is always someone better out there. No matter how good you are, temper your aggression with this thought in mind.

I learned wtf taekwondo but i also learned muay Thai, kickboxing, silat and boxing help confronted my enemy on the streets.

he called it out like it really is. you can't expect your opponent to abide by the same rules and respect that you do.

Its has been so watered down over the years its a joke now ..the dojos want parents cash and most dojos water it down so parents dont freek out with injurys lol

I have great respect for taekwondo... With that being said. My choice for me. If I had to select fighting systems, I'm choosing wrestling and boxing.. I'll learn kicks in my own time.. You could do kickboxing and jujitsu Aswell. But I think wrestlers and boxers are generally better athletes because I think those two fighting styles are put more emphasis on physical conditioning and I think physical conditioning is more important than technique. I've heard somewhere that most people,the average person who take a martial art, generally are not great athletes. If your superior in speed balance power strength and just "fair" in a fighting style, you'd be better off than the person whos knows how to pull off a move, but gasses out soon and doesn't have the strength or speed etc.

It's not the style that will save you in a self defense situation. It's the person using the skills they learned and hopefully had a chance to "test" what works best for them under high stress situations is what makes the style work. The term Martial art means war art. So these styles were used in combat, the problem is many only train for fitness and to look flashy or they have not learned how to use the techniques they learned in the manner they are meant to be used for.

Tae Kwon Do and Aikido make a good mix as they utilise close range and distance

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Taekwondo is now officially my new favorite martial art.

As a practitioner of TKD, yes, any martial art experience is better than nothing. But I will say this: my master instructor (9th Dan Grandmaster) always said that if you kick to the head in a street fight, you deserve to loose. So in a street fight gouge eyes, pull ears, and kick to the groin if you have to. But keep it clean in the ring.

If you really want Taekwondo to be effective on the street, combine it with boxing. I did ITF Taekwondo for a couple of years (blue belt) but as a tall guy I focused a lot on my kicks. Then one day I attended a kickboxing lesson and I was shocked how good they were, especially at boxing, compared to me. I really stood no chance at all.

Learn boxing, mma or kickboxing. Thats effective in a real fight.

I have been doing ITF Teakwondo for 2 years and the guy that teach's me has been doing it 40 years and is 7th dacree black belt one of the best things in my life rn

I learned Hapkido while training with the WTF, our school also trained in brazilian jiu-jitsu. We were also members of the U.S.T.U. United states taekwondo Union. great all around training.

I think any martial art can do a lot of damage if the timing and execution is correct. However, as the video correctly points out we have to differentiate between what would work in a combat situation irrespective of the skills of the opponent and the sport that is limited by rules. Personally I train Karate (bunkai techniques) and Jiu-Jitsu because the combat skills they equip me with are realistic.

I do Taekwondo since I was 5 and i loved it!

Best thing is if possible train in different fighting styles, standing and grappling, fights usually start standing up, if you can manage distance and angle and kick or punch it’s good but sometimes fighting ends up on the ground so you need to be familiar and comfortable in the situation where it’s difficult to punch or kick, just be careful if you try to learn too many things it can get confusing or you train in too many things you don’t perfect a single one

Most TKD practitioners I've met say "I haven't worked out in years .. lemme stretch first"

If someone wears bare knuckles, you will be alerted. But wearing hard shoes won't go unnoticed. If you use the Taekwondo kick in hard shoes or dress shoes, you can overpower your opponent with one shot. Under the premise that the kick technique is considerable. In street fights, taekwondo practitioners always wear MMA gloves or knuckles on their feet. You can kick without having to worry about hurting your foot. Skilled martial arts skills make me stronger, but that doesn't mean I'm stronger than others. The most important thing is who uses it.

I've trained in the martial arts for over 40 plus years I am now 62 years of age I have taught both taekwondo hapkita American kenpo jujitsu All these martial arts have its benefits all can be used in street fighting But there are limitations and how these combative martial arts styles are used in real street fighting Taekwondo kicks in real street fighting are very useful if the person using taekwondo with their feet can pinpoint accuracy placement it's kicks where those texts need to be the cars the max amount of damage Which is not easy in a real Street come back to fight unless that fighter knows how to use both timing distancing and knows how to read the opponents telegraphed moves ( this includes in all of the martial arts styles in real Street combat fighting ) Hapkido is very effective again when the practitioner knows how to read and telegraph the opponent's movement then make its quick move When I say quick move I do not mean hits and strikes to unnecessary Darius of your opponent's body that has minimum affect American tempo which was created by Ed Parker did win the respect of Bruce Lee because of its agility and quickness of the hands The problem with American Temple style and it's system are the very unnecessary exaggerated movements of the hands and hand strikes and elbow strikes that I have observed does not work well out in the streets even though they are quick and fast ( we call flash in the pan ) a pocket system Lacks accurate placement strikes of both hands and feet The second problem with these hand strikes is mostly the unnecessary excessive moves that are made and the displacement of ineffective strikes to the opponent's body though it looks good to the untrained eye but in reality is not effective in combat street fighting What I have done from both common sense and from body science and understanding and reading the opponent's telegraphed moves I took both the American tempo fighting system and removed as much of the unnecessary excessive movements and taught my students to do away with the frivolous body strikes with a hands and elbows that have no real effect in real street fighting and took it to his most basic common core of common Sense body science in the most vulnerable areas of the human body strikes which I have called it " fear no man's hands " 1. Common Sense knowledge Yourself and your opponent and your surrounding 2. Reading your opponent's body movement without watching his opponent's eyes or hands ( part of my common Sense teaching instruction ) 3. Teaching how to control your opponent before the fight even begins from the beginning during and the finishing of the last move on your opponent a. Common sense b. Knowledge of controlling your opponent before the fight begins during and up to the last strike c. The philosophy is simple strike in the most vulnerable areas of the human body which often is not taught in real martial arts schools because their training the students to fight by standard rules Standard rules there are no standard rules in the streets !!!!! Yes I teach to fight dirty My system was originally trained for females to take out 280 lb guys d. Get the fight done and over with in 2 to 3 seconds e. My system that I created is called combat tempo very similar to krav maga Even in krav maga in the films and videos I have watched and studied still I see the same problems that persist like an American tempo excessive movements and excessive and ineffective strikes to the body is not practical for the streets It is a good close quarter hand fighting combat system and very effective for the most part What it looks like many martial arts schools they do not use the principal of common Sense that I teach prior to the fight and often repeating the same traditional mistakes which could jeopardize the most effective fighting system because they're looking at the wrong thing when facing their opponent. I do not consider my system to be a superior system but I do consider my system a very solvent system based on the first rule before a punch a kick or anything else is done and that is the knowledge of common Sense and what to look for and then how to react and then how to implement it to your immediate situation when facing an attacker Remember all systems are martial arts have a valid in most wonderful aspects and dimensions but when it comes to combat street fighting you are put in a total different situation I don't care who you are male or female your age your height your size or your weight is irrelevant at this point One last thing about my system that I use I actually trained Martial arts students to get rid of the whole concept of what they've been taught by their own sensei's , sabunims , and other Masters in teachers of other martial arts styles and systems. How do I know my system actually works? I've been in 4th Street fight confrontations and I never once had to ball up my fist It was all open hand strikes I use the same principles of common Sense that I've talked to my students that I have used myself as an old man !!!! My confrontations are done and finished in no more than 3 seconds ! That is correct Every one of those fights with different because my surroundings were different my opponents were different in shape and height and physical strength But as I stated earlier that did not matter to me The same common knowledge of common Sense was used in all those various different situations that did not change in the results were still the same and its outcomes ! You are most welcome to call me at my phone number 863-614-4412 I live in the Tampa FL 33617 area And yes I'm older man as I said that does not matter and I am a disabled veteran and that still does not matter I teach private classes I hold International credentials from the Kukkiwon If you call me and I do not answer right away please leave your name and the best phone number I can call you back at Again I teach private lessons and you would train with me twice a week 2 hours of training and physical conditioning included If you would also like to learn taekwondo as part of your training I can teach you Taekwondo ChungDoKwan ' Blue Wave ' I give belt and certification in compliance with the educational curriculum of taekwondo

I practiced in wtf for about 8 yrs and id say 25% of my training was learning proper real world defense and offensive techniques. I love wtf because the competitive side of TKD is just a different feeling. 😁😁😁

i do tae kwon do and i’m a red belt hoping to for black belt and it’s fun to learn more about the martial art i practise