martialfanatic

just because hapkido uses high kicks, doesnt mean its limited to them. from what i know of it (from reading mostly) it teaches a very wide variety of techniques. I think it's a pretty complete as far as combative martial arts go. i'd like do study it but there arent any schools around me

i think if you wanted to make taekwondo more effective for combat you should practice the basic, less fancy techniques. And learn low kicks and defenses agains low kicks.