Englon Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 I didn't get to see it. What countries took home what? Thanks "First learn stand, then learn fly. Nature rule, Daniel-san, not mine." -- Mr. Miyagi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tufrthanu Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 Men and womens fly weight went to chinese taipei aka taiwan mens featherweight went to Iran womens featherweight went to Korea mens welterweight went to the us and womens to china womesn heavyweight went to china and mens to korea Long Live the Fighters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sickwithit13 Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 Steven Lopez beat the guy from turkey in the finals Martial Arts USATALIUM - THE SPIRIT OF TAEKWONDOhttps://www.talium4me.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphintai Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 That would have been awesome to see. Steven Lopez is a great martial artist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
returning_wave Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 I know im gonna get shouted at frot this but please udnerstand it is no my intention to troll. but what the hell was going on in Athens?? It was the first time Ive ever really seen TKD in action, and my god it was poor! Is that really how TKD is taught and practised? I always considered it to be a reasonably highly ranked art in terms of beign a decent martial art but the olympic fighters were appalling! They were bouncing for apparently no reason at all on the spot with their hands limp by their sides, and teh only moves they seemed to know were inapplicable kicks to the head which gave their opponent ample (although ignored) oportunity to flip them on their head. so i guess Im basically asking is that how everyone practises TKD or is it a sport-afied version for the olympics? 3rd Kyu - Variant ShotokanTaijutsu"We staunt traditionalists know that technique is nowhere near as important as having your pleats straight when you die." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphintai Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 Consider that a kick to the head in olympic sparring is two points, compared to the body hit, one. You cannot punch to the head in olypic style either. Learn the rules to the olympic games, and then you'll see that they're not as bad as you may see them to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Englon Posted September 3, 2004 Author Share Posted September 3, 2004 I know im gonna get shouted at frot this but please udnerstand it is no my intention to troll. but what the hell was going on in Athens?? It was the first time Ive ever really seen TKD in action, and my god it was poor! Is that really how TKD is taught and practised? I always considered it to be a reasonably highly ranked art in terms of beign a decent martial art but the olympic fighters were appalling! They were bouncing for apparently no reason at all on the spot with their hands limp by their sides, and teh only moves they seemed to know were inapplicable kicks to the head which gave their opponent ample (although ignored) oportunity to flip them on their head. so i guess Im basically asking is that how everyone practises TKD or is it a sport-afied version for the olympics? I understand what you are saying. I think the fact that you can't punch to the head allows people to keep their hands low. Unfortunatly, it doesn't look good and isn't very practical for street fighting. The better schools teach to cross over. I took boxing before taekwondo and learned to keep my hands high and to throw combinations. I hope that TKD becomes a bigger part in the olympics. Here in the NW, it was only on at 2AM and never talked about on the news. "First learn stand, then learn fly. Nature rule, Daniel-san, not mine." -- Mr. Miyagi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmclain Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 After watching Olympic Taekwondo, I understand why it gets bad-mouthed in the martial arts community and why many in the public think it is for kids. Very sad it has degraded to this. R. McLain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
returning_wave Posted September 5, 2004 Share Posted September 5, 2004 Consider that a kick to the head in olympic sparring is two points, compared to the body hit, one. You cannot punch to the head in olypic style either. Learn the rules to the olympic games, and then you'll see that they're not as bad as you may see them to be. the rules are part of my problem really. the rules of the art encourage poor fighting, (as they do in sport karate tournaments, tyo be fair, but not quite to that extent) but anyway with their hands down by their sides either one could have got about a million body hits in so easily compensated for the head kicks. 3rd Kyu - Variant ShotokanTaijutsu"We staunt traditionalists know that technique is nowhere near as important as having your pleats straight when you die." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLopez Posted September 6, 2004 Share Posted September 6, 2004 the rules of the art encourage poor fighting, (as they do in sport karate tournaments, tyo be fair, but not quite to that extent) but anyway with their hands down by their sides either one could have got about a million body hits in so easily compensated for the head kicks. Could be, but I would bet that the TKD fighters have already tried that and found through the natural evolution of the matches that kicks gets the results they want, namely more points in a shorter amount of time? Whether that's "poor fighting" is a subjective opinion. If it acheives the objective better (winning matches), how can it legitimately be considered "poor" compared with other methods like body punches? DeanDahn Boh Nim - Black-Brown BeltKuk Sool Won"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die tomorrow." - James Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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