kicks to the face now allowed in WTF

[dear john]

i heard it is now allowed, must have been a fun day when this started.

 

might not be true, i only heard it from a friend.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

any comments?

[Little Dragon]

wernt kicks to the head always allowed? or do u mean punches?

[battousai16]

kicks to the spots the head gear is covering is allowed. he's saying now the face is an open target, which before was a big no-no on account of the fact that.... well, it's the face. i can't imagine that to be true, but if it is, i can only figure it's because they're tired of being called the panzy style

[Rhino]

You are probably right battousai, they are tire of being called pansies!! I tried TKD, got into a lot of trouble. It's second nature for me if someone throws a kick, in essence they are letting me have thier leg, so i would take it, twist it, bend it and shape it into a nice pretty little pretzel all while attacking the face on the way down. They didn't take to kindly to that kind of fighting. I couldn't help it though, seeing that it was basically just a good workout, i stopped going. Maybe this could liven it up a bit, make it more "effective".

[battousai16]

well, as i understand it, WTF TKD was never meant to be an effective MA. i've never taken ITF, but as i understand it, it's supposed to be quite effective indeed, if you have the right instructor. depends on where you go, i guess. though, i must say, second nature or not, to not have the self control to stop yourself from grabbing the leg and twisting it around into a take down... and then a kick to the face....

[dear john]

it is curious to know where i could find such an instructor. what TKD has taught me is very nice, but for a striking art we dont seem to be taught about a lot of places to strike.

 

i think TKD went down hill when people stopped emphasizing kicks to the knees, ankles and the groin. if you think about it, TKD is perfect for these things. if people would start teaching TKD as a combative art, things would change for the good. after all TKD was designed for battle field action.

[47MartialMan]

Not really, TKD was designed for a national art. Not battlefield.

[DLopez]

It's second nature for me if someone throws a kick, in essence they are letting me have thier leg, so i would take it, twist it, bend it and shape it into a nice pretty little pretzel all while attacking the face on the way down.

 

I don't understand this "second nature" excuse. Hitting full contact by accident is one thing, but nobody has that much lack of control that you would grab their leg and try to twist it while attacking your opponent's face. That isn't a lack of control, that is a lack of respect for your sparring opponent.

 

Sounds more to me like you were just intent on proving how much better your previous training was than TKD, which is total *. The only thing you would have proved is that you have to rely on the sucker punch to be effective. And please don't tell us you didn't know what the rules of sparring were before you started, because I'm not buying that.

 

If you can't control your actions in the sparring arena, do the right thing and inform your sparring partner so they can decide whether they want to chance getting injured from someone that doesn't know how to spar within the rules.

[TheDevilAside]

No! Not the face! I am waaayy too pretty to do Tae Kwon Do now.

[Little Dragon]

or maybe the kick to the face could make you look prettier like in lil nicky :]