dllee Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 I believe that it depends on what school you take from. I take TKD and it is more Okinawan in its origin...more low kicks and hand techniques. "Karate is like ballet, except there is no music, no choreography and the dancers get to hit each other." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markusan Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 OK...this is some of the history as I've read it. Most of the modern korean, japanese and chinese martial arts owe something to bodhidahrma, though not all historians believe he existed at all. He was born some say in 470ad, so forget about the 3000 year lineage! Evidence has been found predating bodhidahrma from the koguryo dynasty circa 40 bc, pictures of soldiers doing high kicks. Some form of the art was going strong at the end of the Pakje dynasty around 660 ad. hence the name of the third dan hyung, Gae Baek, who was a general in the Pakje army. This was the time of Tae Kyon. The modern style developed after WWII was named Tae Kwon Do by general Choi Hong Hi. There was another version called Tae Soo Do. Choi Hong Hi founded the ITF in 1966. The WTF was formed in 73. There are lots of non affiliated TKD Associations. Now my theory is, this TKD history goes back only 1500 odd years, a bit over 2000 if you believe the koguryo carvings story, and you could assume that folks have been fighting for many millenia before that. I find it hard to believe that a wandering monk whose speciality was sitting facing a wall for nine years at a time, was the first person to ever kick someone else in the head. I'd bet someone had done that quite competently long before anyone learnt how to record the fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aefibird Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 and you could assume that folks have been fighting for many millenia before that. I find it hard to believe that a wandering monk whose speciality was sitting facing a wall for nine years at a time, was the first person to ever kick someone else in the head. I'd bet someone had done that quite competently long before anyone learnt how to record the fact. Personally, I think that humans have been beating one another up since the dawn of time; it's only recently that it's all been written down. We just seem to be a species that enjoys giving one another an a$$-whuppin'. Still, the origins of martial arts gives people on forums something to talk about! "Was it really worth it? Only time and death may ever tell..." The Beautiful South - The Rose of My CologneSheffield Steelers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markusan Posted August 6, 2004 Share Posted August 6, 2004 ad nauseam!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aefibird Posted August 6, 2004 Share Posted August 6, 2004 "Was it really worth it? Only time and death may ever tell..." The Beautiful South - The Rose of My CologneSheffield Steelers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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