high jump kick Posted December 30, 2004 Posted December 30, 2004 Is there anyone here who can make sense of the types of TKD out there? i belong to the world tae kwon do association but i know that there is also an american and an international tae kwon do association. if someone could explain to me what the difference is, it would be much apreciated. the key to fighting is to let reflexes rule and be fluid as water.
tufrthanu Posted December 30, 2004 Posted December 30, 2004 Well first off I was just thinking we seem to have to explain this about ever 3-4 weeks maybe someone could write up an unbiased article on it and one of the mods could sticky it to the board. ITF is Choi Hong Hi's taekwondo. They use the Chang Hon set of forms and they do the Sine Wave while performing them. ATA is Songham TKD I think and I believe they also do the Chang Hon set. There is also American TKD which I do which is no relation to the aforementioned ATA. We do a mish mash of Jhoon Rhee, Chang Hon and modified Shotokan forms. Long Live the Fighters!
mattyj Posted February 15, 2005 Posted February 15, 2005 Well taekwondo (although not named this at the time) started as Choi Hong Hi's personal style which he adapted from shotokan karate, taekyon and various other styles. He taught this to soldiers under his command etc It eventually (mid 20th century) became 'taekwon do' and the governing body was the KTA (Korean Taekwondo Association). The South Korean government wanted taekwondo to become a national sport, but Choi thought this would ruin its integrity as a martial art. Choi refused and the korean governent 'suggested' that he leaved the country. He left for Vienna and set up ITF (the International Taekwondo Federation) which is the same ITF you see today (now the HQ is in Canada). The South Korean government set up WTF (the World Taekwondo Federation) as the official South Korean 'sport'... this is what you see at the olympics. These are your two main styles... ITF, the more traditional taekwondo how gen. choi designed it (practice the chang hon patterns/tul) and WTF.. The more sport based Olympic style tkd. Theres a whole bunch of spring offs from both but the most commercialised spring offs that get the most media coverage are generally based on a more 'WTF' styling.
rmclain Posted March 1, 2005 Posted March 1, 2005 I do ji do kawn which is the hardest style Hello Champ64, Which forms do you practice in Ji Do Kwan? R. McLain
champ64 Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 we practice from IL jang to coreo pomce depinding on belt go to my web site https://www.chos.com and go to testimony and type mind the the second box body and press play
mattyj Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 I do ji do kawn which is the hardest style of taekwan do? check ur profile lol
tkdBill Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 ATA is Songham TKD I think and I believe they also do the Chang Hon set. ATA actually uses a set of forms they created in the 1980's. Their first few forms are called "Songahm" (Songahm 1, Songahm 2, ...etc.). They call their style "Songahm" --
Kicks Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 type mind the the second box body and press play Geez, I don't even get a first box body when I go there. when you create the world's largest trailer park, you're going to have tornadoes
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