Shotokan to TKD

[pegasi]

I've done some training in both shotokan and taekwondo. One of the hardest parts for me has been changing from the more formalized traditional learning methods I was taught in shotokan to the more "action oriented" training I'm getting in taekwondo.

 

Shotokan emphasizes technique as applied to forms (kata/poomse) a lot more than technique as applied to actual confrontations, which leads to differences in the ways moves are performed.

 

This is the way I understand the differences as I perceive them.