why everyone hates Taekwondo

[Goju_boi]

just curious , a lot of the times when i see a tkd dojang,why do they mix hapkido in it?Most of the tkd dojangs in my city tend to be like that

[Menjo]

I think any martial art that gains popularity usually gets a bad rap. I think this is beacuase for any number of martial art schools, for that type therell be a large number of mcdojos and the ratio for mc dojos increases as the martial art does, I find sometimes karate gets a not as but still bad rap outside of the martial arts community because of improper training and 6 year old black belts from the number of mcdojos, and of course movies and such....

[aefibird]

Yeah, the Karate Kid movies have a lot to answer for when it comes to Karate's image in the wider world.... :-/

[Goju_boi]

true,a lot of people talk mess about karate here because thats all they know.If I were to tell them I know Silat(I wish I did) then I think they wouldn't talk mess about it beacause they have no knowledge of it.

[Eric-TKD]

I've been practising ITF TKD for four years now, and all I can say is that the image TKD has gained in the eyes of other martial artists is unfair. The art has been generalized too much, even though there are still dojangs that remain traditional and emphasize effective self-defense strategies.

I think it's not very smart for any martial artist anywhere to assume something about a fighter based on their art, that is dangerous. Many of you are very experienced martial artists, I think this point should be clear to you.

[Menjo]

I've been practising ITF TKD for four years now, and all I can say is that the image TKD has gained in the eyes of other martial artists is unfair. The art has been generalized too much, even though there are still dojangs that remain traditional and emphasize effective self-defense strategies.

I think it's not very smart for any martial artist anywhere to assume something about a fighter based on their art, that is dangerous. Many of you are very experienced martial artists, I think this point should be clear to you.

Fair point, and what is ITF?

[Eric-TKD]

I.T.F. is the traditional Tae Kwon-Do style founded by General Choi. It's the original TKD basically, before it became an Olympic sport and such. This style of TKD is more aligned with Japanese karate, and while it does have some flashy kicks, there is not a disproportionate amount of time spent on them, or even kicking in general. At least this is how it is at my dojang. After four years I certainly feel confident in my ability to defend myself, but of course I still have much to learn.

Hope that helps explain things >_>

[Menjo]

it did thanks, another martial art that I find gets a bad rap sometimes is judo because of some students think they can win any fight the first month or even year whan they have no skill for it at all....thats only a small population but once again I would say like alot of other problems in the martial arts community mcdojos are mostly to blame...

[Muaythaiboxer]

TKD gets a bad rap because 90% of all TKD fighters are frome mcdojos and have no real skill.

second TKD has way way to many head kicks and has no punchs the face. not to mention most of the time it is practiced light contact

[tkdBill]

TKD gets a bad rap because 90% of all TKD fighters are frome mcdojos and have no real skill.

second TKD has way way to many head kicks and has no punchs the face. not to mention most of the time it is practiced light contact

How did you arrive at the 90% statistic? In my 10+ years of experience in taekwondo, I'd say that is completely false. Also, I personally know many skilled taekwondo fighters.

No punches to the face?? Then I must be teaching it wrong!! As a matter of fact, that means our whole national association must be teaching it wrong too! Thanks for straightening me out. We'll also need to lighten up on the hard contact work we do.