taekwon-do dancing.

[blood talon]

i finally made a choice, and instead of muay thai(which is borrring)<(not that its not good)im going to take tae-kwon do. but a more combat oriented taekwon-do, but the thing is, i seen the stance, with the hops, and im more of a dancer, i wanted to know if its right to try to change the stance to my liking, or should i take it the way its served. and which orginization teaches more combat oriented, (point sparring is bush).

 

thanx

 

 

[koreantiger81]

huh?

[ckdstudent]

If you don't want to learn the stance and perform the stance in class then you may as well just find a martial art which uses a stance you find more suitable.

 

 

[SBN Doug]

The stances are very important, no matter what the art.

 

Check out Kickchicks breakdown of which TKDs are which in the threads questions its effectivness.

[SBN Doug]

Never mind. Here it is.

 

"Sport TKD (WTF) stresses that the purpose of performing a technique properly is so you may score more points than your opponent in competition. To win. Therefore, it is possible to achieve this purpose during sparring. Sport TKD gives value to the factors of power, accuracy, and strategy, and gives higher value to the use of more difficult techniques. It stresses that to execute a proper technique, you must have a resisting opponent. Because of the rules of sport sparring, it is possible to predict the actions of your opponent and to technically and psychologically manipulate and dominate your opponent.

 

Traditional TKD (ITF) stresses that the purpose of performing a technique properly is so it may be used to strike with enough force to disable or possibly kill an opponent ... the philosophy of "one strike, one kill." This is why traditionalists say they cannot use their techniques in contact competition, because they cannot achieve this purpose during sparring. Instead, breaking is used to test the "lethality" of their techniques.

 

I think all of us TKD stylists are getting pretty tired of being told that we cannot defend ourselves. I would like someone to come up to me and tell me that one face to face!!"