ATA vs other taekwondo

[skullsplitter]

So a young kid has transferred to our karate school from an ATA school. Our school sponsored open tournament is coming up Tonight I overhear his mom and our school's owner discussing our tournament. I hear our owner say that there will be some taekwondo practioners in the tourney but not ATA.

This struck me as odd. Is ATA not taekwondo?

[JusticeZero]

Different ruleset and training.

A little bit like saying "They'll be playing Poker. But they're playing five card, not texas holdem; that guy has only ever done texas holdem and they don't play the same."*

*I don't actually know squat about poker, so I probably have at least some terminology wrong here.

[DWx]

Its just a type of TKD, just like Shotokan is a type of Karate. So it'd be like your instructor saying there will be Karate students at your tournament but they wont be any Wado ryu students.

I always used to explain the different TKD styles to friends as it being like rugby; you have rugby union and rugby league. Same game, slightly different rules.

[bushido_man96]

Agreed. Its just a different TKD organization, and they have their own set of forms and curriculum, and they have their own tournament cirucuit as well.

[myataschool]

The American Taekwondo Association (ATA) is one of the largest martial arts organizations in the United States. We teach Songahm Taekwondo. Having started in Olympic-style (W.T.F.) Taekwondo, I can honestly say that I prefer ATA Taekwondo. I find the forms to be more challenging than traditional forms.