TigerKorea Posted October 2, 2002 Share Posted October 2, 2002 now in korea they are having the 14th BUSAN ASIAN GAMES they have taekwondo of course and judo~~ and all that~~ but many people say it's like sports i was really disapointed when i heard that.. and many Koreans are saying now a days. Taekwondo is a Sports not a Martial Aarts.. i want to hear you guys opinion.. i am a korean boy who will rock korea with my fists may be next 10 years i am already a bruce lee of korea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryLove Posted October 2, 2002 Share Posted October 2, 2002 Korea has been pushing to get TKD accepted as an olymic sport for decades. Of course it's a sport... It's supposed to be... That's what it's founder wanted. https://www.clearsilat.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle-san Posted October 2, 2002 Share Posted October 2, 2002 It's in the Olympics, it's a sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeRo Posted October 2, 2002 Share Posted October 2, 2002 true i agree. the WTF is a sport but ITF is less sport and more art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karatekid1975 Posted October 3, 2002 Share Posted October 3, 2002 I won't say ALL WTF schools teach sport. Mine doesn't. I mean, we do compete, but it's not a requirement. We do learn the "sport" type of sparring, but we learn other stuff (self defense, ect). I can't say much about Judo, except that I was thinking about cross training in it. I haven't looked into the club here yet, though. Laurie F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeRo Posted October 3, 2002 Share Posted October 3, 2002 sorry i thought that WTF teaches just sport. cross training in judo would be good for you, i think you should try it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ground Shark Posted October 4, 2002 Share Posted October 4, 2002 Sport, art, oh well who cares. Boxing's a sport, but look at lewis or tyson or de la hoya, they'd do amazing in a street fight. WHo's gonna match their hand work? TKD is done as a sport, so what? Dun mean that wit the right trainign, someone couldn't wipe the floor wit someone in a real fight. Thai boxing is a sport, any MA can be dun as a sport. Sticky hands tourney's(wing chun) push hands touneys(tai chi), sport jui jitsu, bjj tourney, everything...juss coz sometin has offical sport recognition dun make it any less of an art. Think or Vale Tudo, on of the them could prolly take most un-cross trained figthers, vale tudo is a sport so what? Juss coz u throw a ball in say baseball, its a sport, dat dun mean u can't throw a ball in a non-sport setting. Dun be ridiculous, its merely the lack of hand work that makes tkd weak(arguable) "Roses are red,violets are blue,I will always TAP you!The fights not overtill I win SUCKA"" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karatekid1975 Posted October 4, 2002 Share Posted October 4, 2002 XpOiSoN FrEeX wrote: "sorry i thought that WTF teaches just sport. cross training in judo would be good for you, i think you should try it out" Thanks. It's at the YMCA so it should be fairly cheap I'll go check it out. Laurie F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeRo Posted October 4, 2002 Share Posted October 4, 2002 im gonna do TKD at a YMCA and its very cheap. good luck with judo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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