TJS Posted February 15, 2003 Posted February 15, 2003 Has anyone ever worked on this in a TKD school? I mean/knees/elbow/strikes etc from the clinch and takedowns/takedown defenses from the clinch?
SBN Doug Posted February 15, 2003 Posted February 15, 2003 Don't know about TKD, but we do in KSW. Kuk Sool Won - 4th danEvil triumphs when good men do nothing.
TJS Posted February 16, 2003 Author Posted February 16, 2003 So no one has ever been taught to fight at a range other than kicking punching range?
Kirves Posted February 16, 2003 Posted February 16, 2003 I have never seen or heard any TKD stuff recommended for that range. If some people taught it, I guess there would be videos sold about it, god everything else is being sold on "now the secrets revealed" videos, and tkd being one of the most popular MA and being that there are literally thousands of tkd videos being sold, the fact that they seem to lack in this area might be a sign that tkd doesn't really focus on this range at all.
TJS Posted February 17, 2003 Author Posted February 17, 2003 Does anyone do TKD for self defense then..?
Bretty101 Posted February 17, 2003 Posted February 17, 2003 Has anyone ever worked on this in a TKD school? I mean/knees/elbow/strikes etc from the clinch and takedowns/takedown defenses from the clinch? I have done all of the above with my Taekwondo training. My instructor is very open minded and encourages us to do other martial arts, steal bits and incorporate them in our training. My Style (ITF) has set sparring (1 step), self Defence and advanced sparring which allows us to use any moves we like (with partners consent). We also have jui-jutsu instructors, free fighters and self defence instructors visit our club regularly to give us seminars. As far as i'm aware the majority of taekwondo clubs in the UK do this. As for these moves being 'formally' taught they are not really. They appear breifly in our katas with quite unrealistic postures and applications and now and again appear in our line work. But primarily we're stand up long range fighters. (though not ignorant to the fact that close quarter fighting is often the most deadliest). I'm suprised more people have not replied similarly to me. Cheers! Bretty
niel0092 Posted February 17, 2003 Posted February 17, 2003 A bit, but like you said, it's not a main focuss. "Jita Kyoei" Mutual Benefit and Welfare
TJS Posted February 18, 2003 Author Posted February 18, 2003 no one thinks this would be an important thing to learn for a fight?
Maestro Posted February 18, 2003 Posted February 18, 2003 We use elbows and knees in my dochang, and beggining at red belt level you learn joint locks, joint breaks, throws. We even have classes dedicated exclusivly to SD--we skip forms, kicks, etc, and go straight to practical SD. Might as well take my advice--I don't use it anymore.
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