His characterization of Gen. Choi's adoption of Hapkido techniques (whip-stitched), his implication that because they aren't performed how he...
Hey, people can easily do that with being insulting. That's my only point. I ask questions all the time when I'm at a seminar or class. But I...
ITF-NK's Tournament Rules describe it as "Self Defense Routine." TKDStudent is totally correct, I think, in that it should be called...
Guess we'll agree to disagree. You can certainly compare Taekwon-Do and Taekwondo but they're quite different and are different MA's. I...
That you've taken bunkai principles and used them in interpreting techniques found in tul. At least they're not calling it "self defense"!...
Well, as someone who has trained in both ITF Taekwon-Do and KKW Taekwondo I'd disagree. You have a background in KKW TKD and ODK TKD, but not ITF...
:rolleyes: Your "criticism" would apply equally, at least, to the proposition of the wrist lock that Thomas suggests since the techniques we're...
No, I don't think I'm misinterpreting at all, really. Well, then IMHO you're simply wrong about what the book is and what Taekwon-Do is. Like...
Well, all I can say is that my experience has been different. All of the ITF instructors I know make the point that I have made, viz. ho sin sul...
As I pointed out in another post, the term "ho sin sul" is a catch-all describing techniques that don't easily fit in to kicking, punching,...
Not necessarily. I know of two people who tested in front of Gen. Choi who didn't break and passed their tests (one told me about his test and...
The breaking portion of a test is to demonstrate the power of the techniques, as Gen. Choi stated. If it was part of Taekwon-Do per se it would...
It isn't relevant because, as Gen. Choi states, breaking isn't part of Taekwon-Do. Whether you use a different punch in breaking is a matter of...
Well, this may or may not be true. But, ultimately, it's not relevant to this conversation. "Breaking itself is not Taekwon-Do, as most people...
Well, the first paragraph is talking about how fundamental movements, dallyon, all methods of sparring, and self-defense "are so closely related...
From what I can see grappling "surface" as a part of Taekwon-Do in the past 5 or so years ;) You said it yourself, it's something you added....
I just mean that if you find yourself in a fight, let alone a brawl, the situation has gone sideways. I don't mean in the sense that we should be...
Same thing with Master Robert Wheatley, Master Parm Rai, and others. Pax, Chris
Only if you're doing it wrong. That's great for them. But let's not pretend that ground fighting that resembles things you see in BJJ are a...
I would say, as Gen. Choi did, that Sparring is the equivalent of field exercises in simulated combat conditions and self-defense would be actual...
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