Manny
Senior Master
As long as I know, in the begining of TKD it has alot of karate techs and moves, in fact some of the masters of that era like for example Gen.Choi were karatekas and the poomsaes of those days were very japanese, but, now in these days how much karate do think is insdie TKD?
My point of view is that TKD has some moves that resemble japanese karate for example the horse stance, the way we perform the reverse punch, in fact many blocks, etc, yes it's true the way we kicking is not the same but everithing else I tyhink has resemblances of japanese karate.
TKD was invented in the mid 50's, japanese karate (Funakoshi) is about mid 20's or early 30's and we must not forget Korea was ocupied by the japaneses and the only martial arts taught those days were JUDO, KARATE DO and ken do for example.
Manny
My point of view is that TKD has some moves that resemble japanese karate for example the horse stance, the way we perform the reverse punch, in fact many blocks, etc, yes it's true the way we kicking is not the same but everithing else I tyhink has resemblances of japanese karate.
TKD was invented in the mid 50's, japanese karate (Funakoshi) is about mid 20's or early 30's and we must not forget Korea was ocupied by the japaneses and the only martial arts taught those days were JUDO, KARATE DO and ken do for example.
Manny