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Okay all TKD dudes/dudettes. Please explain this to me as I think somewhere along the line I must have missed something.
Why do people only see TKD as a sport???????
My first school was TKD and I always thought of it as self defense. I went in there to learn something I always wanted to learn and for self defense and that's what I got out of it. I learned the front kick/roundhouse/axe/outside & inside crescent kicks there and numerous blocks and I still use them today in my art. I left there for reasons other then the art and actually wished I could have found a good TKD school here, but really couldn't.
I read about it being a sport, I scratch my head and I just think the front kick I learned from TKD can nail your "you know what" and send you flying, so where would the sport be in this??? I see it as self defense. Same goes for my other kicks. My blocks can ward off a punch, among other things, where's the sport? I see that as self defense.
So maybe somewhere I missed something so if anyone can shed some light on it, please do. I guess I'm getting tired of reading things about it being a sport and not a real art and stuff and I just don't understand.
Thanks.
Lorrie
Why do people only see TKD as a sport???????
My first school was TKD and I always thought of it as self defense. I went in there to learn something I always wanted to learn and for self defense and that's what I got out of it. I learned the front kick/roundhouse/axe/outside & inside crescent kicks there and numerous blocks and I still use them today in my art. I left there for reasons other then the art and actually wished I could have found a good TKD school here, but really couldn't.
I read about it being a sport, I scratch my head and I just think the front kick I learned from TKD can nail your "you know what" and send you flying, so where would the sport be in this??? I see it as self defense. Same goes for my other kicks. My blocks can ward off a punch, among other things, where's the sport? I see that as self defense.
So maybe somewhere I missed something so if anyone can shed some light on it, please do. I guess I'm getting tired of reading things about it being a sport and not a real art and stuff and I just don't understand.
Thanks.
Lorrie