Taekwondo stay in Olympics 2020!

[ATC]

So sad that because someone does a sport it is assumed that that is all they can do. Maybe I need to put up clips of my son doing MMA in class and putting people in arm bars and or triangles. Maybe if I put up clips of class when we do boxing or even simple poomsae then some will understand, sport is sport and that is it. We have SD classes only that all black belts must attend. How thick do some have to be to understand that just because you do and like the sport, does not mean that you don't do and also love the art or arts for that matter. All I can do is shake my head. -___- and sigh.

 

[Twin Fist]

do i have to put you on ignore? because i will.

i dont like a thing, you worship that thing, that leads you to take my opinions about that thing personally, but it isnt, and you are wrong to respond with personal insults,

please refrain, or if you cant control yourself, put me on ignore

Whatever...your insults are thinnly veiled and transparent!!!!

 

[Bob Hubbard]

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[Daniel Sullivan]

Trouble is that's what they have done with a number of sports like Judo and TKD and changed it for the worse.

Agreed, 100%. TKD has decided to make the sport "flashier" by rewarding head and spinning kicks with more points.

Making a sport more TV friendly is challenging, and it is very difficult to do without sacrificing some measure of the sport's consistency. The people you are trying to appeal to are often uneducated about the sport to begin with (those educated in the sport don't need the changes), and are unlikely appreciate the change anyway.

I do think that the rewarding spin kicks and head kicks with more points goes beyond television viewership, howerver. From what I understand, the adoption of electric hogu has made lower kicks and body punches more popular. Rewarding the more difficult maneuver offers incentive without monkeying with the gear and without making radical changes to the sport itself. It also reflects the Korean preference for high kicking.

 

[Twin Fist]

there is a open tourny group in texas that gives 1 point for punch, 2 points for kick, 3 points for head kick. it works, but the thing is, you cant score if you fall down throwing the technique.....