dancingalone
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Why is that important, how other martial arts practitioners judge Taekwondo?
I think it matters from a commercial studio perspective. Negative word-of-mouth 'advertising' gets around quickly and it lasts much longer than we'd think.
As I maintain a good martial arts program and I am friendly with many of the local MA schools across styles, we've managed to form various symbiotic partnerships, where we refer prospects with different needs than we can provide. I've sent more than a handful of students to my friend's TKD dojang over the years as I believe they would learn useful martial arts there and I've had some referred back in return.
There is value in friendship among different schools, even if they practice different martial arts. The reverse of that is enmity, which is also nothing to scoff at.