The Tae Kwon Do I have been doing in my dojo I found today was different than what my college does. My dojo does what seems to be a more less contact point based systems than what is done in the Olympics and in college levels (atleast that is what I heard). The Olympics competition I saw was more full contact and even had KOs and TKOs, but the dojo Tae Kwon Do I do does not.
I later found that the more full contact sparring is traditional Tae Kwon Do, and the more full contact Tae Kwon Do as I explained before is done in colleges and the olympics.
I am thinking of taking Tae Kwon Do more seriously, and I am thinking of joining my college's Tae Kwon Do team next year. Will doing the more soft point based Tae Kwon Do that I do in my dojo (Ernie Ray's Tae Kwon Do) lessen my skills needed for real contact sparring? If so should I slowing trasistion myself into a more full contact Tae Kwon Do dojo until Tae Kwon Do season starts in college (or maybe the college one is all year, I'm not sure)?
Also, can anyone explain the rules of more traditional full contact Tae Kwon Do done in colleges and in the Olympics. I know they may vary, but try to give some rules they all share. I heard it is like full contact kickboxing.
I later found that the more full contact sparring is traditional Tae Kwon Do, and the more full contact Tae Kwon Do as I explained before is done in colleges and the olympics.
I am thinking of taking Tae Kwon Do more seriously, and I am thinking of joining my college's Tae Kwon Do team next year. Will doing the more soft point based Tae Kwon Do that I do in my dojo (Ernie Ray's Tae Kwon Do) lessen my skills needed for real contact sparring? If so should I slowing trasistion myself into a more full contact Tae Kwon Do dojo until Tae Kwon Do season starts in college (or maybe the college one is all year, I'm not sure)?
Also, can anyone explain the rules of more traditional full contact Tae Kwon Do done in colleges and in the Olympics. I know they may vary, but try to give some rules they all share. I heard it is like full contact kickboxing.