??? Anderson is attempting to compete under WTF rules. That some KKW schools approach their sparring differently is beside the point. It's not relevant for Andersson Silva. If you think that roundhouse kick was fast, you haven't seen much.
Its entirely relevant.....
MJ trying to Play baseball
Toney trying MMA
You be great at one thing and suck at another.
The videos of him practicing Kukki TKD are cringeworthy.
Instructors in our association ( which has had ZERO to do with anything kukki since the 90s) who were successful in the 80s and 90s in AAU, look better than silva when they try to train together once every Blue moon. The only Kukki thing they adopt is the this weird guard thats somewhere between a normal fighting stance and kukkis method to protext the floating ribs. They dont clinch, use any of the same combos, etc.
Silvas good at MMA, but his kukki sparring is a far cry from competitive. Im sure many kukki instructors here have kids who perform better than Silva in kukki.
And i never said that roundhouse was fast, only that Silvas was slower.