You stance is to myopic. Just because someone use to win when it was a certian way, does not indicate that the new way is worse or better, it is just different.
First of all let's set some basic facts down. 1) Lajust doesn't work, certainly not all the time. No one argues that point. Or do you? 2) When Lajust isn't working, it isn't scoring points that should go up, and other weaker points that shouldn't score does go up. No one argues this point. Or do you?
Take tennis for example: You have some players that are great on clay but suck and grass. Just as you have some that are great on the hard court vs. clay or grass. Then you have those elite that are great on all surfaces (very few, 1 or 2 only).
that might make sense if we are discussing whether puzzle mats should be used vs. a basketball hard court like in the old days. Different surfaces. But if you wanted to analogize Taekwondo Lajust to Tennis it would be strings that broke erratically during a match. Someone comes out and says, those strings don't work, and you argue, those strings don't work for everyone, therefore adapt or complain and get left behind.
Just because something is not to your liking does not make it bad, it makes it only different.
The fact that I or anyone else "doesn't like it" doesn't make it bad, the fact that it doesn't work makes it bad.
You say that the multi year winner lost and blamed LuJust, as did the KTA. Well they point fingers because they lost and did not or were unwilling to change. Change is hard and no one likes it, but those that accecpt it and move on grow and get better.
It was reported in the news. I want to say it was posted here. The KTA tried it and again, it didn't work. That is the issue, not whether someone likes it or not or whether they should change. Sometimes you have to go back in order to go forward. People rejected new Coke. You would have us say take it or complain and get left behind. We don't have to accept LaJust, anymore than we have to accept new Coke.
You talked about people getting doubled over during the testing to the system and not getting it to score. There can be many factors for that. The system can be set for at different levels. Maybe it was on a high level and some smaller or lighter people were testing it. Just because a Fin doubles over another fin dose not mean that the system should score if set for heavy weights. Maybe they were not using the sensor part of the sock and were hitting closer to the shin.
Or maybe Lajust simply does not work.
Many times we see this and thing man that should ahve scored, but after a closer look the instep never made impact only the ankle did right before the shin. I know a lot of people that kick with that part because they don't have hardend insteps and it hurts too much to hit a hard hogu with the instep.
The rules don't state that you have to score using the instep. The rules state that you can score with any part of the foot below the ankle bone. However, LaJust does not comply with that rule. You say we should just adapt. Does that include amending the WTF Competition Rules to accommodate LaJust? Or should Lajust accommodate the WTF rules?
You can either fight the change and cry because what you can only do won't work. Or you man up and adapt and become better. Keep what you use to do and add to it. From what I saw at the WC I did not see anyone really be negated becasue of the system.
I can understand how that would be the approach of someone without the ability to have the rules changed. Another approach could be to recognize that the system does not work, and therefore we need to find something else, perhaps a different system, or perhaps a return to what we had before.
If all you have is one kick and that aint working then you should lose. Again, TKD is more than just roundhouse kicks. And it is surely more than just round house kicks to the body only. Yeah I guess I would complain to if the only thing that I could do (and poorly at that, 45 degree kicks) was taken away, I just got exposed.
You didn't really answer my question, which was to name one champion that didn't score the majority of their points with roundhouse kick to the body. Instead you chose to criticize all past, present and future champions who have that roundhouse kick. I guess that is your choice.
Change and adapt, it is the way of life not just sport TKD.
I'm all for changing and adapting, in fact I am generally at the front of the line on that concept. But what I am not for is accepting a flawed electronic system that does not work and put Taekwondo's future in the Olympic Games on that flawed system. We certainly don't need to do that, anymore than people have to accept, adapt and change to USAT's nonsensical crap.
