Martial sport?

[tkd_person89]

Many people claim TKD is not a MA but a martial sport...

It's clearly both.

However, martial sport still has that "martial" in it. Even practicing TKD as sport will provide one with great speed, power, and great kicking technique.

Even someone who does the martial sport form will have practiced one step and three step SD sparring (if instructor is good). Even people who have do martial sport will know a lot of TKD's punching techniques.

I mean, even sport TKD guys know to use hands also during a real situation.

Does anyone else agree?


Also, I think an olympic medalist would be a great fighter on the streets. Anyoen agree?

[Acitic]

Even someone who does the martial sport form will have practiced one step and three step SD sparring (if instructor is good). Even people who have do martial sport will know a lot of TKD's punching techniques.

I mean, even sport TKD guys know to use hands also during a real situation.

I am going to ignore the first part of the post and skip down to the middle. When you say TKD punching what are you refering to? Pattern Punching, or practical punching (Jab, Cross, Hook Uppercut)??

Also, I think an olympic medalist would be a great fighter on the streets. Anyoen agree?

It depends, have they had time to warm up? Will the clothes allow them to kick? Will the enviroment allow them to kick? What if there is a lot of tables and chairs in the area? What if by kicking they are more likely to hurt themself then their opponent? Who are they fighting? Is there weapons involved? Is there more than one attacker? To just blindly say some random olympic medalist would make a good street fighter is a bit of a strange question. Can you clarify please.

Respectfully,

Jonathan Henn

[Piston]

Please don't generalise TKD like that. Not all TKD is olympic TKD, sorry to rant but it just irks me that most people always think of TKD as a sport. Please acknowledge the truer(ist) forms of the art which are almost certainly "street effective". gain it comes down to the man in the art not the art in the man.

[kuk sool won]

I completely agree, i don't do TKD anymore and only did it for a very short time and it annoys me when that generalisation comes in again and again, there are many different styles of TKD as there are practically any other martial art! whats to say that 'olympic' martial artists only knows 'olympic' techniques, I very much doubt they have gone through thier entire training without gaining any other attributes that aren't 'olympic'?

[Acitic]

it comes down to the man in the art not the art in the man.

I couldn't possible agree more with that. Martial Arts is not about this system can beat this system, or which style is better. It is about self improvement, understanding yourself more, being able to defend yourself.

Please acknowledge the truer(ist) forms of the art which are almost certainly "street effective".

I believe there are systems which are more sport oriented, and those which are more self-defence oriented. All of them have something to gain from. But to come on the forum and say I think would a olympic Medalist do well in a street fight, there is no way to answer that because there is so many factors involved. I do TKD, and i am positive that what I am taught is street effective, but only in the right enviroment.

[Xtschneider]

posted in the wrong thread. whoops