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The reality is that most people don't need or have much use for practical fighting skills, they need practical running skills. Modern Taekwondo is a sport and
by mrkurt 17y ago
The reality is that most people don't need or have much use for practical fighting skills, they need practical running skills.
Modern Taekwondo is a sport and it can be great fun. If you can find a good school that isn't just a belt factory, it's well worth doing. Particularly if they teach a little Hapkido on the side.
- jamesnvc1 17y agoYeah, I went to a Taekwondo place that also taught Hapkido and found it a very good combination: Taekwondo will get you in very good shape (Olympic-style sparring builds up cardio and flexibility quite well) and Hapkido is what you actually use if you have to mess a dude up. In general, I'd have to say it really depends on the teacher...a good teacher can make any martial art useful, just as a bad one can make any completely useless.
- robg 17y agoSure, if you see it as an Olympic sport, I've got no complaint. But with all the colors, I have trouble seeing it as anything other than a belt factory.
- christonog 17y agoWhen you're in a confrontation, there's either fight or flight. The practitioners of parkour consider it a martial art in that it represents the "flight" aspect.
- silentbicycle 17y agoLearning how to fall is also extremely practical self-defense training.