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King of Fighters
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 Posted: Mon May 05, 2003 4:29 pm Post subject: tae kwon do |
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| Is tae kwon do even effiective for street appliacation? i dindt put this into the tkd forum because thier answers would be biased. |
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Lee
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Joined: 23 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Mon May 05, 2003 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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Depends on how good the practiciner can apply what he has learned into a real street fight. If he thinks a few round houses will win a fight then he would get the fudge beat out of him. But if he thought "well, I'll front kick him in the gut, and then hook his head" or something along those lines then the TKD guy would probably win the fight.
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hobbitbob
Purple Belt
Joined: 15 Jun 2002
Posts: 545
Location: Denver
Styles: 3d dan Shotokan, 2d dan Wado Ryu, 1st dan Taekwondo, 1st dan Aikido
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No more and no less than any other form of Karate-do. It all dpends on the instructor. TKD is filtred Shotokan. An intelligent instructor who has an understanding of Bunkai can teach his or ehr students to defend themselves. Most of teh goos TKD students that I know realize that teh high kicking is for stretching purposes. Their philopsohy is that if you can kick high properly in the Dojang you can kick low even better in an encounter.
Olympic style and commercial style TKD are poor methods of self defence, but I guess you could hit them with the trophy.
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G95champ
Black Belt
Joined: 29 Mar 2002
Posts: 3116
Location: Gilbert WV, USA
Styles: Shotokan Karate (FSKA)
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| Posted: Mon May 05, 2003 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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Style means nothing. The person doing any given style means everything.
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Bretty101
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Joined: 14 Feb 2002
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| Posted: Tue May 06, 2003 1:35 am Post subject: |
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An interesting, original and refreshing subject... 
I think i could knock somene out on the street with a high kick i've got a big axe kick and hook kick which seem to catch out even experienced fighters. I've also got a full range of punches all from my training in TKD. I'm not much of a grappler but then in a street fight i'd rather hit and run. I'd say that was effective!!!
Hope that wasn't too biased for you.
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karatekid1975
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Joined: 26 Mar 2002
Posts: 4588
Location: Upstate NY
Styles: Tang Soo Do/TKD/jujitsu
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I have used TKD in a real situation. So when someone says it's not effective, I laugh. I'm not being bais either. Cause I know it works against a raving drunk idiot trying to rape me. I left him in the dirt and I was un-harmed 
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John G
Green Belt
Joined: 02 Jun 2002
Posts: 426
Location: Western Australia
Styles: ITF Taekwon-Do, Wing Chun
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| Posted: Tue May 06, 2003 8:53 am Post subject: |
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Well said hobbitbob..
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IAMA_chick
Purple Belt
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Posts: 515
Location: Indiana
Styles: tae kwon do
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| Posted: Tue May 06, 2003 9:14 am Post subject: |
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it depends on who the person is and how well they react to things. no martial artist will be a good street fighter until they can react without thinking.
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kchenault
Black Belt
Joined: 11 Sep 2002
Posts: 1050
Location: Ottawa, KS USA
Styles: TKD, little Hap Ki Do, Target Focus Training
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| Posted: Tue May 06, 2003 9:15 am Post subject: |
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YYYAAAAAWNNNNN. What was the topic again?
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paolung
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Location: Texas
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| Posted: Tue May 06, 2003 9:19 am Post subject: |
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while i think that style has some impact, it is the person and training that makes them competent on the street, moreso than the system they use.
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