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Originally Posted by devante
My dad also had a bit of a boxing and judo background; but often refers to his tkd training as brutal,
all the guys i know may not have had all the tech expertise; but none of them had issues w/the speed or level of contact when sparring diff stylist.
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I was stationed in Korea.
The hard core TKD schools in Korea can get a little extreme for sure. Some of it is just stupid. I have seen guys standing in the surf in 40 degree weather doing punches and kicks until people go hypothermic.
Koreans have much different ideas about how much contact is actually going to hurt you and will happily kick the shit out of each other just for fun. The problem with TKD in Korea or anywhere else is that the hand techniques suck and the rules lead to use of techniques that will get you mauled fighting guys in other systems.
It is fun as hell if you have the apptitude for it. Tornado kicks and jump spinning back kicks are a blast, just not that realistic for fighting.