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Originally Posted by NinjaKilla187
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.
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all i was saying is my dad had a blkblt in judo and a boxing background; an even he felt the sparring was up to snuff, as far as contact intensity speed. An his trainer let them use throws, shoots, gnp; so people tailored their kicks to be more eff and to counter adjust to the timing/spacing angles necessary to apply them.
but u and i have the same point of view on things, i think the way i say it comes off more palatable to most people