Tell me again about the full-contact TKD sparring, then? Are there ever survivors?
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Same reason there are survivors in boxing despite the fact that it is full contact to the head. If a pro boxer hit me in the head I would probably end up with brain damage but pro boxers dont fight people like me, they fight other pro boxers who train in the sport. Go get joe average from up the road and stick him in a ring with aaron cook and see what happens. Heres some footage of the footy show over here in australia where sam newman, an ex footballer, big bloke and loud mouth, who spent the olympics bagging out on our tkd fighters, had to put his money where his mouth is. Needless to say the little 50kg tkd guy wasnt even trying.Tell me again about the full-contact TKD sparring, then? Are there ever survivors?
On that note, could someone explain to me why Olympic style TKD don't keep their hands up? To me this is very unusual because for as long as I can remember I have been taught, and now teach others, to always keep your hands up to protect your head. Is there a particular reason for keeping the hands low, as to me it seems like you are inviting a punch to the face.
No, you watch for pressure, not for punches or kicks.
I spend so much time trying to get people to relax and react rather than think...yammering about hands up is counterproductive. If you really think a tkd competitor can't deal with being punched at, I don't know what to say
for a start, "tappy kicks" wont score. They use electronic hogus where you set the power required to score points. They set the level to a point where "weak snap kicks" wont score. Secondly, they keep their hands down for many reasons (I dont do wtf tkd, so there are others who could answer better), but there is no point keeping your hands up protecting your head if punches to the head arent allowed. There are other reasons, but I will leave that to the wtf guys to answer. I dont do wtf tkd, nor do I particularly like the sport side of tkd, but I know there are many misconceptions regarding it. I think most martial artists would get a real shock if they went and trained with good sport tkd guys, I know I did.WTF TKD is more about scoring points with lighting fast, flurries of weak snap kicks. They can throw power kicks, no doubt...just that it's less likely to win competitions. Hands low, stabilizes these flurries of kicks, spinning kicks and any kicks in general.
Punches to the head aren't allowed, but kicks to the head are. But if you put your guard up, WTF TKD will attack your body with a ton of tapping kicks or KO kicks and will probably win by points or TKO or KO. Keeping the hands low is to protect the slow moving torso while banking on faster head movement to avoid high kicks. But more importantly, it's to be able to launch faster, multiple kicks.
This also explains it..you're original post was a bit misleading. You may have been a white belt in BJJ, but you had other martial experience to help you combat the TKD..pretty sure they meant someone who is pure BJJ white belt, with no experience outside of BJJ, because then they become a "A BJJ white belt, and "insert other experience/rank here"
Might i add: They dont use tappy kicks. They look tappy to some people because they dont have a swing to them. Its like how a hook looks more powerful than a straight. The standard round kick is a linear kick, not a circular kick. Because you dont see it travelling to its target until the actual leg extension occurs, it appears to be snappy and speed oriented. The reality is a bit different.for a start, "tappy kicks" wont score. They use electronic hogus where you set the power required to score points. They set the level to a point where "weak snap kicks" wont score. Secondly, they keep their hands down for many reasons (I dont do wtf tkd, so there are others who could answer better), but there is no point keeping your hands up protecting your head if punches to the head arent allowed. There are other reasons, but I will leave that to the wtf guys to answer. I dont do wtf tkd, nor do I particularly like the sport side of tkd, but I know there are many misconceptions regarding it. I think most martial artists would get a real shock if they went and trained with good sport tkd guys, I know I did.
for a start, "tappy kicks" wont score. They use electronic hogus where you set the power required to score points. They set the level to a point where "weak snap kicks" wont score.
Secondly, they keep their hands down for many reasons (I dont do wtf tkd, so there are others who could answer better), but there is no point keeping your hands up protecting your head if punches to the head arent allowed.
There are other reasons, but I will leave that to the wtf guys to answer.
I dont do wtf tkd, nor do I particularly like the sport side of tkd, but I know there are many misconceptions regarding it. I think most martial artists would get a real shock if they went and trained with good sport tkd guys, I know I did.
They're tappy compared to what I'm used to. I trained TKD. We try to kick with fast snaps for points.
If you are sparring a real WTF rules player and they are throwing tappy kicks at you, they're either lying about being a real player or they're being nice to you. Those kicks may look tippy tappy on the tv screen, but they aren't that way when they hit you.
Congratulations: You learnt from an instructor who liked tappy kicks.
S Heres some footage of the footy show over here in australia where sam newman, an ex footballer, big bloke and loud mouth, who spent the olympics bagging out on our tkd fighters, had to put his money where his mouth is. Needless to say the little 50kg tkd guy wasnt even trying.
I still dont get why he threw tappy kicks. No good tkd guy throws tappy kicks, I think he might be just having a lend of you.False. I actually learned from my friend who's used to be a street thug w/50+ streetfights and also an accomplished TKD/HKD competitor w/a separate room in his house to showcase all of his TKD trophies. His curriculum was very hybrid as he included Western Boxing and Muay Thai into it and we trained to fight.
true Tez, there is a reason they wear head gear in tkd bouts, they certainly dont "tap" the head. Partcularly hook, spin hook etc where they connect with the heel. Ive seen many people knocked into next week with those kicks (and they were wearing head gear )Mark Weir in UFC 38, KO'd Eugene Jackson in 10 secs with a TKD kick to the head. Mark is TKD.
I still dont get why he threw tappy kicks. No good tkd guy throws tappy kicks, I think he might be just having a lend of you.
Here you go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwSJQlfq9wY&feature=plcp
And are you trying to suggest that someone would be just tippie-tapping me while I'm lighting up their face with my punches and their legs with my kicks? He sure got me good then.
As you are unbeatable it wouldn't matter surely whether it's 'tippy tappy' or full on would it?