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it is amazing to me how many people get butthurt over differeing opinions about martial arts. we are supposedly tough guys and gals, and the amount of preperation H flying around here is either sad or funny, i am not sure which
nice. As i am directly descended from jhoon rhee, i trace mine back to 1958
choi was, arguably one of the biggest thieves. he was a shotokan BB wasnt he?
Why does the emphasis on kicking mean it's Korean? does no one else kick?
Did someone falsify the true history of tkd? Yes.
This isn't really something restricted to TKD. After all, Shotokan karate is really Okinawan Te, as packaged for a Japanese market by Funakoshi. And Okinawan Te may be a repackaging of any of several Chinese styles. Which are probably repackagings of other styles, etc. on back.
show me where he said "we took shotokan, modified it, and created a new art from it. But at first, thats all it was, shotokan and the kata? mostly shotokan kata i rearranged"
that would be honest.
To spread TKD General Choi recruited top talent.
I'm not saying that only korean martial arts have kicks. But certainly the korean martial arts emphasize kicks and have more kicks than say, japanese or okinawan martial arts. Those who constantly state that taekwondo is "nothing more than shotokan" ignore this fact.
Originally Posted by msmitht
Did someone falsify the true history of tkd? Yes.
Thinking that type of thought will, in my opinion, limit your progress in the korean martial arts.
NO ONE that i have seen says that TODAY tkd is nothing but shotokan.
original tkd? WAS SHOTOKAN and the high and fancy kicks were not a part of the system yet.
that isnt the point
the point is, TKD history starts, or should start with ONE word
shotokan
Am I the only person who see's this thread as blatant trolling? Plenty of evidence has been given contrary to your original statement Twin Fist, do us the courtesy of providing us some to support said statement. 'Everyone knows' doesn't constitute evidence. In reference to similar forms, all I've seen are comparisons between Won-Hyo and Pinan-Shodan. Can you find any JMA forms that are the same as Toi-Gye? Hwa-Rang? Gae-Baek? What about the the Taeguks and Palgwe's? Please, I'd like to see them.