Sport or Art

[MichiganTKD]

Just depends on what aspect you want to focus on or what aspect your Instructor teaches. Granted, if your Instructor focuses on sport and tournaments, it's probably going to be very difficult to learn traditional since he/she very likely doesn't know it. If your Instructor focuses on traditional, it would be easier to practice sport style, because you just have to adjust your technique.

 

[Shu2jack]

I believe TKD is an art and tournaments should be a tool to help students improve within the art. If done properly, tournaments are a great teaching tool.