Earl Weiss
Senior Master
Does taekwondo have an internal energy building side to it like chinese arts
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This could probably go to a whole new thread. First we would have to define what "Internal Energy Building is" I for one do not believe in any sort of magical mystical energy not currently explainable by western medicine standards. In the past, the unexplainable was given mystical properties. Several decades ago, most, including me thought acupuncture was total B.S.. Then we got a better undersatnding of the interaction between the needles and how they can interact with the nervous system. Perhaps there is also an interaction with other systems vis a vis stimulation of Lymphatic, endocrine and other systems.
As far as some magical mystical Chi, Ki, or whatever, I call BS. I will let others speak to other systems calling themselves TKD, but as far as the Chang Hon system, it does not appear in the materials, nor have I ever heard anyone say it's a part of the system.