Its also a fact that Malaysia is the FIRST country that General Choi taught outside Korea, which makes Malaysia the ‘home’ for Taekwondo outside Korea.
Malaysians are quite fortunate to have great masters of this art and sport as there are many well known teachers who are direct students of General Choi, founding Father of Taekwondo.
Gindy, you’re right, Karate is too… and we are fortunate enough to have great masters from authentic lineages.
MLP, Taekwondo became a lousy art because of lousy kids who abuse the art and have lacked in discipline.
Check this guy out… He utilizes each and every techniques correctly and have efficiently used it in K1 competitions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBdtzh8y7sc
Lousy art or lousy guess?
Bronzedgal, throughout my 17 years of experience so far… most TKD-ists are more prone to joint pain and injuries due to their snapping movements (almost similar to Karatedoka). This becomes worse if instructors are not able to supervise carefully correct body mechanics and structure of techniques applied.
BTW, MLP… I’m not talking about which art is ‘best’ or ‘worse’… its a matter of choice, just like religion. I bet you’ve realized this by now…
I’ve studied different arts throughout my life and there are no ‘prefect’ styles that I’ve found. Its about efficiency and application of techniques which makes them effective, not mere ‘names’… like religion too…
Do you really think that you’ll make others realize the truth with your approach of criticisms?
