AAcotbb (October 12, 2008 at 6:00 pm)

Taekwondo originates from 5 different styles, developed in 5 different schools in Korea. At time of invasion, the 5 styles merged to defend korea, creating the name Taekwondo. The martial art is not limited 2 kicks, it just emphasises on them because they r powerfull, we r all used 2 using arms, not legs. Get all 4 right, and u have 5 deadly weapons, 5 with ur head. Copetitive taekwondo is completely different. its point based, kicks give more points and grapple techniques r not allowed. TKD rox

compsog9845 (October 12, 2008 at 5:28 pm)

elbows and knee and shin strikes are taught in black belt stages and used in breaking. depends what taekwondo organisation ur with etc

compsog9845 (October 12, 2008 at 5:24 pm)

there is still punching, elbows etc in taekwondo. jsut scores less points. and is not used in competion as much as a result. besides, legs are longer than arms.it did come from karate and the thing i think is a shame is choi hong hi got rid of joint locks. but its still a beautiful martial art. and deadly. in fact there is so much emphasis on kick, that it is said that people of all martial art backgrounds look to taekwondo masters to see how to kick correctly.

ZorroTomas94 (October 4, 2008 at 5:36 pm)

itf taekwondo is just like karate not wtf so you can go and suck balls

Deltabug8 (September 30, 2008 at 3:05 pm)

Martial arts all have an origin, KARATE ACTUALLY ORIGINATED FROM KUNG FU!

richard0cheese (September 23, 2008 at 11:32 pm)

Wrong!

musicmusic1989 (September 23, 2008 at 3:05 am)

taekwondo just coppied from the original karate of japan.. in history japan conquered korea and the karate of japan is addopted by the korean. Korean just wanted to have a version of their own.. thats why they removed punching in taekwondo.. its like playing a martial art with an impairment.. its just limiting your moves.... Korea is very good in propagation thats why the art became famous.. but if we research about the art it just copied from karate...

enigma562 (September 14, 2008 at 9:11 pm)

I practice muay thai kickboxing and i've come accross people that started in tae kwon do but now compete in muay thai. These people have mentioned that muay thai is more effective and realistic yet they still apply some tae kwon do techniques when they train. I would say that it would be a good idea to cross train with different martial arts. Sometimes you need quickness such as in tkd or power from muay thai. And for someone not used to martial arts, tkd's kicks would seem intimidating.

Iganinja1 (September 7, 2008 at 5:34 pm)

This is not spinning back kick.This is a turning side kick.Back kick hits with the heel.

lalapoppers (August 27, 2008 at 4:37 pm)

It may not be as deadly as other martial arts, but at least it doesn't kill people just Brazil Jiu Jitsu and what-not.