and their animated gif https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_lfill,w_... shows how pointless they are. Red dude has 1/3 of "health" taken for blocking! shitty unaimed flailing dollyo chagi? and another 1/3 for receiving weak missed punch in the back. Looks like Black won the fight by tripping other guy, if anything. Longer YT clips are hilarious in a bad kind of way :(
Foot fencing seems apt. Taekwondo is pretty good at being healthy recreational activity, like yoga, ball room dancing or jogging, but never mistake it for actual fighting. All the splits and 360 kicks are nice and all, until you get punched in the face :) I was a believer for years before my first visit to kick boxing gym. Took one training session to switch places. Its the same story with most traditional martial arts. It usually took one sparring for newcomers with prior TMA training to see thru all the bullshido they been fed for years of karate/kung fu/wushu/aikido/taekwondo/tai chi/ etc.
Foot fencing seems apt. Taekwondo is pretty good at being healthy recreational activity, like yoga, ball room dancing or jogging, but never mistake it for actual fighting. All the splits and 360 kicks are nice and all, until you get punched in the face :) I was a believer for years before my first visit to kick boxing gym. Took one training session to switch places. Its the same story with most traditional martial arts. It usually took one sparring for newcomers with prior TMA training to see thru all the bullshido they been fed for years of karate/kung fu/wushu/aikido/taekwondo/tai chi/ etc.