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Thoughts on taekwondo? Worth learning? (lemmy.world)
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it looks good so i thought i'd give it a shot, i've heard mixed things about it (some don't like watching it, others prefer other martial arts like jiu jitsu)

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[–] krnpnk@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Why do you want to train martial arts? Without a goal it's hard to tell if TKD can be for you. Is it impressive? Athletic? Sure. For me personally I'm not a fan of the focus on kicks that is due to the WTF ruleset. Why? I like to also punch, grapple, throw, do weapon work etc. and even if self defense is totally not in my focus the high kicks, lack of a proper guard etc. are not for me.