tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969550358686428094.post8840918449193551499..comments2024-03-22T19:24:38.860+01:00Comments on Traditional Taekwondo Ramblings: Traditional Taekwondo??Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969550358686428094.post-83594894475543386102013-06-13T10:09:12.064+02:002013-06-13T10:09:12.064+02:00Traditional Kukki Taekwondo is indeed hard to find...Traditional Kukki Taekwondo is indeed hard to find. The best way to find them though is to go through the back alleys, word of mouth or to see if the Master at the Dojang have any adult students. The reason for the back alleys is that the ones who are easy to spot with huge signs and posters and good locations are usually very comercial. <br /><br />Even Kukkiwon has in later years started to depart from "traditional emphasis" to sport mentality. Look at any Kukkiwon publication on forms since 2006 and you will find no Applications to any of the movements, and all the reasoning for departing from the Kukkiwon standard is explained with the reasoning being you get deducted for points in competition if you do not do it as illustrated in this book. <br /><br />They could have written about forms and provided Applications (even the basic ones would do), wrtitten about the importance of structure (which would explain a lot of the "why we do Things the way we do them" etc. Instead they choose to explain in great detail how to do the forms and nothing more. One exception however is the brilliant book "What is Taekwondo Poomsae" by GM Lee published in 2011. <br /><br />One Korean Master told me a late evening in Korea that he was concerned about the future of Kukki Taekwondo. Today there is mostly children practising it for sport and fun. Those who go on to become serious in their martial arts studies go on to "adult arts" like Hapkido, ITF Taekwondo or other arts. According to him ITF Taekwondo has been markeded as a grown ups Taekwondo as opposed to the childrens Taekwondo (WTF) in Korea. Ørjan Nilsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506123119682274818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969550358686428094.post-39568473108617266362013-06-12T08:05:45.451+02:002013-06-12T08:05:45.451+02:00Agreed. You use the term "traditional" h...Agreed. You use the term "traditional" here to denote "traditional martial art", rather than a "modern combat sport". In this sense there is a difference between Kukki Taekwondo and WTF Taekwondo. I live in Korea and have visited the Kukkiwon a couple of times. I'm sad to say that most of what I have seen there is WTF Taekwondo rather than Kukki Taekwondo.<br />SooShimKwanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08864922377526465321noreply@blogger.com