Today, conspiracy theories are in vogue and widely available to everyone, according to their taste. From the “moon affair”, through the “ancient aliens” and so on to the “flat earth”. But what is the relationship between the martial art and all these conspiracies???
The answer is puzzlingly simple: The existence of substantial discrepancies between the “official version” and reality, which should receive an adequate explanation…
Gen. Choi Hong Hi died on June 15, 2002, but Taekwon-Do continues to exist and widely practiced.
One by one, the discrepancies emerge.…
8. Is the trajectory of the punch straight?
We all learn that the punch in taekwon-do is performed in a straight trajectory… This is how it is written in the Encyclopedia Vol. 3, p. 29, point 2: “using the shortest distance” – which, as we know, is a straight line in space!
Realistically, the “straight” trajectory is not the most suitable trajectory when breaking a board, because the impact is applied at an angle, which is “wrong”, to put it mildly, but this is a separate and long topic.
However, practice shows otherwise. If we look at several analyses of real performances, we see that we are far from the “straight” there… but why?
The human body must perform this rectilinear movement with a combination of the synchronous movement of the shoulder, elbow and wrist. Synchronization is necessary and important because the joints are “rotational” – they perform only rotation, not linear movement – linear movement is achieved as a combination of several rotational movements in 3D space. This synchronization is easy to achieve in slow motion, but is lost in fast and powerful execution!
The practically observed “arcuate” trajectory takes longer to execute, but allows the fist to develop a higher speed, which means more kinetic energy – possibly a stronger fallow on contact with the target.
It is already obvious why Chinese martial arts use circular trajectories of techniques – they are simply natural to the human body.
Question to everyone: And how do you perform it?
9. Where are over 3000 techniques hidden in Taekwon-Do?
In many places on the Internet you can read: “There are more than 3,000 fundamental movements in Taekwon-Do, and General Choi was very proud of this“… And here we immediately scratch our heads – how much???
It becomes clear that this number is formed as different variants of the same equipment … For example, Jirugi performed in three different positions counts as 3 techniques, and when combined with three different heights, there are 9 techniques… Mathematics again.
Obviously, this bidding on the number of techniques in Taekwon-Do is not constructive, but as they say: “The General is very proud of it“!
Bruce Lee says, “I’m not afraid of someone who studies 10,000 different strokes. I am afraid of the one who studies one stroke 10,000 times.“
Question to everyone: And how many thousands of techniques do you study?
10. High kicks in Taekwon-Do come from…
Everyone would say: “from Karate” – sounds logical, doesn’t it?
In 1921, Funkoshi Gichin and other instructors from Okinawa went to Japan to spread Karate. They borrowed the uniforms and belts from Judo.
In his 1925 book, Funakoshi described 6 kicks: Kick up in the chin, kick forward with a jump-scissors, sweep kick, blow to the knee, side kick to the knee and blow below the belt.
In 1940, Yoshitaka, Funkakoshi’s son, introduced dramatic technical changes to Karate, including new kicks. Kicks become more frequent and are performed higher, but remain short.
Over the years, the beats in Taekwon-Do have undergone their evolution.
But the correct answer for their origin is: “from SAVATE” – but how, this is not an Eastern martial art?
Cinema helps us here – when we look at archival footage from the beginning of the 20th century (Charles Charlemont, 1924) we see the familiar high kicks (at the time when there were 6 kicks in karate and they are not high) and the way we perform them today in Taekwon-Do!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ6AN8xOWv0
Question to everyone: Should we trust our eyes?
Coming More:
Taekwon-do is not a martial art, but a 100% sport…
For a long time there has been an X dan…
The kick in Taekwon-Do is … Pushing!
