What's the difference between judo and taekwondo?
Judo and Taekwondo are two different martial arts, and the differences are as follows: 1. Different origins: Judo originated in Japan and Taekwondo originated in Korea. 2. Different emphases: Judo focuses on throwing skills and ground fighting, while Taekwondo focuses on kicking skills and boxing skills. 3. Different skills: Judo mainly includes throwing skills, twisting skills, joint skills and suffocation skills, while Taekwondo mainly includes jumping and kicking, knee bumping, kicking and elbow bumping. 4. Correctness is different from ritual: in judo competition, the players need to perform the prescribed ritual actions at the designated position; Not in taekwondo. 5. The rules of the competition are different: in judo competition, athletes try their best to win by technology; In taekwondo competition, in addition to technical victory, you can also win by knocking down your opponent or KO. 6. Different attention distribution: Judo players need to control their opponents' strength, while Taekwondo players need to distribute their attention between attack and defense. 7. Different equipment: Judo athletes wear heavy judo suits and infrared belts, while Taekwondo athletes wear lightweight foam protectors, gloves and foot covers to protect key parts.