Why is Taekwondo popular internationally? Because it conforms to the fast-paced lifestyle of modern people. It doesn't need to practice hard, it takes a lot of time, sweating every day, sore hands and feet, and self-mutilation every day to improve itself.
Everything has the value of existence, and I believe it must have had a glorious history.
But as far as the internationally popular Taekwondo is concerned, it is really mixed.
What you have learned are really practical skills, right?
First, think about the leg technique inside. Did you learn traditional martial arts or Sanda or Thai boxing or Jiu Jitsu?
In other words, no matter what martial arts system, everyone knows those tricks, but Taekwondo can't beat people. Why?
The fundamental reason is that there is something wrong with its inheritance system.
People who learn taekwondo are usually just for fun, and some are just for handsome. The saddest thing is that students work hard, but the coach has no intention or no ink at all.
As far as ITF and WTF are concerned, many people think that ITF is very powerful.
In fact, ITF is really ordinary for a person who has studied China traditional Wushu since childhood.
Our traditional Wushu has more theoretical knowledge than ITF and the oldest ITF.
We can see that both ITF's technique and action theory have the figure of China traditional martial arts.
Not that it's rubbish, but from the point of view of China people, it's average.
I wonder why many people abandon traditional martial arts to learn other martial arts!
I think they are afraid of hardship and fatigue. They just want to be handsome. Maybe they don't deserve each other.
To practice traditional Wushu, you must practice routines. You can't practice well without routines.
If you don't practice routines but learn moves, it's strange to look at your boxing frame first.
I admit that many people don't practice routines now, and there are also many self-proclaimed "masters" in Wushu.
But the role of routines is not just to be familiar with moves.
I say Taekwondo is generally relative to traditional martial arts, because I admit it.
Each boxing method has its advantages and disadvantages, but the theoretical system of China Wushu is indeed more complete, perfect and incisive than Taekwondo.
Anyone who has been exposed to martial arts knows that at the beginning of martial arts learning, everyone has experienced different stages of imitation.
Why imitate? Those are the experiences of our predecessors, so we can avoid detours. After this stage, there will be differences.
For example, some people are fast, some people are strong, some people have solid feet, some people have strong hands, and some people have strong legs.
These are all excavated according to their own characteristics, which can also be said to be habits, because some people use only one trick, and they are very skilled and comfortable.
It's like an innate fear.
I didn't mean to denigrate it. This is a conclusion compared with the special combativeness of Wushu.
However, the commercialization of Taekwondo has developed, from actual combat to competitive sports.
It's really not very technical except for skill inheritance.
But the reason for its development is that the spirit of Taekwondo lies in politeness, honesty, humiliation, tolerance and self-denial.
This is one of the important reasons for the development of Taekwondo, and it is also the way to educate people that many foreign educators value.
Taekwondo has not lost the most essential thing while combining with modernization.
As far as the action philosophy of Taekwondo is concerned, the integrity of Taekwondo deserves our admiration.
I hope it helps you. The above is demonstrated from two aspects: actual combat and education!