ITF Taekwondo is semi-contact. Competitors wear footpads and hand-mitts with the absence of a chest guard. The competitors may strike to the face with the fist or foot but knockouts are less common, due to the "tagging" style of fighting. ...
Hence, the term -ryu, or nagare; it is a flow back to the wellsprings of the style, which was divine inspiration. There is a difference in conceptualization here, one which we moderns must understand. Much of modern intellectual thought posits that we are moving forward, towards an ever ...
ITF Taekwondo is semi-contact. Competitors wear footpads and hand-mitts with the absence of a chest guard. The competitors may strike to the face with the fist or foot but knockouts are less common, due to the "tagging" style of fighting. ...