Abbreviation of Taekwondo, which is Korean for "The way of the hand and foot." When taekwondo is referred to as "TKD," it is usually by those who think of the martial
art as a sport, which is a perversion of the original intent of its creators.
Although taekwondo is powerfull in the hands of those who use it correctly, those who treat the martial
art as a
game generally miss much of the things that this
art has to offer. They are the ones that say "you
don't want to mess with me, I'm a black belt!" or the ones that care more about rank than actually learning anything. By no means are all those who practice the
art of taekwondo like this, though.
TKD guy: "It's so good that they put TKD in the onlympics! Now I can bodachagee
people on live television!"
Taekwondo guy: "So what? What does it prove when you
kick somone in the face? That you can
kick harder? Does it really make you any better?"