a very fun sport that many men women and children as young as 3 practice. its fun, but is challenging and great exercise. i've been practicing taekwondo for almsot 3 years now, and i've made many new friends and have acquired many new skills. i am currently the top of my class and i now have a true
love for taekwondo, and now i teach there too. in taekwondo, people may say its "wimpy" n shit like that because we wear gear and
don't punch and whatever rumors go around. but
yes, we do punch, and for all those douches who think its
stupid. it takes a LOT of strategy, especially when sparring. one wrong move can cost you the game, and its just as aggressive as other sport such as
football or
basketball. and
yes, we do wear gear, why? because some
kids are not as prepared and not as strong as another, and to prevent any injuries, we put on guards.and if youre thinking "well if theyre nto as prepared, then why pair those two up?" well, its because in competition its by AGE and belt not by experience or watever. i've sparred
kids half my size and who werent as good as me, so i've had to CONTROL my power and not totally kill them. i would have to use my speed instead of power. that's called CONTROL. just going ballistic against someone isnt a sport. if it was mugging could be a god damn sport.
and btw without guards , it wouldn't help
us create "toughness" or whatever, it would just
hurt us, and we could
never learn from our mistakes coz almost everyone would be afraid to spar, really just pushing us away form wat we love to do. lets see you douches who try to insults taekwondo as being a boring non contact
sport try to fight us without guards. some of us kick as hard as hell, in my taekwondo, we've had quite a few
broken bones and sprained ankles that happened during sparring, WITH the guards on, and that means we kick pretty damn
hard to kick through those guards and still
break the bone(i've done this by ACCIDENT many times.. and im only 12 you assholes!!). and it takes a lot of strength, courage,control, and strategy to compete in taekwondo. strategy to predict your opponents moves;courage to fight another who is much larger or stronger than you;control to be able to lower your power if face with a smaller, or less experienced child, and strength to follow through in your
kicks and to go to your best of you ability and to be proud of yourself when you do.
if you are a true athlete, you must have a
love of your sport, as i do. i <3 taekwondo
