ITF DPR Korean Special Technique Demonstration

[@sementrener3559]

И по прежнему Северная корея лучшую технику Taekwondo демонстрирует

[@optimusmaximus9646]

Truly an Olympic sport - just like Chinese Opera where martial arts masters jump backwards from the ground up into trees. Boards don't fight back, but these guys train for it on the off chance they do.

[@davidbarnwell_virtual_clas6729]

Board breaking is used to demonstrate power and allows us to strike full power in ways that we cannot do on a human. But this is a silly comment. Bags don't hit back either and yet boxers do hit them. Why don't you go criticize them? Go tell them about your fighting system whose training only involves hitting other people.

[@optimusmaximus9646]

​@@davidbarnwell_virtual_clas6729 Hi David. Thanks for your comment. I think the point I was trying to make (and not very well) is that these demonstrations serve no purpose other than entertainment. I would add that they actually do martial arts a real disservice. Scripted, flashy techniques performed by people pretending to be commandos against non-resisting opponents bears absolutely no resemblance to reality and con people into believing this is how self-defence works. The plain and unfettered truth is, it does not. Take it from me, I have had many confrontations in the street and having the ability to break boards and tiles (which anyone can do after one lesson) will not help you. BTW, I only criticise something if I believe I have enough practical knowledge to argue the point. In my case I have 30 years of experience in the martial arts. I have studied tae kwon do, judo, and aikido, wing chun, and boxing, and kendo. I actually got up to second degree black belt in ITF tae kwon do before I gave it up when it turned from a martial art into a pointless, rules-based sport like judo, both of which were destroyed by the Olympics. I would argue that being skilled at striking vulnerable, sensitive targets in the human body is far more important than knowing how to strike a board. I remember when I took my first degree black belt exam, one of the breaking tests involved jumping over a line of people and breaking some boards with a flying side kick. It pulled it off but all could remember was thinking to myself "How stupid is this".