ITF Taekwon-Do vs Kickboxing MMA 2 (stand-up)

ITF Taekwon-Do (SMAC) + WKA Team Scotland
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it says MMA to get the hits up which helps my sponsor. deal with it.
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Highlights taken from 2009 WKA selection tournament (Gold 70kg) and 2008 WKA World Championships (Bronze 70kg).
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[@maks1996rok]

I love Taekwon-do ITF. TKD ITF is the best !!! :D

[@zhaocaroline7161]

Especially in kickboxing matches, you will fuck all your opponents if you master those axe kicks and spinning kicks

[@9738KANSIURAA]

Agree with you

[@JaiMeyrick1]

Everyone seems to believe their martial art is superior. Fact is no one martial art is. All different styles have their plus and minus's (Some more than others) but end result depends on the fighter. Take what you see as the good points from each art and mould your own style.

[@Tuxedobollinger]

But ITF is as close as it gets!

[@tmsplltrs]

Finally someone who talks some sense, it seems like every martial art has thousands of arrogant followers who all think theirs is the best. I've seen taekwondo fighters beating kickboxers and vice versa. Every style deserves respect in their own right.

[@SyDiko]

Only a fool would believe a single martial art is the best - and that fool completely ignored the original teachings instilled in just about every style.

[@JaiMeyrick1]

SyDiko exactly they're missing the point!

[@harKazoid86ShredderC-37]

Yes well said, I practice Taekwondo myself so have a preference to the Art anyway, but no Art is better than any other, only the fighter who trains in it.

[@bruceburns405]

"There are no dangerous martial arts, only dangerous people." -David Weber That being said, here are some excellent applications of the ITF style of Tae Kwon Do, my first unarmed combat style though subsequent leg injury has me leaning more to Tang Soo Do and Krav Maga these days. TKD gets a lot of crap, but it was forged together in a prison camp in WWII, and used correctly the moves have solid application.

[@siraemiliusii]

This video has given me a lot of respect for Taekwondo.

[@jesussons5639]

yuk shut up bcz you know shit

[@bruceburns405]

jesus sons Everyone poops. Apart from that, why troll? I have never understood what the reward is from being rude to random strangers. I have always been taught that people are worthy of respect. More than that, in martial arts, it is important to be polite because there are few ways of knowing who can feed you your pinky toe.

[@bruceburns405]

The padding, stance, and uniform are wrong for sport TKD, sir. This is ITF not WTF style, which is the sport emphasis/olympic style.

[@bruceburns405]

Semi-contact point sparring was our regular training under 9 Dan Kiel Soon Park (4 years under him), and sport never the emphasis. So, we have different experiences with the intent of the sparring. though this was the equipment and technique we used. It was a completely self-defense awareness in our school.

[@6arcsn1sky]

Now that is real tae kwon do. Excellent mix up with the punches and kicks.

[@allowmetojackyou]

You, sir, are incredibly impressive. A prime example of the importance of hardwork and knowing how to use your hands AND feet to great effect.

[@zhaocaroline7161]

Indeed, this ITF guy is BRILLIANT

[@F00PZ]

I am an ITF 5th Dan. There are many good natural fighters from all styles but in a sport tournament environment such as this, stamina and fitness is very important but superior technique(defence and offence ) will invariably win. Good fighter.

[@andythegoatman694]

see? taekwondo isn't a bad martial art its all in the fighter

[@andythegoatman694]

***** Never said i think wtf is great dude i like itf better wtf doesn't make sense to me ima tkd student myself

[@andythegoatman694]

***** I meant itf wtf takes a lot of my fighting tactics away because I cant hit people In the ace with a fist

[@karelmuijsbreda]

andy theGoatman dont forget sefldefence

[@TheNESNerds]

or just the kick boxer was terrible, look at him

[@TheNESNerds]

tmWasted did u see his form

[@stokey1986]

that TKD guy is an absolute beast!

[@zhaocaroline7161]

He is fast, agile, flexible, powerful and skillful

[@Ballarateast]

Tkd or not this guy does exactly what any effective martial artist needs to do in a multi style comp , adapt and use his skills to beat his opponent by using the techniques allowable within the rules as set out by the organizing body of the competition. You can not strictly only use the traditional skills that you train with against fighters of your own style ,when competing in multi style comps and you come up against fighting styles/techniques that you are not familiar with. You have to adapt quickly. That's why most mixed style comps are messy affairs.

[@lukekhumalo1520]

I love the turning round- kick. straight to the face

[@vincentmazur]

1:54 gotta love those axe kicks

[@petshop112i]

Congrats man! Greetings from Organización Mexicana de TaeKwon-Do (ITF Mexico) TaeKwon

[@typicalchineseguy5818]

Yo, please pay a respect to that guys. Even though they have no idea what they were doing, it is worth that they had learned the experience from their more skilled opponent who are trained in ITF Taekwon-Do.

[@Sipit14]

after watchin this vid, im proud to be 1 of the ITF members.. hahahah, cheers~

[@WaseemDiab]

Really loved your X-kicks. What I also like is you were very confident with your kicks and you weren't scared to vary them. That's my problem, I sometimes think my opponent is greater then he is and get to scared to use and spin kicks or X-kicks.

[@deathxisapromise]

this guy has good axe kicks, thanks for posting the video.

[@jonvmac]

its like 1 jump and your with the judges... 1 jump and your at the other end. what a space!

[@jeremie655]

thanks my federation is itf and im red belt its super good

[@hosakakurokawa]

this guy has a nice round kick, and really smooth retraction. It'd be fun to fight him.

[@Fightjunkie_de]

nice edit oss That's some soundly moves

[@zhaocaroline7161]

He's so good at controlling the distance between his legs and his opponents

[@Mikeme137]

He's very good ! I do kickboxing but i wanna do twd , i did shotokan karate before but i didn like the school! And well glad to see guys that respect martial arts ! That's the best out of a fight , respect

[@spelltrick]

excellent fighther.... youre moves are incredibles...

[@fay2212]

Awesome. Thats the same club as me. PUMA ITF in Scotland. Hopefully ill be there one day. I think the thing most people don't realize about Taekwondo is that there is lots of different types. ITF is more focused of traditional military methods. WTF is the other main one you see. This focuses more on the sports side of things.

[@SuprizeMufaka]

awsome your pretty good, i love both tkd and kickboxing

[@joseeduardovezquezmartinez8297]

Fueron muchos mas superiores los de Taekwondo, buenas peleas para ambas disciplinas.

[@nicotaboada]

very good adam!!

[@djmarkyno1]

well done mate, nice sparring.

[@stacey9611]

Finally, an actually GOOD tkd fighter on youtube... i was starting to think people simply bought their black belts just to look cool

[@ramplatangsoodomma5278]

wow!!!! felicidades, mucho trabajo en dojan demostrado.

[@peterclarke7240]

Mma: he's not very good, and his teacher must be rubbish. Everyone else: yeah... Funny how that works. 😂

[@chrissi1rv]

wooow thats soo amazing *o* i would really like to try such a fight against a kick boxer too.. a real good experiment.

[@TomCruiseOnCocaine]

Very good technique, congratulations.

[@driftdevil2866]

Taekwondo RULES !!!

[@trollerjakthetrollinggod-e7761]

Amen

[@hubertwier]

yes, but it must be said that the opponents here are just a buch of random bumblers

[@Hh82891]

Still dreaming noob

[@qiankundanuoyi1]

ITF Taekwon-Do is the original Taekwon-Do.

[@jorgeoroncoy1466]

Great job!!!!

[@Genuinesaint]

damn..the TKD is that good, he makes evryone look odinary.

[@hazza3]

Wow good exhibition fights.

[@BarskeTuffen]

@SuperBluepurple I think it's because some of them is Karate practitioners, too. WKA stands for World Karate and Kickboxing Association. So i guess the WKA has some Karate people in there too.

[@filosofodemierda]

@matthias66 you wrong ( not trying to be in a youtube fight ) the taekwondo guys that doesnt use punch are the ones fomr the WTF ( world taekwondo federation ) that are the ones you see in the olympics for example, the guy in the video is from the ITF ( international taekwondo federation ) that comes form the traditional taekwondo, we use punches and kicks

[@ZurcamigatKing]

MMA = Jack of all trades, master of none.

[@sethrosenberg4382]

That's not always the case. Sometimes people excel in certain area's in mma. Some people are better strikers than Grapplers vice versa. That goes without saying though some people who excel in those subjects sometimes have background help.

[@jjcaratino]

Jejeje cuando un MMA te tira al piso he intenta partirte el brazo o estrangularte, le metes los dedos en los ojos hasta undirselos y se acabo el MMA ni que carajos

[@00LTCharles00]

Seth Rosenberg Agreed, but I've never seen a master of anything in MMA. I've only ever seen one master of stand-up in my life, and I've been to a great many dojos, gyms, dojangs, etc.

[@camrossi1381]

Im gonna use that

[@jofferbathan9401]

Lyoto Machida is a Karate Black belt and a good grappler. Anderson Silva is a Blackbelt in many striking styles bit Great! On the ground. MMA isn't jack of all trades master of nothing. MMA balances the martial art from it's weakneses. It balances stand up striking, clinch fighting, Standing grappling, wrestling, ground n pound and submission grappling.

[@GREENFING3R]

the guy in the vid is a great fighter no matter what style, but thanks for biggin up tkd, tae kwon

[@jin7210]

i was waiting for a video like this where tkd rule

[@tommothe1st]

@hristovb it's selections, thats why at the beginning they were dominating completely and towards the end it was more even.

[@jlvettech]

Awesome video you're awesome!

[@MBrando230]

Depends...if the leg comes with a huge power(90kiloes++) then if you try to catch it your hand will probably break in half.

[@Heentuber]

It often takes more than 6 years to get a black belt. I know this because i am training ITF.

[@ValeTKD]

I beat the Taekowndo guy in Scotland in 2012. Great fighter.

[@gabzdark07]

Yes it does. Just because you train in a Mcdojo doesn't mean everyone else does. It took me 7 years to get a black belt.

[@joegriffiths8458]

it's not the style that matters it's the person and how they use it

[@ndh611]

A good Taekwondo practitioner is aware of that and if they participate in MMA, they will learn to deal with that. Watch Cung Le, his turning back kick is superb, that's a typical application of TKD in MMA.

[@Yuckseell]

very good!

[@drivingmuffin]

@lorddan91 I have just noticed that if a boxer manages to close the distance, people who usually kick a lot generally don't do as well against them. But then again, if the boxer don't close the distance, he often gets chopped down by kicks to the legs..

[@5674trackrunner]

damn this guy knows how to fight good martial artist.

[@MooneShadow]

If its true its not boasting. Im just expressing that mixing TKD is very fun and it works.

[@ronki23]

@szeszer it's light continuos and without leg kicks haha-it's alright to do on a regular basis/for those starting off

[@makukawakami]

Don't hate,just appreciate

[@32KarateGuy]

Yep, that's pretty much what it is.

[@DiamondCatTKW]

undeniable technical superiority. This does not mean that TKD is better, simply does the job training.

[@alter5057]

TKD (ITF) is actually better than full contact kickboxing. Even Raymond Daniels, arguably the best full contact kickboxer lost to an ITF expert, Andre Krylov.

[@Andrzejwixa999]

@MegaSlayerr Tkd techniques incude leg kicks and clinch as well as knees and elbows strikes, alsow self defence. It is not used in competitions because this is the formule. TKD was created for military, and it is one of the most complete technique. MT is only about stand up on the ring.

[@taijoseph6515]

ITF Teakwondo is best ! I very like ITF ;)

[@SMFC_W7NB]

Nice vid, what group do you do ITF with in Scotland? Lol @ Millar646

[@GREENFING3R]

love that axe kick

[@andywilson8698]

And the winner is the guy who threw more punches , congratulations boxing .

[@Storn1920]

good sparing

[@ax3ninja]

@HotKebab MMA means Mixed Martial Arts. This man is Taekwon-Do, the other competitors were... something, probably best described as kickboxing. That is a mix of martial arts... Mixed Martial Arts.

[@Andrzejwixa999]

great video, great fighter. TKD rules!

[@Angelos-fe7hk]

It would be awesome if you could make tutorials and tips for us!

[@yunggblack25]

Amazing

[@Angelos-fe7hk]

Hi bro can you upload more video's, you have nice kicking legs, keep up!

[@mrmandoza]

the tkd guy where great (in my oppinion)

[@michaelmckenna705]

the guy is obviously good at competing in kickboxing he really knows how to make his opponent feel pressured. maybe if the kickboxing guys were against someone else who doesnt put the pressure on as much they would do good

[@andreoliveira1969]

He is a good fighter. With a correct orientation he can match K-1 tournaments and make a good money..

[@busabunimalfredo]

All the guys suddenly became martial arts experts? He's a good fighter! Are you from Scotland too?

[@FakieeeCSS]

respect

[@M1auuu]

it's not the martial art... it's the artist...

[@PiggyHU]

Well, to be fair WTF is mainly for competitions, they don't block or to very much with their arms at all. I've tried both ITF and WTF and I vastly preferred ITF. Don't judge one group based solely on your knowledge of the other. Every martial art has its own good and bad points.

[@MartinPreus]

Awesome

[@pcashy84]

Check out James gridley. Tae kwondo world champion. Now in k1 still uses Itf style and is now European champion. Kickboxers can't touch him. And to clarify tkd was used in Korean war tried and tested they were killing machines. Forget what you see of the sparring side cos that is not tkd, that is the fun side. We have over 4000 moves and some are so vicious you don't understand. E.g long fist to the throat and thumb knuckles to the temples!And as for power nobody comes close to us. (Itf 1st Dan)

[@adamwallis1353]

Guy is a good TKD fighter. Trouble is, all of his opponents look like poor TKD fighters more than Kickboxers...

[@thefreed]

@imthebigbadwolf it's a stand up bout with mma fighters...

[@WayofTheAsian]

@masterofkenpokarate ITF tkd doesnt only teach u on kicks it teaches u how to punch too, he couldve done boxing but its more likely he learned how to punch fast in ITf tkd

[@HITMartialArts]

tienes toda la razon hermano

[@MooneShadow]

Tae kwon do shines when you punch to the face. Its my stand up game and ITF is so much nicer. I have a 2nd degree black in both styles. I have practiced in both ITF and WTF. Also mixed it with Jujitsu and its just an awesome combo.

[@TrinityMartialArts]

finally some good continuous sparing! thats what i love to do. you remind me of myself. check out my Soryu adult sparing.

[@MasterDav]

nice footwork, it seems that wtf and itf have similar footwork

[@thorpower100]

Dude you kick ass!

[@fakingposer]

@ApollosInsight Actually, competitions allow punches, just not to the face, but it's pretty hard scoring. I scored once, but it was cause the guy had his guard down and was dizzy cause he got hook kicked to the face.

[@raihzeimmcclain4595]

I kickbox and use taekwondo and there both very effective in different ways

[@imatreeefrmNZ]

That guys the man

[@AmeliaRiana-yg5cx]

Damnn that guy sooooo Good

[@Aiexander89]

Serkan Yilmaz K1 fighter. Cung Le - MMA figther and mma-champion title holder even. Anderson Silva have had Taekwondo sparring to perfect his kicks. Lyoto Machida has a background in karate very similar to Taekwondo. Want me to continue?

[@letbonist]

MMA fighters that I've met and sparred all depend solely on takedowns. In most TKD vs MMA videos, the fighters are allowed to do takedowns, so it always appears that the TKD person loses; that's because in TKD and most Karate styles, you're taught to end the fight as soon as it start (a swift-powerful kick to the head) and put your opponent down. In controlled fights, you can't do that. Therefore, the MMA fighters gets the advantage in a controlled fight.

[@macielence]

That's because there are many deffensive styles that can negate the one punch-kick ko. Also, is not an easy task to do on a trained fighter, therefore ir you lack ok grappling or clinch game you are mostly done

[@domcarter2327]

Wow he has really good reach too

[@SourClout]

The ITF guy look like he just toying with them

[@borissmyslov]

That is what happens when you are going against TKD without learning it strengths and weaknesses first.

[@markanthony069]

ITF is the original

[@Jericho11894]

@WHYNOTMEB4U Please don't take this the wrong way, I mean no disrespect to you in any way, but were you guys "FIGHTING"? or "SPARRING"? Because I understand that in order for you to see a friends or opponents skill, or at least a fraction of his/her skill, you have sparring, which is a safer way of competing. But, and I mean no disrespect, the reason why they were holding back is because TKD is a real martial art with elbows, eye jabs, kicks, etc. So did you spar with them? or fight them?

[@erickINFAMEgamer]

dudo mucho que eso sea kick boxing pero aun asi los de taekwondo tenian un nivel impresionante

[@walkthesedogz1]

this itf guy's gooooooood!!!