When Olympic TKD Outperforms ITF TKD (vs Karate Kickboxing)

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[@elenchus]

I love how our first TKD guy successfully deployed some TKD specialty kicks like the double kick.

[@elenchus]

That first karateka had killer blocks. I didn't even see them until the slow mo (the first knockdown, not the KO). He was relying on them to stay in range while not getting hit but things happen fast that close and he got caught on the chin. I love this format.

[@tactusxii]

Let's go to Tyrone!

[@justinstottlemyer1015]

I wouldn’t say that kick was kind of a low blow, it was straight to the stomach and then slid down. ( not recoiled)

[@DoctorZisIN]

At this level, the fighters usually know Karate, TKD, Kickboxing, probably Muai Thai, etc. Who they are as a fighter is far more important than the style they favor. Would you call Connor McGregor "The Boxing guy"?

[@ArmadusMalaysia]

Although I once transitioned from wtf to itf, I still appreciate the intense training on speed and mobility from wtf. I love to teach everything I learned to my students.

[@HybridMMAExtreme]

I gotta say tyrone Robinson is a beast he kinda reminds me of Raymond daniels when it comes down to point fighting.

[@andrejlykov6408]

All were great! Nice fights!

[@drkaufman]

Would love to see traditional Chinese martial arts succeed in this kind of setting. We’ve seen bajiquan do pretty well. There was that one xingyi school at a tournament. The hung gar guy in an mma fight. I’d like to see more of this and less wing chun. (I love wing chun, I just think it’s overrepresented.)

[@FightCommentary]

I told Stu about a kungfu viewer named Steven, so hopefully Steven (who's done Hunggar and Wing Chun) can do this tournament in the future!

[@elenchus]

Onassis Parungao is a hung gar teacher and former fighter who actually won an early UFC fight.

[@drkaufman]

@@elenchus I just looked him up. He’s the mma fighter I was talking about. I watched a couple of fights-beautiful work. I’m not a hung gar expert , but it looks to me like kung fu come to life. A really insightful commentary/analysis would be awesome.

[@elenchus]

@@drkaufman Yeah, it'd be great if Jerry could get ahold of him. He comes off to me as a really nice guy and I think he'd be happy to do an interview and breakdown with Jerry. Also, it's been like 20 years lol, but last I checked he was based in LA which I think may not be all that far from Jerry (not sure). It could be possible for them to meet up and go over technique etc.

[@Seven-not-Six]

That was entertaining 👍👍. Kool stuff

[@FightCommentary]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@aaronmoreno8918]

Joe Brooks! This was awesome! 👏

[@Augusto-jj3sj]

He figured out he was overdoing spinning stuff and digievolved

[@Brykk]

Good batch of fights.

[@andrewrex9041]

hope more Chinese martial arts will have their improvement like karate,taekwondo and wing chun are getting

[@HybridMMAExtreme]

Very interesting fight

[@buqtair3129]

Nice spin kick again falls over

[@kxeletonz2141]

I can definitely see some point fighting elements in the karateka And ofc the wtf elements as well in the tkd practitioner You can really distinguish which is which because how previlent their style is

[@drdread9896]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Aikibiker1]

That Joe Brooks guy, his throwing techniques looked like they came from kampf ringen. I wonder if we just saw HEMA used in a competition.

[@Vinnay94]

I thought the Kick to the Liver is what dropped the Karateka since there's usually a delay before they drop. But maybe that Hook is what got him.

[@chrisfrazier4920]

Where’s this from exactly

[@langying]

What kind of pants are those? I've only ever seen them in anime. I didn't know they tang existed

[@antoniostrina82]

Great kicks at 2:15 and 2:55, the TKD guy is actually a good fighter. What I don't understand about WTF TKD is this attitude to walk backwards instead of being more aggressive just like many other martial arts and styles. The second karateka looks more a free styler than pure karate, and that scorpion kick proves it. Strangely, the ITF TKD guy looked really less confident than WTF TKD guy from the first match.

[@NelsonWin]

Scorpion kick? Cynthia would be proud.

[@jamesthorne6304]

What fight company is this look like karate combat but I know it's not

[@FightCommentary]

SFX Championships

[@johntay3831]

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[@alexandersun711]

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[@AroundElvesWatchUrselves96]

Similar to Karate Combat lol

[@orlandoacosta7948]

👍

[@Jubilex1243]

As usual TKD more kicking more flashy than practical

[@riityee]

Your videos fuels my autistic brain for fighting

[@juanjosuehuascorondinel2000]

Osu!

[@combatsportsarchive7632]

Check out one of my latest videos which is called Korean Martial Arts Fight Kyokushin Karate. Olympic TKD and ITF Taekwondo are not the only Korean fighting systems which can counter full contact Karate unless their dojang teach their hands poorly like Kangooro.

[@Finke.]

I've been in some hard core punch ups ... but ... this was like watching a beginners class ...

[@DouglasBuenoGomes]

Taekwondo are basically the Karate Shotokan Son.

[@Jae-eb8kw]

Shotokan is the original point fighting. Wtf Tkd is full contact meaning u can hit as hard as u want

[@DouglasBuenoGomes]

@@Jae-eb8kw Karate Shotokan originally are not made for points Tournaments but to destroy the opponent, When Motobu KO a Champion of Boxing in Japan he's using the Original Shotokan made to Full Contact Fights.

[@DouglasBuenoGomes]

@@Jae-eb8kw Funakoshi sensei afraid of his students getting hurt badly made Shotokan a Point Sport and Banned all the Full contact skills of Karate Shotokan.

[@elenchus]

@@DouglasBuenoGomes As far as I know, Funakoshi never officially allowed Shotokan competitions at all, at least not in terms of kumite. I think they had to wait for him to die before they could sportify it. It's been a while since I've read that book though (I don't even remember which one it was) so I could be wrong.

[@DouglasBuenoGomes]

@@elenchus Funakoshi sensei Allowed Competitions because wanted give his students a Goal making Shotokan a Sport would make more people in Tokyo want train Karate.

[@minimeiauw4]

Dont make this your day job

[@FightCommentary]

It already is

[@Laj-t9k]

​@@FightCommentaryYou're great at it, Jerry.

[@francosalinas4459]

These guys are just consistently just rushing each other lol

[@ataksnajpera]

This is very common in street fight.

[@francosalinas4459]

@@ataksnajpera yeah, but this isn’t a street fight. It’s a competition fight with people who have trained in martial arts.

[@thomasturbato7021]

@@francosalinas4459 well it is basically what these martial arts teach u, go fast go strong end the fight quicker possible

[@Jae-eb8kw]

wtf Taekwondo is not point fighting, it's officially full contact. itf Taekwondo is half contact.

[@Jae-eb8kw]

Also Itf taekwondo is not karate. Its a kick based martial art just like wtf unlike karate.

[@tjl4688]

ITF was originally repackaged Shotokan.

[@mysticramen4104]

Actually it is, even tkd masters say that there is no taekkyon influence in taekwondo and that it's completely based of shotokan karate, the taekkyon thing was only said beacuse it wouldn't have sounded good at that time with all the resentment against the japanese that the most iconic martial art from korea is entirely based on a japanese one.

[@mysticramen4104]

@@Jae-eb8kw also, if you look at the way they fight they are practically the same with the difference that itf taekwondo is more about continous combat and quick combinations and karate is more about accuracy and timing in ther strikes.

[@coreyyanofsky]

3:40 the position of the karateka's right hand is bad but immaterial to his knockdown; he got clipped in the temple by a very well-timed fade-away hook that landed over his left shoulder just a little bit after his own left lunging jab thingy landed the taekwondo guy got hit but was moving with the punch and so blunted its power