Can I learn taekwondo in time to compete in the next olympics?

Question

Both me and my friend vowed today that we would compete in olympic taekwondo, we both do kung fu and sanshou but they arent olympic sports (i will continue my current style), my question is, is it possible to get good enough in the style in 4 years so we can both compete in the olympics? I am now 19 and my friend is 15 we've been doing sanshou for 2 years and have experience in karate too if that helps your answer

Answer 1

No,

You will have to start from scratch and it will take more than 4 years for you to be at Olympic standard despite already knowing martial arts.

Answer 2

It is unlikely, but it is possible. Knowing some martial arts should help. You will probably have to compete in a lot of tournaments to get noticed and nationally ranked. It should take a lot of hard work and dedication.

Answer 3

Go for it, do it now and I hope you succeed with your dream.

Answer 4

No way.

Tae Kwon Do sparring is different from your regular martial arts so knowing another art won't help. The difference exists between match and self defense so like i said regular martial arts wont help, this is something totally different. People who compete have been doing this since they were 5 years old. I have been doing martial arts since i was 6 and ITF&WTF tae kwon do since i was 13 and like i said it's very different and 2 years of studying martial art is nothing. Sorry to shoot your dreams down but 4 years is a definite no. 8 years from now is a possibility.  

Answer 5

um you could posibly if you train enough and you are talented. but i would probably say 4 years of tae kwon do wont get you into the olymipcs. might aswell try tho it could happen. as far as i know you just need a black belt to try out.

Answer 6

Well I'll be completely honest, saying that you'll pick up a new martial art and compete at it with the best in the world in just 4 years is just downright unrealistic. I'm not saying it'll never happen eventually, its just that it'll take a lot of time and practice. The Olympians that are competing today have been doing TKD for years and years, some for most of their lives, its all they dedicate their time to. If you found a good coach and got lots and lots of sparring practice then I guess it'd be possible to qualify for Olympics in the future, but actually winning something is a different story entirely.

The good thing is that you have some martial arts experience, so that'll definitely help, but like I said, its a new martial art, so there's only so much that you can carry into it from Kung Fu, Sanshou or Karate.

But again, it really depends on how good you are and how fast you learn, and most of all, how bad you want it. It's good that you have a friend to train with, as you'll push each other and motivate each other, which is always better than just training alone.

Answer 7

never let anyone tell you you cant do something.