Does tao kwon do have throws in it

Question

Does tao kwon do have throws in it

Answer 1

General Choi did not include any in his book.

I wouldn't be surprised if the Americanized versions included a few (especially as taught at a McDojo.)

Answer 2

If you want a martial art with throws, you are better off going with Judo or Sambo.

Answer 3

No, it doesn't.

It is a pure 'atemi' striking style.

In the past few decades some Tae Kwon Do dojangs have incorporated k*k Sool techniques.  k*k Sool is an old Korean self-defense style similar to Japanese Jiu-Jitsu.

Answer 4

in my club when we learn new self defence techniques we do include some throws eg  over the shoulder.

people think that taekwondo is all about sparing but there is a wide variety of skills and techniques learned patterns and self defence etc

our club is also not close minded we are influenced by many other styles and have connections with many important martial artist.

if you want to join a club that does more trows and other cool things like that find one that is versatile like mine  

Answer 5

Yes it does.  People are confusing what is allowed in competitions and competitive sparring with what is contained within the art.

Judo is not known for striking.  But, Judo has punches and kicks in it.  Judo does not allow punches and kicks in competitions and competive sparring.  Judo only allows striking in pre-arranged form sequences.

Taekwondo has throws in pre-arragend form sequences that students make up called one-steps.

The forms also have throws.  The problem is that most people don't learn all of the throws until after black belt.  Or, their instructor may not have learned any throws or few throws.

I do TKD and Judo because after a while, I wanted to learn throws and did not want to wait until becoming a high level black belt before I learned throws.   So if you like TKD but want to learn throws, cross-train in Judo, Yudo (Korean Judo), Hapkido, Aikido or Traditional Jujitsu.

Answer 6

no

Answer 7

Kristhepilot is absolutely right. there are some slight throws in TKD and high green is where it starts in ITF chung do kwan. if I had to choose i would pick his answer. he really seems to know his stuff unlike some of the ones that are guessing. and for the record guys we who really train can tell who dont.

Answer 8

not many,depends on style. traditional/original does. jung sim do encompasses tkd,yudo/judo,and hapkido as well as weapons.

Answer 9

does tae kwon do have throws. NO!!!!!!!!!!!!

tae kwon do means mcdojo

Answer 10

yeah it does like a hip toss and stuff like that  

Answer 11

Tae Kwon Do does not have any throws in it. It mean 'the way of the hand and fist' so no throwing there. Punches and knife hand strikes are the usual hand movements but Tae Kwon Do is mainly kicks.

Answer 12

I don't think so, and that's why I don't like it.

This may be helpful:

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Answer 13

Yes .

I don't know where some of these folks train. Throws take downs and redirects as well.

Answer 14

No, it does not. People of other martial arts (like Karate) actually fear Tae Kwon Do because of the extremely powerful kicks and the rigid hand strike (they don't know how to defend against it).

TKD does not have throws. I take WTF Tae Kwan Do Chung Do Kwan. There are throws is Hapkido which has similar kick to TKD and is often taught alongside TKD, but there are NO throws in TKD.

Answer 15

Strict TKD has no throws.  Even strict ITF has no throws.  When an instructor adds throwing/sweeping/take-downs of any kind, they are adding curriculum from another art - be it Hapkido, Judo, Karate, etc.

Answer 16

ITF TKD is bad karate and WTF  TKD is bad ITF  TKD. HAPKIDO is bad AIKIDO.No one who has done realistic sparring rather than that cultural "dance" that passes for sparring in TKD has any fear of any of those styles.

KATANA mentions the throws hidden in kata but personally I think they have screwed up the original forms so badly you would have comepletely alter the forms or go back to the original ones.

TANG SOO DO and JACK HWANGS  HAWRANG DO still use the original JAPANESE/OKINAWAN forms .

In the official guide for both ITF and WTF it states "no methods from any other art will be acceptable for gradings or teaching or demonstration"

Sad pathetic political bullshido.

Answer 17

i do itf tkd and in the self defense side if things we use alot of throws and we also use them in demonstration sparring

Answer 18

yes there are. they just usually dont know it. simple moves in the forms are throws or takedowns. they just dont know how to break down the kata.

hapkido isnt similar to taekwondo. and hapkido is also VASTLY different than aikido. i dont know where people come up with this stuff sometimes.

the kanji for aikido and hapkido are the same, the arts are very different.

Answer 19

Absolutely there are.  

Answer 20

Yes it does. and you can see them as early as high green belt one steps # 6   I believe. They are very slight sometimes only leg sweeps and hip tosses but those count as throws. I think that #6 is pressing block from left to right, 2 punches to kidneys, a hook punch into sternumand grabbing lappell, then with right knee to stomack first it then sweeps the back of the leg and throwing your opponent to the ground with a kneeling punch and stepping backto a low block.

there ar a few more along the way after black belt. but like I said mostly hip tosses and sweeps. Luckily My instructor was also into Hapkido and taught me to incorperate that into every day lessons. the two go hand in hand. "Master both of these and you'll be set"  

Answer 21

Consider that much of TKD came from Japanese karate. Japanese karate is derived from Okinawin karate, which has many throws, sweeps and take downs. Consequently if somebody knew where to look in traditional TKD, or how to interpret the forms correctly, there are throws, jsu as there are in Japanese karate. The thing is that this knowledge did not really get passed on.

Bunjikan Ninja- LMAO. "karate and other styles are scared" because of it's powerful kicks and ridge hand strike? I doubt it. I respect traditional TKD greatly, I have had some great sparring match ups agaist people from that style, but you need to realize that IMO you are talking gibberish with that one.

Answer 22

i was watching some girls play olympic tae kwan do and they didn't do any throws in it.  they were just hopping back and forth between their two feet for like 30 seconds at a time and then all of a sudden one of them would scream and throw a wild kick that didn't connect and then the ref would break up the action.  it was extremely disappointing and really boring.  i was hoping for way more.

Answer 23

kristthepilot is pretty much spot on with this one. As he says, there are some throws at coloured belt level, but mostly sweeps and hip tosses. You also learn a lot of joint locks. And you get taught more throws once you reach black belt level. I'm only talking about traditional ITF style taekwondo here, I don't know about other styles.

Answer 24

Throws are not allowed as part of the Olympic sparring competition, however, Olympic style sparring is not the all there is to TKD.

Most TKD schools, ITF or WTF, regardless of Kwon, have a self defense portion, and this part of TKD does have throws, sweeps, elbows, knees and leg kicks.  Some of it may be borrowed from Judo or Hapkido, but TKD was originally a combat art.

It is still taught to the Korean military and secret police.  So the answer is yes, TKD has throws.

James