What is better the best type of taekwondo?

Question

Is the international taekwondo federation better or the world taekwondo federation better? plz explain. and are they going to merge?

Answer 1

When you say "type" of Tae Kwon Do, you would mean "style." (I practice the style of Ji Do Kwan, others Chung Do Kwan and Sang Moo Kwan).

As for affiliates, my Do Jahng is affiliated with the Kukkiwon. (http://www.kukkiwon.or.kr/english/index....

These companies have big arenas where competitions are held. It is probably better to be affiliated with a well-trusted company.

I have not heard word if they will merge.

You should check into the training of these two federations. (Which methods are better, etc.)

Ask your Kwan Jahng Nim, or Sah Bum Nim for more details. (i only practice it)

Answer 2

This is not really a question anyone but you can answer as the definition of 'best' is subjective and different for each person.

Do you mean the most effective as a method of fighting?

Do you mean the most organised institution in terms of administration?

Do you mean the body that creates the greatest spritual and physical growth in it's students?

Do you mean the body with the greatest external appreciation within other martial arts organisation?

Do you mean etc, etc?

Ask yourself what you truly want to know and you will probably find the answer was waiting.

Answer 3

One does not have a distinct advantage over the other.

According to "Tae Kwon Do Times" Magazine, they are going to merge.  There are quotes from the leaders of both organizations.  It will be a slow process.

The WTF is way more than sport, but people think it is only sport because it is the WTF version that is represented in the Olympics.

The WTF is the only Tae Kwon Do governing body that is recoginzed by the South Korean government and the International Olympic committee.

James

Answer 4

You have more than one question, so here the answers:

What is the best type of taekwondo?

As far as I am concerned they are two different martial arts. That's it. It's like comparing Karate with Kung fu. Both use kicks, punches, blocks, etc... But are they the same? Not at all. Their philosophy and methodology are completely different. It's the same for ITF and WTF, they use many similar terminologies but hey, they're both Korean. But have different philosophies and goals. At some point before WTF separated their bases were similar but that's it.

So which one is the best type? That would depend on your ideas of what martial art corresponds to it. In the general lines, ITF is more traditional and the WTF is more like a sport. That's their general respective philosophy. Reality is that it would depend of the school and instructors. Some are more traditional or sportive no matter which style of TKD.

My biased personal choice would be toward ITF. I associated Martial Arts since childhood with a more traditional approach. For me Martial Art should require dedication and efforts that goes beyond just a hobby. And more importantly for me it should be a way of life.

Now the next question, Is the ITF better or the WTF better?

I would assume organization wise, isn't? I would say if you intend to go to Olympics then I guess WTF is better. It's much bigger than ITF and their infrastructure is pretty big in each country of the world, due mainly to the fact that countries will invest in it since it's a Olympic sport, hence has a good international visibility. As for ITF, we are currently plagued by internal political struggles since the death of the founder General Choi in 2002. We are no more one united under the founder but 3 majors ITF. It impacts the quality and infrastructure. So my bias would go to WTF this time.

Last question, are they going to merge?

As you can see, the ITF is splitted in three. The group that wants to happen is the North Korean group. Its president Ung Chang used to be part or still part (not sure) of the Olympic Committee. Again, if they merge that portion of ITF will stop to be ITF and be something else. As I explained both styles are different and by merging it will become something else. I'm now against it for that reason.

Answer 5

ITF not saying it will teach you to defend yourself any better than WTF  but ITF is the original and WTF is waaaaaay to sports orientated.Even the KATA or HYUNG  shows the difference .

WTF hyung are simplistic laughable renditions slapped together  movements created just to have forms and create a false history or hokey spiritual aura.

But like I said how well either one can teach you to defend yourself is up to you and how much effort you put into it but I would go with ITF..Anything but the ATA which are famous for running mcdojos .