Does Taekwondo have practical applications in self-defense?

Oh yes. In high school, the school bully came up to me and shoved me (from behind). Then he grabbed my shoulder and turned me around. He was a jerk, and was probably going to shove me around, but wasn't going to beat me up. I wasn't really in serious physical danger at any point. read more

Taekwondo is sometimes criticized as not being effective martial arts when it comes to self defense because people thought taekwondo is just a sport. Taekwondo was originally developed by Korea for combat (in fact, military combat) rather than sport. read more

ITF Taekwon-do meets this, I think most external martial arts have this, having said that I think WTF Taekwon-do and South Korea and the South Korean Army have taken it to another level and it only further vindicates ITF Taekwon-Do as the pioneers in WTF were students of General Choi, I hope this vindicates Taekwon-Do being practical and the patterns functional, thank you. read more