My name is Master Joe Brown. I am a 5th Dan TKD instructor and have been involved in taekwondo since the 1970s. When I first started training in TKD it was in army boots learning it with the British army before the sport even existed as it does today. I was learning hand-to-hand combat skills that involved taking out an enemy, no matter what their size or strength, quickly. This helped me in my later career as a bodyguard to celebrities and powerful business men and women.
So if there is one thing that really, really frustrates me it is when you see comments online from uneducated people who say taekwondo is just a sport . It's not. And anyone who says that does not understand the true power a TKD practioner has when it comes to the ability to defend themselves or their loved ones from harm.
Most taekwondo students do not truly understand the art and how it can be used to defend themselves against all attacks that happen on a daily basis around the world. Things like assaults, stabbings, bottle attacks, robbery, kidnap and even attempted murder can be defended against using TKD. But most practitioners do not know how to use their skills against these specific attacks. They may think they do. But they don't. I know this because of my many, many years involved with the martial art.
When you practise your patterns ( for example your green belt pattern. Also called Kup ) you are actually practising fighting an attacker. It is NOT just a pattern you must perfect in order to get your new belt and work you way towards the coveted black belt. No, the patterns you practise are a training tool which is designed to train your brain and body to be able to easily carry out attacks and defenses using the TKD system.
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