[HughJass]

This has been re-hashed so many times it's not even funny.

PS this is a rant, not a question, it doesn't belong here.

[KintheLuchador]

I think Drew may be right... this guy is a troll (hopefully).

I mean, if not, he's just stupid. "Karate uses more power and even a single blow can be fatal. No Karate move cannot be practiced well without using full power." Unfortunately a lot of people get suckered into believing that (but with any MA, not just karate). Their instructors tell their students that as an excuse for not sparring. Then the students never get realistic feedback about their abilities and never learn how to fight.

The human body isn't so fragile.

and OMG, Lord Z... I also suspect that you might be a troll -- a pretty good one, though. " 45 minute sessions." A 60 minute session is kind of short, if you factor in the warming up. But, damn, 45 minutes? I'd be very reluctant to pay for that.

[John3313]

People hate it because they suck at it; that it.

[mathman2013sbcglobalnet]

why are you even asking a question, you obviously hate TKD and thus anything anyone says will not change your mind. your belief will only change when you get the crap beat out of you by a real Tae Kwon Do practitioner

[Jayson122]

Well... I took it for a month when I was ten and meh seemed kind of useless

[jklgarcia2001]

Well I guess everyone hates tae kwon do because they dont understand it, I am a tae kwn do practicioner and my instructor taught me self defence and sparring everthing yall must of had some bad instructors because I have been in real fights and used me Tae kwon do and won fights I guess the people that us it most such or they dont know how to fight and have no business learning a martial art,I know people that learn martial arts and still cant fight I remember going to tornaments and winning against blackbetls when I was a bluebelt thats a intermediate and that was against karate, and other japanse stills and I seen some pretty bad tae kwon do people I personaly beleive its bad teaching and also bad students I have taught bad students and good students some get it other will never get it

[Kyorgi]

Seeing as its the most widely practiced martial art on the face of the planet there are bound to be a lot of bad schools to give it a bad name (ATA schools in particular). Add that onto the fact that it has no effective hand techniques (don't even try and argue that...you wont be successful) as well as no ground techniques, and the kicks are focused mainly on speed and range as opposed to power and you have your answer.

a TKD spinning back kick counter to a roundhouse is pretty sweet though, effective as well. It can generate power quickly.