I quit WTF by the time I got red belt, which is the last belt before black, and then I started ITF. Now I am yellow belted, which is the second belt you get, an I am already a better fighter than I ever was in WTF. WTF is sports, ITF is martial arts. I'm glad I switched.
Used to watch this everyday before training when I was in middle school, got my black belt and switched to Muay Thai but those years training will forever be in my mind, and this video is one that motivates me to this day
ITF taekwondo is more complete than WTF I hate how taekwondo gets all this negative reception because of the WTF If you wanna practice a more realistic and the true original taekwondo I suggest ITF.
negative reception??? give me a break....all your words are based in your way of thinking . The differences exist in the simple fact of politics , itf is from North Korea and wtf in from the south os Korea, Accttualy both are good martial arts , very different but both good , different styles. I don´t like the brainwash of the itf , Here in Argentina , ITF is very popular but anyone can teach , there are no federations , wtf have a few federations but they are very organized , and by the way the last gold medal in the olimpics games is From Here Crismanich , he is from wtf . keep training in any federation , martial arts are the best for the spirit
Higyseg Uocra Hi Uocra. I am Korean and my English is not good but you have some misunderstanding about Teakwondo, so now let I say something. First, ITF is also South Korea martial art. More fact, ITF is oroginal teakwondo. In political problem, The Originator Master 최홍희 had to go foregin country. He was given order of exile from old Korea goverment(He was General in army but a lower General than 최홍희 carry out a coup and he((his name is 박정희)) became a new president, took order his oppenent people) 최홍희 already developed Teakwondo and taught it people but Master couldnt choose live more Korea. So he went to Canada with a few sa-bum and orgnized Teakwondo federation. After Master leave Korea, 박정희 goverment make new Teakwondo from remaind Master's research works and some sa-bum. That is WORLD TEAKWONDO. So Master had difference from rebuild Teakwond, renamed his Teakwondo INTERNATIONAL TEAKWONDO. Master was trying to return his home however 박정희 and next presidents(전두환, 김영삼, 노태우, 김대중) refused his homecoming. Than, Master taught Teakwondo all people except South Korea. One day North Korea want to come ITF sa-bum and teah N.Koreans. At that time Master thought 'I am South Korean obvious(He also was General!!!). But The martial art do not be tangled ideologise.' SO that, ITF sent sa-bum to N korea But fucking N.Goverment after took all ITF skills, started propagate "Look!!! IT is our!!! South Korea has WT But that is just sport, IT's trash version, kid playing huh?! arent' you?" And unfortunately, that propaganda is spread my country very well. I dont know really that misconception exists other country. Do you understand? second ITF is originally generated to Fight. Through Age of Japan Empire rule, Korea's tradition had been erased... so Master felt I have to creat Korea martial art, more modern style. That is why ITF has martial artic sprits also but less than WTF.
That's true and i believe the guys here did not understand what u wanted to say. TKD has bad reputation cuz of WTF which main training, emphasizes inside the rules of its tournaments whereas ITF has mre freedom of moves, more punches plus that training does not emphasizes on prepairing its students for tournaments but learning a martial art for self defence.
+bloodcorer you couldn't have said it better. My instructor even says he doesn't want us to just know "tournament fighting style ". thats why we practice a lot more of the more basic and practical punches and kicks, and not just what a tournament allows.
Yes you're right. In ITF, sparring more realistically simulates a real-life situation. The only safety pads required are hand, foot and groin shield. Shin pads are not checked for in competitions but they are usually worn. Headguard is mandatory until 2nd dan to prevent injuries to beginners (both kicks & punches to the head are allowed and happen more often than WTF), after which it is disallowed.
In ITF tournaments, hand and foot techniques are allowed to the head and below the belt, but the rules state "light contact". In WTF tournaments, techniques below the belt are not allowed and you can only use your feet to strike the head. WTF allows for full contact sparing, but uses head and body protectors. Additionally, you cannot use the ground in WTF; ITF you are allowed to kick and fall or stabilize your spinning kicks using your hand on the ground. Hope that helps. Ask if you want more.
K.O's always happen, in semi-contact aswell. in itf taekwon-do I am pretty sure the rules say full contact to the body and semi contact to the head, that is in world championships, european championships and the big ones at the least. Though seeing the match-ups with the blackbelts here in norway I can say for sure you get full contact more or less all the time. In blackbelt sparring the judges dont really mind that much.
I started ITF Taekwon-Do 39 years ago... and I've been punching for 39 years. In Gen Choi's martial art, all hand techniques you may find in karate and boxing are known, taught and used in self-defense and most of them in sport. Unfortunately, due only to politics, only WTF Taekwondo (note spelling) and its rules are allowed in the Olympics and therefore known to most people. What you see here is nothing new to me and 20 millions other fellow ITF students and instructors. THIS is Taekwon-Do.
I'm so glad I learned ITF as a kid and not that wussy ATA, WTF. I remember sparring at a WTF sponsored tournament. The opponent was a joke, 14 I was 11 kicked him so hard he cried
I'd much rather step in front of a WTF 3rd dan. I'm a 1st dan in ITF myself and I from most of the WTF people I've talked to our breaking requirements are a lot tougher than WTF. For instance I had to break 4 boards with a flying side piercing kick for 1st dan, while a co-worker of mine, who was WTF, was preparing for his 2nd dan test and his required power foot break was only 2 boards with a standing side piercing kick. I had to do that for high green.
im a wtf student and i must say; i think i like itf sparring more because it forces you to come in contact more with the body, where as in wtf we hit mainly the chest gaurd
ITF in a real fight if it can be used perfectly, I although I am very good at practicing before I had a hard time winning some fights by letting myself be consumed by anger and not thinking about the blows I threw, I threw extremely fast but imprecise and weak movements
Mario,never let your opponent surprise you,you surprise him.Always used the hard part of your body to hit the sift part of the body.Never use a left jab,use a finger jab,and low kicks to the knees.
It doesn't matter if it's light contact, ITF sparring is much more dangerous than WTF. By proper technique and speed, a light-contact strike from ITF fighter is still very powerful and damaging. This is why in many cases, ITF has their junior competition wear helmet (even karate one) and WTF-type body protector to compete, for safety reason. Don't ask me about injuries, way way too many.
Whle this might have been true originally, the only teacher i know of who, today, teaches taekwon-do as self defence (Martys California kickback taekwon-do [He's a bit of a funny guy :3]) is quite a big name in both ITF and WTF. His reasons for this: ITF makes sence, but the WTF suit looks better :P
I respect WTF style,they have great athletes and dedicated people to the art,but ITF is the real Taekwon -Do, because is first than WTF.The forms of ITF is pure defense and attack ,in the forms of ITF you see fingers strike to the eyes,arm braking swepping to the legs punching from the floored,hooking kick twisting kick,etc.When you complete the first eight forms of the ITF,you complete all the vitall parts of the body.ITF is make to protect your self and kill or destroy the opponents .
ITF Taekwondo IS MADE IN A REAL FIGHT. WTF is a limited fighter .. Sometimes events you forget how the fighter to defend yourself in close range. ITF is the remedy ... STILL MISSING A LOT OF THINGS. VERY GOOD VIDEO. I LIKE.
Everyone saying how ITF is better, in a practicality sense it is but that isn’t the point of Taekwondo. The whole point of it is to protect yourself in situations where you have to, not to fight whenever you want. Sure sometimes offense is better then defense but that just isn’t what taekwondo is, that would be karate or something. Taekwondo is about self defense and protection.
i'm a blue stripe i am pritty good at sparring but sometimes i lose control and hit people. one thing you'll like about me is that i'm always trying to inprove my self to be faster and strong than my a apponet even if he is a black belt. i love sparring black belts
Boxing defeats WTF most the time. Even against ITF boxing would win majority of the time. Because punches are faster than kicks and high kicks leave you off balance. Against Muay Thai the Thai defeats more boxers and taekwondo because they can kick the legs, knee and elbow.
@disturbedman360 same, ive been green for 7 months and i love sparring black belts even tho sometimes i get the snot kicked out of me, its always a pleasure to learn from them
They are just different. Neither is better or worse. ITF has more of an all round fighting style with hand techniques actually being counted, but is light contact. WTF is full contact, but punches are rarely counted as a scoring technique.
@veshkeat depending some matchs and tournement knock outs are aloud and the tournemnts that dont aloow it its ok if they walk into it like if u threw a side kick and they ran into it and got knock out
Know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles. WTF is not a ballet dance.they are martial arts too.We must need respect other.It is another meaning of Tong-il. ITF is great but,WTF also great.Karate,Judo.Kravmaga.any martial arts.and any peoples are great.
@conceicao0 It's from the rare street fighter tribute album... i got it!!! this is the ken's stage tribute but in the original version i've got the other version (rocker version)
After I watch this clip, I saw how ITF is different from WTF. ITF is more realistic than WTF because of its silly rules. You cant block using your feet or lock the enemy.
This is how all TKD sparring should be!!
Yes, the older way of fighting is much better.
I quit WTF by the time I got red belt, which is the last belt before black, and then I started ITF. Now I am yellow belted, which is the second belt you get, an I am already a better fighter than I ever was in WTF.
WTF is sports, ITF is martial arts. I'm glad I switched.
nice
That's true
Ты недооцениваешь втф?
I always say that.
I have a friend who is WTF black belt. I'm a ITF green blue and my friend claims I soar better than him after seeing a clip of me sparring
Used to watch this everyday before training when I was in middle school, got my black belt and switched to Muay Thai but those years training will forever be in my mind, and this video is one that motivates me to this day
I'm glad that this video helped you in your training. I really enjoyed making it all those years ago.
@@JuYokuGoOSeisu Very well made
@JuYokuGoOSeisu what happened to our art???😢
This video will always be a special one in my heart as well. Very well put together.
Taekwondo ITF is the original Taekwondo.
its half the original..
It's not.
@@IlyuuJrry34Yes, It Is.
ITF taekwondo is more complete than WTF I hate how taekwondo gets all this negative reception because of the WTF If you wanna practice a more realistic and the true original taekwondo I suggest ITF.
negative reception??? give me a break....all your words are based in your way of thinking . The differences exist in the simple fact of politics , itf is from North Korea and wtf in from the south os Korea, Accttualy both are good martial arts , very different but both good , different styles. I don´t like the brainwash of the itf , Here in Argentina , ITF is very popular but anyone can teach , there are no federations , wtf have a few federations but they are very organized , and by the way the last gold medal in the olimpics games is From Here Crismanich , he is from wtf . keep training in any federation , martial arts are the best for the spirit
Higyseg Uocra Hi Uocra. I am Korean and my English is not good but you have some misunderstanding about Teakwondo, so now let I say something. First, ITF is also South Korea martial art. More fact, ITF is oroginal teakwondo. In political problem, The Originator Master 최홍희 had to go foregin country. He was given order of exile from old Korea goverment(He was General in army but a lower General than 최홍희 carry out a coup and he((his name is 박정희)) became a new president, took order his oppenent people) 최홍희 already developed Teakwondo and taught it people but Master couldnt choose live more Korea. So he went to Canada with a few sa-bum and orgnized Teakwondo federation. After Master leave Korea, 박정희 goverment make new Teakwondo from remaind Master's research works and some sa-bum. That is WORLD TEAKWONDO. So Master had difference from rebuild Teakwond, renamed his Teakwondo INTERNATIONAL TEAKWONDO. Master was trying to return his home however 박정희 and next presidents(전두환, 김영삼, 노태우, 김대중) refused his homecoming. Than, Master taught Teakwondo all people except South Korea. One day North Korea want to come ITF sa-bum and teah N.Koreans. At that time Master thought 'I am South Korean obvious(He also was General!!!). But The martial art do not be tangled ideologise.' SO that, ITF sent sa-bum to N korea But fucking N.Goverment after took all ITF skills, started propagate "Look!!! IT is our!!! South Korea has WT But that is just sport, IT's trash version, kid playing huh?! arent' you?" And unfortunately, that propaganda is spread my country very well. I dont know really that misconception exists other country. Do you understand? second ITF is originally generated to Fight. Through Age of Japan Empire rule, Korea's tradition had been erased... so Master felt I have to creat Korea martial art, more modern style. That is why ITF has martial artic sprits also but less than WTF.
That's true and i believe the guys here did not understand what u wanted to say. TKD has bad reputation cuz of WTF which main training, emphasizes inside the rules of its tournaments whereas ITF has mre freedom of moves, more punches plus that training does not emphasizes on prepairing its students for tournaments but learning a martial art for self defence.
+bloodcorer you couldn't have said it better. My instructor even says he doesn't want us to just know "tournament fighting style ". thats why we practice a lot more of the more basic and practical punches and kicks, and not just what a tournament allows.
WTF is pure shit period
ITF,the real Taekwon-Do
aguante ITF la mejor federación de todas!!
taekwon!!
Yes you're right. In ITF, sparring more realistically simulates a real-life situation. The only safety pads required are hand, foot and groin shield. Shin pads are not checked for in competitions but they are usually worn. Headguard is mandatory until 2nd dan to prevent injuries to beginners (both kicks & punches to the head are allowed and happen more often than WTF), after which it is disallowed.
Street Fighter 2: Ken's Stage for Classical Guitar (Arrangement)
This is the acoustic part. You can find it on youtube.
este video sigue siendo oro puro
There's a knockout version of TKD?!?!? My life is complete
In ITF tournaments, hand and foot techniques are allowed to the head and below the belt, but the rules state "light contact". In WTF tournaments, techniques below the belt are not allowed and you can only use your feet to strike the head. WTF allows for full contact sparing, but uses head and body protectors. Additionally, you cannot use the ground in WTF; ITF you are allowed to kick and fall or stabilize your spinning kicks using your hand on the ground. Hope that helps. Ask if you want more.
K.O's always happen, in semi-contact aswell. in itf taekwon-do I am pretty sure the rules say full contact to the body and semi contact to the head, that is in world championships, european championships and the big ones at the least. Though seeing the match-ups with the blackbelts here in norway I can say for sure you get full contact more or less all the time. In blackbelt sparring the judges dont really mind that much.
This Taekwon-Do allow head shots? Amazing art!
It's ITF Taekwon-Do.
I started ITF Taekwon-Do 39 years ago... and I've been punching for 39 years. In Gen Choi's martial art, all hand techniques you may find in karate and boxing are known, taught and used in self-defense and most of them in sport. Unfortunately, due only to politics, only WTF Taekwondo (note spelling) and its rules are allowed in the Olympics and therefore known to most people. What you see here is nothing new to me and 20 millions other fellow ITF students and instructors. THIS is Taekwon-Do.
Taekwondo kicks are just beautiful.
ITF in my heart.
streetfighter music with this vid was just perfect
That is the true ITF tae kwon do
Taekwondo as it should be.
i do karate n i have to say im impressed..all this while ive been watching WTF n i thought they were the same..clearly theyre not at all..
I'm so glad I learned ITF as a kid and not that wussy ATA, WTF. I remember sparring at a WTF sponsored tournament. The opponent was a joke, 14 I was 11 kicked him so hard he cried
2:08 Master Lee!!!
Clamato Fever n the BG added a real nice touch
That's what im talking about!Old school itf
I'd much rather step in front of a WTF 3rd dan. I'm a 1st dan in ITF myself and I from most of the WTF people I've talked to our breaking requirements are a lot tougher than WTF. For instance I had to break 4 boards with a flying side piercing kick for 1st dan, while a co-worker of mine, who was WTF, was preparing for his 2nd dan test and his required power foot break was only 2 boards with a standing side piercing kick. I had to do that for high green.
amm todos somos taekwondo :)
im a wtf student and i must say; i think i like itf sparring more because it forces you to come in contact more with the body, where as in wtf we hit mainly the chest gaurd
ITF in a real fight if it can be used perfectly, I although I am very good at practicing before I had a hard time winning some fights by letting myself be consumed by anger and not thinking about the blows I threw, I threw extremely fast but imprecise and weak movements
Ese tema suena a una canción de algunos de los videojuegos Street Fighter en el escenario de Ken Masters en Estados Unidos.
Mario,never let your opponent surprise you,you surprise him.Always used the hard part of your body to hit the sift part of the body.Never use a left jab,use a finger jab,and low kicks to the knees.
It doesn't matter if it's light contact, ITF sparring is much more dangerous than WTF. By proper technique and speed, a light-contact strike from ITF fighter is still very powerful and damaging. This is why in many cases, ITF has their junior competition wear helmet (even karate one) and WTF-type body protector to compete, for safety reason. Don't ask me about injuries, way way too many.
Whle this might have been true originally, the only teacher i know of who, today, teaches taekwon-do as self defence (Martys California kickback taekwon-do [He's a bit of a funny guy :3]) is quite a big name in both ITF and WTF. His reasons for this: ITF makes sence, but the WTF suit looks better :P
man i love Taekwon-Do
can't wait to compete as taekwon-do in the WKA world chamionships!
ITF is the best.
Wow Hang on there...I've never seen tkd like this before. It's almost knockdown. Are there points for knockout? This is awesome
masic78 this is ITF taekwon-do
Pierre!!!!!!! Guenette por siempre el MEJOOOOOOORRRRR.lastima ke son partes de los otros videos xD ni una nueva D:.pero igual kedo muy bueno
Great sparring,I like to see the hands being used.
I still watch this video before going to the dojang, this needs a remasterization!
wow..all the kick so powerful...man i like it
amo el tae kwon do es mi pasion
Que buen video! Quisiera recalcar la furia con que se dan las mujeres... son terribles! jajaj
perfect vid...great job :) taekwondo really hurts :D
just like Taekwondo should look like 💪
@darrenmiller3333 ouf enfin un anglophone au courant des réalités historiques sur le TKD ITF!bonne vidéoù Que de bons!
I respect WTF style,they have great athletes and dedicated people to the art,but ITF is the real Taekwon -Do, because is first than WTF.The forms of ITF is pure defense and attack ,in the forms of ITF you see fingers strike to the eyes,arm braking swepping to the legs punching from the floored,hooking kick twisting kick,etc.When you complete the first eight forms of the ITF,you complete all the vitall parts of the body.ITF is make to protect your self and kill or destroy the opponents .
The title is "Ken Stage", but I don't know the name of this version. Sorry.
and that's why I've always wanted an ITF do jang to be close to me, damn WTF
taekwondo with punching is fucking lethal
1:09 ahahah
I would love to get this song - where can I find it? It is, without a doubt, the best sf remix I've heard!
Old school one is better...the combination is perfect...Olympics one seems less punch and sport rather than fight
Ofcourse, I always practice it like that. Respect
This are amazing sparring clips. I dont see any sine wave techniques, and trying this in real fighting may be detrimental.
I suspected the same thing. Thank you for pointing this out.
noooooooooooooooooooo que buen video y la musica te quedo especial para el video :D
ITF Taekwondo IS MADE IN A REAL FIGHT. WTF is a limited fighter .. Sometimes events you forget how the fighter to defend yourself in close range. ITF is the remedy ... STILL MISSING A LOT OF THINGS. VERY GOOD VIDEO. I LIKE.
Everyone saying how ITF is better, in a practicality sense it is but that isn’t the point of Taekwondo. The whole point of it is to protect yourself in situations where you have to, not to fight whenever you want. Sure sometimes offense is better then defense but that just isn’t what taekwondo is, that would be karate or something. Taekwondo is about self defense and protection.
ITF is the original one it was born to fight
Very good, my inspiration!
Okay. That was a very beautiful video. I loved it.
spot your taget, hit it, jumping back piercing kick high section 4.08/09 Ouch!!! Killer technique
i'm a blue stripe i am pritty good at sparring but sometimes i lose control and hit people. one thing you'll like about me is that i'm always trying to inprove my self to be faster and strong than my a apponet even if he is a black belt. i love sparring black belts
dont bet on it, kicks are more developped in wtf so they strike harder, althought it's a good base if u wanna start itf...
WTF taekwon-do is the one that takes place in the olympics and is therefore greater known.
BEST OF!!!! --> 4.06 and 4.15
Holy shit, they're PUNCHING!?!? AWESOME!
Muy buen video
Saludos
Who would win? One of them or Muhammad Ali? Even Ali claims that against theses fighters boxers wouldn’t stand a chance
Boxing defeats WTF most the time. Even against ITF boxing would win majority of the time. Because punches are faster than kicks and high kicks leave you off balance. Against Muay Thai the Thai defeats more boxers and taekwondo because they can kick the legs, knee and elbow.
nice kicks going on here!
what is the name of the music? I like it =)
Ryu theme from Street fighter.
My point was that even him, an important fella in the WTF, only likes the suite. Other than that, even to him, ITF kicks arse... :3
lmao at teh guy in the background around 1:09
4:08... I'd hate to be on the receiving end of that kick.
@disturbedman360 same, ive been green for 7 months and i love sparring black belts even tho sometimes i get the snot kicked out of me, its always a pleasure to learn from them
nice video, and very nice song :) Ken rocks!
They are just different. Neither is better or worse. ITF has more of an all round fighting style with hand techniques actually being counted, but is light contact. WTF is full contact, but punches are rarely counted as a scoring technique.
go through, as you call it. it is the right way, i know, but a weaker and quicker version would often be easier to score points with, all im saying
i do wtf but i wanna do itf because it looks way more efective in a street fight
wtf is more of an organised sport
Great vid!
@90Avers
Thank you very much!
Nice video
oh jeeze, those look like they hurt like hell
Yes, it's a different version of the song, but I don't know where you can find it, sorry.
love the music ^^
@bjjjordan its 2 different things, ITF is standing and BJJ is ground work.
@veshkeat depending some matchs and tournement knock outs are aloud and the tournemnts that dont aloow it its ok if they walk into it like if u threw a side kick and they ran
into it and got knock out
Wicked vid , nice teckers
Taekwondo Rules.
Know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles.
WTF is not a ballet dance.they are martial arts too.We must need respect other.It is another meaning of Tong-il.
ITF is great but,WTF also great.Karate,Judo.Kravmaga.any martial arts.and any peoples are great.
who is the guy in the 00:56 , 01:23 , 01:45 and 01:59??? name please!!!!!
@Dragonvoice1 street fighter: ken's theme in a cool version... exellent choice
Music is the Ken Master's Theme of Street Fighter II, Capcom.
@conceicao0 It's from the rare street fighter tribute album... i got it!!!
this is the ken's stage tribute but in the original version i've got the other version (rocker version)
i miss this sparring:(
In the academy that I trained although we do not enter tournaments, if we train with that type of combat but wearing helmets
3:22 WOW!
enjoyed that ,very good
Perseverance autocontrol spirit of fight taekwondo hapkido they have good kicks
Can i please know the song that is playing??? ITS SO GOOD!!!!! and nice video :)
After I watch this clip, I saw how ITF is different from WTF. ITF is more realistic than WTF because of its silly rules. You cant block using your feet or lock the enemy.
I really prefer ITF than WTF maybe coz' I'm karateka.. :p
Same here. My background is in Karate and Tang Soo Do. Wearing a hogu is so restricting!!
yes itf is light contact and KO is not allowed...
i believe kickboxing is derived from itf taekwondo, not a 100% sure though , but yes they have similar rules
Nelsonsxs well kickboxing derived from mixing karate and Muay Thai back 1960’s in Japan when they started the competition Karate vs Muay Thai