what is the difference between Karate and Tae Kwon Do?

Question

I know that Karate is a Japanese martial art, and Tae Kwon Do is Korean. However, what is different about the training and meaning of the belts?

Answer 1

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Not much just sophisticated street fighting

Answer 2

Karate is not just one martial art there is not just one style of karate what i am saying is there is not just a karate style you have goju ryu, shotokan,kenpo, ect are all under the umbrella of karate. Tae Kwon Do is Korean art form dealing with more kicking to the upper torso jumping kicking and more eloboarte. For self defense purposes you would want to go the route of something more karate style there more lower body strikes. For the belt system the karate systems belts vary but white being beginer black being the highest then you have different dan's or levels of black belt. Tae Kwon Do most of the time follow the same belt ranking system white,yellow,orange,green,blue,purple red,brown, black, Some styles vary may switch your belts around but white and black are always the begining and the end per se. The meaning behind the belt levels is white is purity and white is the color of matrial that in the early days of training they was givin black is symbolising the dirty an sweat of your training. You are also supposed to never wash your belt no matter how dirty it is.

Answer 3

The Tae Kwon-Do Federation is a post Korean War collaboration designed as a military training method, Karate is by Japanese standards a sub curriculum handed down orally from samurai and obscured by periods of it being banded by the government at one point and the American occupation at another. Technically these styles are fairly simular in practice, and differ mainly in protocal, and the fact that Tea Kwon-do has more kicks.

Answer 4

The belt system is pretty much the same - beginners start at white belt, and as your skills and knowledge grow, you get progressively darker belts - black being the highest. Tae Kwon Do incorporates many elaborate kicks. Karate is in my opinion, more practical. The kicks aren't as elaborate, but are placed lower and to specific targets on the body. Tae Kwon Do seems to be more of a sport to me. The training depends on the dojo and the sensei doing the teaching. Basically - repetition, repetition, repetition!

Answer 5

Karate is alot better for actual self defence than Tae-Kwon-Do.
Tae-Kwon-Do is more based for tournements. At least in my area, Tae-Kwon-Do is set up to be a money making business where as Karate is mostly set up to further the art.
Tae-Kwon-Do is alot of kicking where as Karate has kicking, punching blocking and some standing grapling (locks).
Karate is as much defence as attack. The first thing I teach my students is not to get hit, avoid and block. Karate seems to be more practicle to me.

Answer 6

From what I know TKD is puting more emphasis on strike with leg, kick. Karate work with the arm and legs. In a competition I rarely saw block in TKD and more in karate. So like other previously answer karate is more in self defence than TKD. But both arts are grate.

Answer 7

i think Tae Kwon Do is harder to do than karate, i would guess that karate has more belts, White being the easiest and black being the hardest

Answer 8

tae kwon do is more self defence and karate is more attacking then defensive

Answer 9

many kinds of karate but most don't concentrate on high kicks, more hands and many weapons. TKD is mostly legs and usually no weapons. Althought the ATA does them now

Answer 10

karate focuses on both upper and lower limbs while tkd focuses on kicks. another is karate incorporates the japanese culture(using japanese commands, bowing, etc.) in its practitioners while tkd doesn't or maybe just not that much.

Answer 11

tkd focus: kicks
karate focus: chops