Why Teakwando use full body contact when sparing compare to karate only half contact?

Answer 1

It's "Taekwondo" and it's "sparring".

To answer your question, that's just the way the organzing bodies decided to go. WTF taekwondo is full contact, but ITF taekwondo is half-contact like karate.

Answer 2

I believe you either are confused or have very limited experience in the martial arts.
"Teakwando" as you call it, which I am assuming is Tae Kwon Do is notorious for their tag style point matches. Their hits are only superficial tags.
Karate is not like that. Karate was not put in the Olympics because it is not a sport like Tae Kwon Do.

I believe you need to get out and see what is going on with martial arts. Watch some K1. Go read a book about Okinawan karate to see how the philosophy is different to the modern sport of TKD.
Or please visit an actual dojo to see how the training differs. When we spar in our dojo we allow contact anywhere save the groin. We use take downs, continual contact (no stopping for a “tag”), we do not use a ring and we do not keep points.

Answer 3

A variety of schools and styles use different sparring rules. Generally speaking, most schools teach control fighting styles in that even contact has some control. Rember that equipment is not perfect and does not cover all points of contact like thigh, calf, achilles tendon etc. The insurance issue for schools is a big factor and many Ins. Cos require equipment and certain rules to try to ensure the least amount of injury.

That being said, there are some styles that you could train in that will be relatively aggressive, without much equipment and effective. Kyokushin, (Mas Oyama) is probably the most traditional along with Kodokan Judo. Just remember that anything with rules is never all out no matter what it is called....good luck in your training

Answer 4

I'm not sure you've looked into Karate well enough. In my Dojo, we use full body contact including strikes to the head, shoulder, torso, arms and legs. We always have. The only good it would do to teach someone to strike only part of the body would be for tournaments only. Most Karate schools teach the full aspect of Karate, not just how to win medals.
Go watch some classes at your local Karate Dojo and see what I mean. Hope this helped you.

Answer 5

The only time you have full contact is in competition like UFC,PRIDE, and K1.

tournaments between schools and such do not allow full contact.

I also believe that you did not research your info well or you haven't really looked into the disciplines, I've never heard of full contact in any tournament unless it is an open invitational and it has been designated as a full contact.

I suggest you look into these disciplines better, better yet ask some of the instructors in either of the classes that're near you to better understand how tournament sparring works.

Answer 6

Sparring in Tae Kwon Do, you can only use your hands and feet. You can only punch at the torso specifically at the areas that are covered by the body armor. While in kicking you can only hit the areas covered by the body armor and the head.
As I have observed the sparring techniques of both martial arts especially in the Olympics, in Karate you can punch directly at the head; but in Tae Kwon Do you cannot do so otherwise.

Answer 7

its taekwando man and ive never heard of the half back thing but thats maybe because of the diffrent schools from personl experice full contact is alolwed at tounments but only to black belts and your sopose to lighteren up on power unless ur master or sensi tells you. tounment wise its the insurince rates and the fact that its not always an open tounment. but if ya want fuill contact thrn go to a kajukenbo tounment they have plenty of that there

Answer 8

Interesting...

I've never one seen a TKD studio that trained even close to full-out contact much less actual full-contact.

Whereas say, Kyokushin karate does train regularly in full-contact randori.

90% of Taekwondo training is point sparring Olympic crap.

Pads, targets, rules....hardly something to truly even consider sparring...much less hard-impact sparring.

Answer 9

I do not know what you mean. Olympick TKD is point sparring. Karate has point, full body, and 1/2 contact. TKD can do the same.
Maybe you should clarify your question.

Answer 10

because tai kwon do uses mostly kicks, they wear chest protectors etc. For a point to be scored in many TKD tournaments, it is required for you to cause 'trembling shock' meaning you have to hit your opponent hard enough to make him move, jolt etc. You can't just tap him in the chest with a punch, you actually have to hit him hard enough to cause him to stop in place, move back etc.

Some karate is also full contact, but because most do not require full protective gear, they scale back on power.