Why martial arts is better?Karate or taekwondo???

Question

I am currently trying to figure out which martial arts to take...so people which do you think is better?

I am currently trying to figure out which martial arts to take...so people which do you think is better?
So sorry,i mean which martial arts is better.

Answer 1

All Martial ares are good.I'll give you some facts on some:

Taekwoondo uses 90% of Legs (Kicks)(Olympic sport).
Karate is hands and legs but its kicks and punches are sharp and cut (Sport).
Kung fu uses both legs and hands in a more flowing movement(Sport).
Judo is mostly graps and turnovers and falls (Olympic sport).
Muai Tai has legs ,hands, elbows and is played in a boxing ring.
Aikido has hand techniques and falls (Not a sport).

I personally train in Chapkoondo it's a mix of Kung Fu ,Karate,Muai tai and Chinese boxing(Sport).I also have Black belt in Kung Fu.Take a look at my 360 page I have some pictures of my training.

So there is no good bad or better.It's up to what each person likes and his body structure.

Answer 2

Taekwondo today in its form is a Sport that has very little
to do with the traditional Korean martial arts practised centuries ago.
Ho Shin Sul is the more effective Korean martial arts.

Kyukushinkai Karate is much more tough and effective than Taekwondo.
Harder to learn and full contact.

So is Muay Thai, absolutely devastating.

Years ago in Bangkok, I saw many fights between Muay Thai Novices
and Taekwondo Students. The results were always that the Taekwondo
Students were shattered.

Muay Thai Students have to knock their shinbone (with a hammer) to make it hard and insensitive to any blow, kick. Therefore their
roundkick is absolutely damaging. It shatters the heart and the opponent goes down, especially if you are caught unaware.

In Rajadamnoen Stadium the all American champion in Kickboxing
suffered a terrible fate.
He kicked the Thai boxer right into his face, but the Thai boxer shrugged it off as if as a fly had touched him.

The devastation that followed left the Champion knocked out in a
few seconds.

Real Muay Thai is terribly effective and very hard to learn.

Answer 3

The type of martial art is not nearly as important as the amount you are willing to practice. A boxer who trains 10 hours a day would have no trouble defeating someone in karate who only trains for 10 minutes a day. However if you're looking for a martial art that will still be useful to you when you get old, I'd recommend Wing Chun.

Answer 4

Honestly, every practitioner will have their own answer. To choose for yourself, visit as many classes as possible. Also determine what you have for your goals, sports competitition or traditional training. Back when I was a teenager, Koreans taught Korean Karate, later it was named TaeKwando. Traditional martial arts is traditional martial arts. Before the Koreans wrote their own books, we used the karate books published by the Japanese. Kicks are kicks, punches are punches, there is no better or worse, eventually if you study long enough and keep an open mind you will learn that movement is movement and that the body only hinges one way and move in a large number but finite number of movements. Find what best meets your needs and tastes.

Answer 5

If those are truly the only choices you have to make, I'd go for a Karate school over a TKD school in a heartbeat.

Between the two, it's a generally more well-rounded art and the training is generally harder.

TKD is a sport, not a combat art.
Karate....eeh, it depends on the school in question. By no means is all Karate bad, but a lot is taught as utter tripe.

Answer 6

There's not one Martial Art better than another, TKD is an 80% kicking and 20% punching discipline, while the Karate disciplines are more rounded disciplines of using both the punching and kicking techniques almost equally.

if you're looking for something that has more agression in it's defense; then you may wanna try TKD, but it's still a defensive discipline while Karate is more the passive discipline in it's defense.

Answer 7

Well, it really depends upon the instructor. Often, the better martial arts classes are the ones that are more low key and less commercialized.

Stay away from name brands like Corely, or ChoiKwonDo.

I recommend you find either a ryu or if can't find, then go w/ Karate.

Answer 8

I like Telis's answer. Here is my 2 cents. It doesn't matter which art it is better. What matters is how good your instructor for the art you want to take is. It matters very little that one art is better than another if the instructor is not good. If the instructor tailors the art for the individual, works with them, has good students that pay attention mimicing the teacher, the teacher thinks, let's you talk, and explains things, then you have yourself a good teacher.
Check out the schools in your area. Judge the school by the teacher and the students. Go with what you like.

Answer 9

Have to agree with John Q. Of course thats because I take that form too. But seriously trying to say which martial art is better is extremely difficult. It depends on how you define better. The best form is one that you will stick with and that you enjoy. Try out both and then make up your mind.

Answer 10

It's not necessarily that one is better than the other so much as each accomplishes something different. My son and nephew are both into tae kwon do. My nephew is a 2nd degree black belt and my son a high green. My father learned tae kwon do in korea many years ago and is a 4th degree black belt. In any event they said that karate is more defensive and less offensive.