Can a first degree taekwondo black belt take down ten people at one go?

Question

I am wondering if a first degree taekwondo black belt can take down ten people who does not know martial arts?

Answer 1

No way.
In Bangkok years ago a Taekwondo Greatmaster 6.Dan was killed
by a group of 3 Gangsters, using a knife to stab him.

He was the brother of my own teacher.
What I found over the years was that Taekwondo isn't as effective as
Chinese Wushu for example.

My friends and Taekwondo colleagues in Taiwan told me a story years ago. Both of them being 4 .DAN Blackbelts.

They were invited to Wushu (Qigong) class. Their Sifu asked his assistant to spar.
My colleagues - who were very fast - could not even touch the Assistant
Master. Jimmy Lee told me, we would have been dead in a real
conflict.
He also gave me this advise : Never pick a fight with an older Chinese man.

Qigong practitioners seem to float when they practice, but their techniques are deadly.

Answer 2

You're 13 and becoming 4th Degree Black belt. I'm sure you're a victim of those mcdojang that roaming around your place, because if said promotion are being happened for short time, then maybe if you reach at the age of 30 years old, you're already 10th Dan, LOL. Kid, what you had is not an accomplishment, sorry to say this but I'm not sure if you achieve the quality kind of teachings from your Instructor, because mcdojang is a watered down kind of Taekwondo school that poorly giving inefficient skills. Good luck ..............

Answer 3

Depends upon the fighter's skills rather than the style . Anything should be used with speed and agility on the street. you need endurance and then stamina as the most important. depends on the fighter how hard he has trained. I think tae kwon do has a slight disadvantage in hand techniques but a korean belt or a malaysian belt would be too speedy and beat 10 guys even. Hit the leaders keep moving an dhit hard and try to hit the vital points use of hands is essential. I think advanced fighting system is more relevant to street fighting or jeet kune do.But its all interrelated. depends on the fighter's training and skill. If you want to resolve the dilemma of street fights and martial arts go to the site www.bullshido.net. They have real skits taken on the streets you may come across one of them and judge for yourself.

nazeer lalani senior red belt taekwondo from Pakistan trained under korean instructors.

Answer 4

it is possible for a martial artist who has trained well enough to defend himself against several people, but you can't equate what you see in the movies with reality.

In reality a person can only deal with 3 to four people at a time, if the group of ten were to come in a few at a time maybe, but a group that size is not likely to attack that way. they are more likely to attack all at once as ninedemonsgod has mentioned, and the person being attacked would more than likely be overwhelmed by sheer numbers. plus, if the attackers have weapons then it's only lessens the chances for the martial artist to survive the attack, which the attackers will be likely to find something to use as a weapon.

But if the Martial artist has a weapon and knows how to properly use it as spidertiger mentioned, then the possibility of the martial artist's survival of the attack is greatly improved.

again what you've seen in the movies is a choreographed fight, and only theoretical and very rarely based on an actual situation.

Answer 5

Only if you're Jackie Chan. I could see him dropping to the ground and doing a 360 sweep taking out all the legs. But seriously, its highly unlikely. If any of the 10 attackers had any martial arts experience, no chance. We've practiced with 3 attackers and the best you can do is take the oncoming one, immobilize them and if you're lucky push them into the other two attackers to at least give you a shot to run. But 10?, and chances are they wouldn't come at you straight on.

Answer 6

I don't think any one can take down10 people.

I had a sparring with 2 people who have red belts when I was 3rd degree black test in Olympic Style Sparring. In Olympic style, there are big different between Black and Non-Black. Because There are differences in flexibly, timing, stamina, and ability to kick, counter attack.

like other sparing sports, TKD has lot of counter attacks tech.
And timing and distance are very important.

For example, you are your opponent standing orthodox(left leg front), And If the opponent throws roundhouse with his right leg, which was in rear, then you hop back a little and counter with fast right roundhouse. Easy 1 point in Olympic sparring. And it's basic. Most of players know. there are many more techniques like this.

If there is a Olympic sparring match between tdk Olympic sparring petitioner and someone who has better physical ability, stronger ,younger ,faster and does not know how to spar, Olympic sparring petitioner will win. No doubt

Answer 7

Considering that 6 year olds can get a black belt in TKD from all of these McDojo's all over America...the answer is no.

All things being equal...someone with 6 months of solid Brazilian Jiu Jitsu training would mop the floor with a TKD first degree.

Answer 8

You can't really answer speculative questions like that as there are too many variables involved.

It's possible he could if the circumstances were right, but more likely he wouldn't because ten attackers are a lot, and there is a good chance there maybe someone tougher than he is amongst them. Martial Arts are not the only combat methods out there.

Answer 9

If they stand there and let him, yes.

I am a 3rd Dan in TKD, 2nd Dan in HapKiDo, and a Pro Fighter. I think it would be difficult to take out two aggressive fighters with no skill but not impossible. I can fight for about 20 minutes straight with a new partner every couple minutes. However, It is so difficult to fight two aggressive opponents at the same time. If some one tells you they can take out 10 people at once, they are either lying, they got lucky one time or they are picking passive opponents.

Answer 10

No person from any style, including the best MMA fighters, can handle 10 aggressive fighters at once. The 10 will get the steak- all the martial artist could hope for is to get some hamburger...