is taekwondo better that kung fu???

Question

help me make up my mind pls

Answer 1

Better for what? Better for whom? It depends on the imstructor. It depends on the specific style. Kung Fu (really Shaolin Boxing) has many vraieties, there are probably greater differences between different Shaolin styles than there are between TKD & some Shaolin styles. Find a good instructor. Good Luck.

Answer 2

There is no Martial Art that is "better" than another, only the individual studying the discipline can be the better fighter; not the discipline and Tae Kwon Do is ONE of several Korean Martial Arts while Kung Fu is the generalized name for at least 18 Chinese Martial Arts Disciplines ( Bagua, Drunken Boxing, Eagle Claw, Five Animals (dragon, crane, tiger, panther, and snake), Hsing I, Hung Gar, Lau Gar, Monkey, Praying Mantis, White Crane, Wing Chun and Tai Chi Chuan. to name a few, but there are more not listed here.
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TKD emphasizes an 80% kicking and 20% percent hand technique but it is effective in it's own right. Many people (including many other Martial Artists that study other disciplines) consider it to be "flashy" or ineffective (because of it's inclusion in the Olympics as a sport), but this is not true; as it's techniques are just as powerful or effective as those in any other Martial Art.

depending on WHICH discipline you study in Kung Fu is up to you but is still totally different from TKD, but the Chinese disciplines are usually more well rounded in their kicking and punching techniques as well as their defense techniques.

TKD actually came from Chinese Martial Arts (just as many of the Martial Arts did), but was changed by the founder of TKD and the discipline "evolved" into what it is today.

you just have to find a good school that teaches and emphasizes good, proper technique and training, and train on a regular basis to become the best Martial Artist YOU can be.

Answer 3

hi there,
i have had a less but good experience in a martial art known as goju ryu which was more or less based on the white crane system of martial arts near the fuchian province of china.

for now, i wish i was able to find a teacher to pursue my interest in the arts of the martial science.

ok, :-) back to reality !!if u luk at taekwondo, the art focuses on the use of feet more than the usage of hands. In Kung Fu, there is a balanced combination of hands and feet .
i feel if someone learns taekwondo, and get better with the feet, then they should learn boxing so that they would be able to use their hands effectively as they would use their feet.

i assume this has given u the opp to understand the difference.
moreover, taekwondo has a lot of focus on sports, with the usage of the high kicks, which in real life defense is pretty dangerous and not recomended, whereas Kung fu practioners will have a high hitting capacity which would be more like an iron ball pounding against the opponent.

think bout it , luk at some clips on youtube.com and heck u will get to know bout it ...

Answer 4

It depends on what you're going for. Taekwondo has a larger organization, meaning that if you get a yellow belt in Ohio and move to Texas then you'll still be a yellow belt, and the same all the way up the scale. Also, all the tournoments you go to are likely to use the same sparing rules and scoring that you use at your school. On the other hand, Kung Fu is usually a more complete Martial Art system. I've met very few Taekwondo students who were any match for my students at the same level in a real fight, but mu students sometimes do poorly at a taekwondo tournoments because they aren't used to the rules.

Answer 5

Hi i do TKDso ya
Tae-kwon-Do is the art of Tae striking with the foo0t and Kwon is striking with the hand and do is the way
and kung fu is the art of attack or something taekwondo is more well rounded and kung fu is just like go kickem hard So ya

Answer 6

savate has the main kicking, accompanied by ability of taekwondo. all of those varieties are sturdy to check and comprise fairly some an identical suggestions.. the undertaking is that karate and kung fu incoroporate many categories with many diverse suggestions that may not be an identical in different varieties interior the artwork.. kung fu is the main distinctive in style and suggestions as alot of their varieties mimic animals. taekwondo has diverse federations that have diverse objectives greater suitable than categories interior of and a good style of of the suggestions in the process the federations are an identical my factor is that one style of karate might have greater kicking than yet another style of karate, or the two a type of varieties might have greater suggestions than one style of kung fu.. that's the reason that's no longer unavoidably the artwork, yet how effectively and punctiliously you study the artwork so as that as quickly as you are able to desire to apply it you have an more desirable command of suggestions you are able to have confidence in..

Answer 7

Kung fu has too many splits to standardise. so it hard to compare your level with others. But the effects of practice within your body you can feel, is great.

Answer 8

you should also take into account that there are many different styles of kung fu available. you'd probably have to evaluate each one against tae kwon do to see what's best

Answer 9

No but Tae Kwon Do is very good. It all depends on the practitioner really. Look up Bujinkan Budo.

Answer 10

There is no better art, only better artists.
The quality and frequency of training far outweigh the style of training.