The difference between Taekwondo and karate

1. The difference between Taekwondo and karate

80% of Taekwondo is leg movements, and there are many routines. Kicking movements alone need to be divided into 8 directions and more than 70 kinds. Karate’s hand and leg movements are “half”, and the routines are “thick”. Karate moves use more hands, which are more powerful and practical. Taekwondo moves are leg based, which is more beautiful and gorgeous. Karate mainly uses hands. Taekwondo mainly uses kicks in the process of legs.

In Taekwondo duels, let your hands and feet attack and score continuously. When karate duels, who gets a point first should start again. Kicking in Taekwondo pays attention to horizontal kicking (test kicking) and heel shoulder horizontal line. When karate kicks, the knees are not raised (test kicking). The shoulders, waist and legs are not horizontal, and the whole body cannot be kicked. Taekwondo moves are based on wave footwork. Karate is a straight line movement.

2. Technical types of Taekwondo

2.1. Technical type: athletes have steady movements, changeable leg techniques, mature techniques, stable psychology, and integration of attack and defense in the competition, often making opponents lose unconsciously.

2.2. Strength type: athletes have good physical conditions, long legs, strong muscle explosiveness, superior innate quality, fierce offensives, and often win with strength.

2.3. Sanshou type: athletes have a tenacious style, take the initiative to attack more in the competition, attack and defend properly, form a whole, move very practical, and have a high level of training and competition technology.

3. Special effects of Taekwondo

Taekwondo stunts include basic movements, routines, duels, self-defense, etc. techniques include hand skills, foot skills, footwork, etc. If you want to do very beautiful special effects, you need high basic skills. For example, ligaments, physical strength, explosive force and body coordination. What Taekwondo stunts need most is not the body, but the mind. Overcome psychological obstacles, practice slowly, and don’t rush for success. Only through continuous innovation can the special effects of Taekwondo become more and more wonderful. Secondly, communication and exchange with people are also a ladder for progress.

Benefits of practicing taekwondo

1. Exercise. No matter what age difference, people need to exercise, so as to contribute to healthy and beneficial growth.

2. I know etiquette. In Taekwondo, “etiquette” is a kind of knowledge and learning. Although it is a sports event in the form of competition, Taekwondo has always respected the martial spirit of “starting with etiquette and ending with etiquette”. It stresses learning etiquette before learning art and morality before practicing martial arts.

3. Self defense capability. There will be technical training in Taekwondo. Through continuous practice, we can improve our self-defense ability and self-confidence, especially for women, which can help us cope with the complex social environment.

4. Release your emotions. Nowadays, people’s life pressure is relatively high, and the pressure in work can’t be released. They can distract themselves by Taekwondo, relieve the pressure in life and work through physical exercises, vent their emotions, adjust their psychological balance, and maintain a good attitude towards life and work.

Precautions for Taekwondo

1. Exercise 1 hour before meals or 40 minutes after meals, preferably 8 minutes full. Eat a small amount of food within 1 hour before training to supplement your strength. Wear loose clothes and shoes suitable for sports, not leather shoes. You’d better wear Taoist clothes and Taoist shoes. Try not to participate in training when you are unwell.

2. After recess and training, water should be supplemented properly. Attention should be paid to the quality of drinking water. It is advisable to drink boiled water, mung bean soup, or 1% light salt water. Avoid taking too cold water. Otherwise, it will strongly stimulate the gastrointestinal tract and cause gastrointestinal dysfunction. Amount of drinking water. It should be drunk in batches, not more than 200ml at a time, 15 minutes before and after, and not too fast.

3. The time of preparatory activities is 20-30 minutes, including running, joint exercises, games, pulling ligaments, etc. to fully open the ligaments and joints, improve the excitability of nerves and muscles, effectively overcome the dead inertia of internal organs, and make all organs of the body excited and moving.