About Taekwondo
Self-Defence
There are many martial arts and each will have their own approach to self-defence.
Taekwondo as an art emphasises the use of kicking and this largely dictates our approach to self-defence. We use our skilful footwork to avoid attack and then strike an attacker to disable them, allowing us to make good our escape. Of course we still train to use all means of defence – feet, knees, elbows and hands – but it is for the speed and power of our kicks that Taekwondo is justifiably renowned.
Rather than using strength to overcome an opponent, who may be more powerful than us, we seek to use our speed and skill to stop the attacker and allow an escape – self-defence is not used to batter an attacker but to minimise the chance of injury to the defender and allow us to retreat safely!
Locking plays only a very small part in our self-defence armoury. In the modern world where you are likely to be attacked by more than one person, it is safer to strike, disable them and leave rather than try to control one attacker while others may continue the assault.
Weapons
There is no weapons’ training in Taekwondo. As well as the questionable legality of carrying weapons, we train so that we always have our most powerful weapons available to defend us – our hands, feet, knees and elbows.
There are many martial arts and each will have their own approach to self-defence.
Taekwondo as an art emphasises the use of kicking and this largely dictates our approach to self-defence. We use our skilful footwork to avoid attack and then strike an attacker to disable them, allowing us to make good our escape. Of course we still train to use all means of defence – feet, knees, elbows and hands – but it is for the speed and power of our kicks that Taekwondo is justifiably renowned.
Rather than using strength to overcome an opponent, who may be more powerful than us, we seek to use our speed and skill to stop the attacker and allow an escape – self-defence is not used to batter an attacker but to minimise the chance of injury to the defender and allow us to retreat safely!
Locking plays only a very small part in our self-defence armoury. In the modern world where you are likely to be attacked by more than one person, it is safer to strike, disable them and leave rather than try to control one attacker while others may continue the assault.
Weapons
There is no weapons’ training in Taekwondo. As well as the questionable legality of carrying weapons, we train so that we always have our most powerful weapons available to defend us – our hands, feet, knees and elbows.
