You might think from the title I am going to give you some videos to watch on you tube.  Nope.  I was cruising the web and ran across some sparring video's of Taekwon-do in Edmonton.  So I clicked on them and watched.  They turned out to be WTF videos shot at a few different local tournaments.  I considered moving on, but then decided to watch and see how they went.  I usually don't watch WTF sparring since it is so boring.  I expected to see 2 people bouncing in place, staring at each other with the occasional feint followed by more bouncing (oh yes, hands down by their side too).  Then a dash towards each other with a few quick "round house" (Turning) kicks.  where upon they would be stuck chest to chest until the referee moves in to separate them.  All together maybe 20 round house kicks in 3 minutes with the rare match having a spin kick or high turning kick thrown in.

I watched 3 different vidoes.  2 young kids, 2 adults and a "champion" lady who would dominate for years to come.  They all looked exactly the same.  Just as I described it.  The "champion" did do a high turnin kick and a back kick.  Guess that is why she's considerd so good.

I still can't believe I wasted 10 minutes of my life on that.  Don't they get it.  Kwon stands for hands, punching etc.  And there are more kicks to use like side kicks, axe kicks, front kicks, hook kicks and yes, back kicks.  TaeKwon-Do is so much more than what the WTF shows the world.

compare any Chang-Hon sparring match to any WTF match and the excitement factor is light years ahead for us.  Techniques used, continuous action, and we actually hit harder and more often as well. 

End of rant...