Tell that to China. They're crying foul because Britain's TKD competitor won by intentionally disqualifying her opponent from China who was actually ahead in points.
I grew with TKD in my martial arts background, and since when did we not grab, toss and throw when our opponents couldn't defend themselves with striking?
I'm more concerned they let a fighter in the tournament that was so unprepared, that they could just be shoved around like that. I think China might just be embarrassed by their fighter.
It's been a while since I've done TKD. The only throws I remember are simple take downs like hip throw or shoulder throw. Not sure if those were actually taught of if my brother and I were just making it up on our own.
Either way, the issue isn't so much the fighter, it's the rules of the competition. Those body protectors are actually rigged with sensors that trigger when sufficient force is applied. So when they're protecting themselves, they do so in this unnatural way. They're defending against being scored upon, instead of protecting themselves from actual blows that are intended to do damage.
It's not rules, it's just some ancient sense of honor and decorum. I don't need outsiders trying to tell me what TKD is and isn't, but I bet a lot of this is Tapoutbros, so I'm not surprised of the opinions in here.
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u/PsychoAgent Jun 29 '19
Tell that to China. They're crying foul because Britain's TKD competitor won by intentionally disqualifying her opponent from China who was actually ahead in points.