A dance routine incorporating the formidable Korean martial art of Taekwondo has been castigated for besmirching the reputation of the discipline, with the offended “masters” stating that the atrocity will end up reducing Taekwondo to that of a “night club art”.
The “offensive” dance, set to some classy K-pop:
Many have naturally pointed out however that the art (like most things) has previously been showcased to crowds on numerous occasion for entertainment, with the Korean army being a well-known example:
holy i love the second video.
>Demonstrates Korean army moves
>Does TD Raiz
As if TKD isn’t already a dance in its current form. Fucking worthless in a real fight against someone with actual training in fighting.
>Disgraces The Art!
And having women as members doesn’t?
Deal with it, your art was disgraced long time ago.
As someone who has practiced and been apart of several martial art systems for over 15 years, this rigid mentality needs to stop. Martial arts are a tool to better yourself. If someone wants to use it to better their dance skills, I don’t see the issue. Not everyone does it for the same reasons. Some use it for sport, some for fitness, some for self defense, some to learn to discipline the mind, and some don’t even have a goal in mind. They just do it. I say the more reason people have to try martial arts the better. What WILL kill the martial arts community is asshole instructors who think their application and reason for martial arts is all there is and adopt this Borg like mentality. It’s absolutely poison, and deters from people taking an interest.
I have no problem that some taekwondo guys dancing with martial moves. At least they have some fun sometimes, they can’t be everytime serious.
It’s like right now on YT, police officers around the world are dancing on Ghost Town My boo.