Can anyone explain to me the main differances between TaeKwonDo and Karate?

I have a paper to write and would like these to be my topics.|||Tae Kwon Do translates as %26quot;Hand Foot Philosophy%26quot; or %26quot;The way of the hand and foot%26quot;.





Karate means %26quot;empty hand%26quot;.





Karate is Okinawan or Japanese.





Tae Kwon Do could be very loosely translated as %26quot;Korean Karate%26quot;.





Tae Kwon Do is recoginzed by the International Olympic Committee as a sport.





Most Karate systems employ weapons training as part of their curriculum, most TKD schools do not.





The strikes and stances are very similar, only minor differences. TKD has a much higher percentage of %26quot;high kicks%26quot; and %26quot;jumping kicks%26quot;, and generally employs kicks more often than Karate.





Both curriculum%26#039;s generally include %26quot;sport/competition%26quot;, %26quot;self defense%26quot; and %26quot;forms%26quot; aspects. A karate form is called a %26quot;kata%26quot;, a tae kwon do form is called a %26quot;Poomse%26quot;.





Of course there are exceptions to all of these generalities.





James|||Frank is right. tkd is mostly kicks karate is strikes and kicks.





Also, I think tkd is lighter than karate (fighting wise).|||Karate is from Japan and is basically 50 50 hands and feet.





TKD is Korean and used more 70 feet an 30 hands.





Of course there are more differences than this, but these are two of the biggest differences in the styles.





You can get the history of both on the internet.|||Modern traditional karate was developed in the islands of Okinawa in Japan after some influences from Chinese martial arts.





Modern tae kwon do was developed in Korea after much influence from Japanese karate during the occupation by Japan. Indeed, tae kwon do is sometimes referred to as Korean karate.





It can be generalized that in karate, one would use their arms or hands for 60% of the time for strikes or blocks while the use of legs for kicking will be about 40%. This breakdown is seen in the many forms or katas of karate which are set routines which simulate fighting against imaginary opponents using martial arts techniques. The forms from tae kwon do would have the opposite percentage breakdown with 40% hands and 60% legs. In tae kwon do, there is also more emphasis on higher kicks to the head level than in karate. Tae kwon do practitioners also utilize more jumping or flying kicks where one is airborne while executing kicking techniques. The tae kwon do forms or patterns are generally a bit shorter and less complex than the karate forms.





well, good luck.


:]|||The first difference is that TKD originated in Korea, although it was influanced by the Japanese ocupation. Karate has two main branches, the original Okinawin styles, and the styles that were adopted and changed by the japanese. Yes I know Okinawa is part of Japan, but the karate that originated there is distinctly different than the japanese versions.





TKD does focus primarily on kicks, but if you find a good traditional school with a good instructor they do use a lot of hand techniques, as well as throws and chokes, etc.





Trying to say karate is so much hands versus so much feet is like saying all types of apples are the same. In the okinawin styles there are huge variances. Some use more hands, some use more feet. Some use the majority of open hands, others closed. Some use thrusting kicks, others use snapping kicks. There are styles that do mainly circular blocks and others that use more linear blocks. There are hard styles and soft styles of karate. The style I train is Isshin-Ryu, which is a blending of a harder and a softer style of karate. It is very raelistic and self defene oriented, but no better than any of the others.





If you have any specific questions feel free to E-mail me.|||TaeKwonDo: Striking art from Korea, it%26#039;s about 70% kicks and 30% punches.





Karate: striking art from Okinawa, it%26#039;s about 50% kicks and 50% punches.|||TaeKwonDo is a Korean martial art. Karate is Japanese.|||In general Taekwondo is from Korea and it involves mainly kicks while Karate came from Japan and involves more of strength and punches.





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