What are the styles of taekwondo?

What are the styles of taekwondo?||| The two basic style of Tae Kwon Do are WTF(World Tae Kwon Do Federation) and ITF(International Tae Kwon Do Federation). WTF is sport TKD, like you see in the Olympics. ITF is more traditional. In WTF, they shorten things for speed, and power, where in ITF, things are taught for technique, which later turns to power.





Hope this answers your question!|||Aiyana I do WTF and ITF and both are the same thing in terms of kick and punches, even how you excecute the punches. The big diffrence is that in ITF you have alot more punching combos with your kick%26#039;s, where as in WTF you have way more kicking combos. Thats why they both look a little diffrent because WTF uses 80-20 (kicks being used the most) and in ITF its more like 50-50 in both kicks and punches. And there are only two diffrent styles of taekwondo, ITF and kukkiwon (WTF). But even then, they really are both the same, just the forms are diffrent. |||In the United States, the 3 biggest organizations are the WTF (World TKD Federation), the ITF (International TKD Federation) and the ATA (American TKD Association).





The Kukkiwon is the same as WTF. Kukkiwon is the world headquarters of the WTF in South Korea. The kukkiwon has nothing to do with the ITF.





That being said, the styles are the original 9 kwon%26#039;s. A few of are: Ji Do Kwon, Chung Do Kwon, Han Moo Kwon, Moo Doo Kwon. They are very similar.





Also, another misconception is that WTF is only the Olympic sport version of TKD. That is not true. WTF schools also teach self defense, and other techniques that would not be allowed in sparring. In addition, the forms (poomse) of WTF TKD include elbows, knees, kicks below the waist, etc.





I have done both ITF and WTF TKD. They are not really as different as they are marketed to be. The sparring rules are different, and the forms are different, but the technique is not that different. To insinuate that WTF TKD kicks don%26#039;t have power because they are shortened for speed is ridiculous. Power comes from speed. This is basic physics.





James|||You have two styles in the art and two in the sport aspect.





Art:


ITF


Kukkiwon





Sport:


ITF


WTF