Is my taekwondo school good in a street fight?

Its traditional korean martial arts(tkd,hapkido) i was wondering if would help me in a street fight.


Oh and also my Master is a 8th degree and he was brought to America to train marines.


So i want a someone to tell if i can defend my self in a situation|||Okay. You need to ask yourself these questions to know whether your TKD is good in a street fight.





- What is your school affiliated with? ITF? or WTF? ITF is more geared towards the spiritual aspects of TKD and is far more practical than WTF as WTF is more geared towards the sporting side. On another note, WTF tends to be flashier than ITF. However, this alone doesn%26#039;t determine whether you whether it would be good in a street fight, but it provides a indication





- How long have you studied? The longer you have studied to better you will be. This is my favourite quote, %26quot;Perfection is not achieved when there is nothing to add, but when there is nothing to take away.%26quot; If you train long enough so that you no longer have to think of the movements before you perform then, your ability to protect yourself is greatly improved.





- Do you do a lot of sparring? If so, when you spar do your opponents fight at full speed? This sort of training will develop your footwork and movements not to mention, most importantly, your reaction time





Every style approaches particular situations differently. The different thoughts and feelings behind the style, more or less determine how they would act, for example an aikido practitioner wouldn%26#039;t approach a fight the same way a boxer would. However, with this being said I don%26#039;t believe that it’s the style that determines how well it would work in a street fight situation; I believe it’s the martial artist. This reminds me of something I heard once, “One may train for 10 years but only have 1 year of experience.” It all depends how committed you are, how determined you are to train. This in the end will determine whether you will be good in a street fight situation, not the style.|||Ummm really there are too many variables... I would say 95% yeah it will help.... How long have you been studying? It%26#039;s not like you can take a %26quot;seminar%26quot; in TKD and be an effective fighter... It really takes a couple years for the %26quot;instinct%26quot; to take over, and from that point on you only get better exponentially... Just curious... is it Chung Do Kwan? (that%26#039;s what I learned).. anyway... After 5 years or so you will be able to handle yourself against (pretty much, but there are always exceptions) any untrained person.... And I have seen some 20 plus year guys, I wouldnt have a chance against no matter what other style I learned.... But there arts that will make you a good fighter faster|||To answer your question its really not so much about the art in of itself as it is the person that trains in that art.You have to consider a few things. 1 did you receive good instruction.2 How serious do you train. 3 was your training self defense or sport training. Old school Tae Kwon Do is very formitable but like I said before it depends on the practioner. And theres and old saying to consider. Its not the size of the dog in the fight.but the size of the fight in the dog. If you seriously trained hard you can defends yourself very easily..and no Im not a TKD student either. just a 15 year martial artist.|||It%26#039;s not the art, it%26#039;s the artist.|||yes|||The only way you can genuinely say you can defend yourself is if you truly believe it, 100%.|||no because tkd is mainly abt flasy kick....for street fight u need to have good knowledge on balance,puch n kick....i would say muay thai is best for street fight coz its designed to destroy the opponent with its powerfull kicks ,knees and elbows.....muay thai was designed for war.....it have also proven itself when tested against many other arts....and the main thing is sparring.....muay thai is full contatc sparring....hope this will help u|||do you spar or at least do the higher belts spar alot? does your instructor teach you moves that arent flashy, and are practical(no jumping spinning tornado kicks)? When you spar is it full speed or at least very close full speed with a resisting opponent. If you answered yes to these questions then yes you are gaining skills in which can help you if needed to defend yourself|||no... I was a purple belt in Korean Tae kwondo and I learned very quickly that even if you are fast, you miss a high kick in a street fight, you better know some ground fighting (I do) I also find it strange that a Taekwondo instructor would train Marines... I am a marine and well versed in several styles and mcmap (marine corps martial arts program) and kicks above the thigh are almost outlawed (not practical) as well as many of the moves which are used in the do. In otherwords I don%26#039;t know what they used your instructor for, but that seems strange to me. ( I am not calling him a liar, just pointing out the weirdness of it) we mainly train in Jui Jitsui (sp probly) of the Brazilian style (what you see on UFC) Alright, that is it.





PMJ|||o yeah.