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Which aspects of Tae Kwon Do are distinctly Korean and different from karate?
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∙ 12y ago
I believe that because the Koreans are taller than most Japanese, Taekwondo was based around kicks as it was easier and kicks have more power than punches.
Karate, like-wise, is based on punches because it was harder for most Japanese to kick at the height of a Korean's head.
That being said.. taekwondo still has plenty of strikes and blocks as karate has many kicks
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∙ 12y ago
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