Taekwondo has always stood apart from karate and other martial arts because of the excessive use of taekwondo kicks. Practitioners of taekwondo believe that the leg is the longest, and the strongest, limb on the human body and therefore it should be used as frequently as possible in a long list of taekwondo kicks. The long list of taekwondo kicks includes the front kick, side kick, roundhouse kick, back kick, reverse side kick, hook kick, axe kick, crescent kick, and the groin kick. Okay, I confess, I made that last one up. But most people are familiar with a taekwondo kick whether they realize it or not. That kick that Ralph Macchio uses at the end of The Karate Kid is a taekwondo kick and it is the front kick with a little bird action added to it. So now you all know why the movie should have been called The Taekwondo Kid.

Taekwondo kicks have the definite potential to kill the person receiving the kick and that is why only trained martial artists should administer taekwondo kicks. For instance, you strike your opponent with the heel of your foot when you make contact in a roundhouse kick and if you do not know what you are doing and you connect with the wrong part of the side of someone’s head then that person could be fatally wounded. Taekwondo kicks are all fun and games until someone gets hurt.

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Administering a taekwondo kick correctly requires an amazing sense of balance that requires years and years of training to perfect. Have you ever seen a taekwondo master drunk? And you probably never will either. Once a student has mastered the many kicks of taekwondo they become very dangerous people. Remember that the reason the kick is preferred in taekwondo is because it is the strongest limb on the human body. So imagine someone that has not only mastered the use of those limbs but has also strengthened his or her legs to the point where contact can be deadly. Taekwondo masters make undeniable human weapons.

So the lesson here is that if you see someone roundhouse kick someone else in anger the best thing for you to do is to quietly get away from that situation. Taekwondo maintains a reputation as one of the more aggressive martial arts and when you mix that aggression with the ability to strike with the legs then you get a person that is not to be messed with.