POV Sparring a Taekwondo Master

I Spar with 4th Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo, Master David Wright in Kickboxing and then WT Taekwondo point fighting!

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[SenseiSeth]

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[TheElbowMerchant]

I honestly believe my TKD background, when I was a kid, gave me an advantage in the kicking department when I got really into Muay Thai as a teen. I had so much dexterity in my legs that others couldn't replicate until they had been training for a long time.

[ant]

"congrats on taking your first class enjoy that black belt" I died lmao

[jtelevenoyd]

That was fun to watch. I sparred a TKD guy a few times long, _long_ ago, and figured out quickly that if I stayed at his preferred range he'd pretty much take my head off anytime he felt like it. Therefore I decided that I'd only have a, uh, fighting chance if I closed to practically stand-on-his-feet distance and laid the hands, knees, and elbows in.

And that's when I found out the SOB had taken boxing lessons too.

When it comes to asskickings it's definitely better to give than to receive, but even the latter is a learning opportunity. 😁

[Martin.Christopher]

the fact that he embraced the joke and gave you an, "absolutely" was beautiful. Master Wright is such a great ambassador for TKD... chill, respectful and gracious--but the dude will still kick your head off when appropriate :D

[Userjdanon]

it's great to see it from the gopro perspective, making it much more realistic of how hard fighting such an opponent is

[MJRLHobbyStuff]

Ahhh. TKD. Honestly the martial art, in a distilled version, is a very dangerous fighting style. It is of course not MMA but any of the guys that have had it as a base always kick better than anyone else.

[GabnotGabe]

Lmao
Master Wright was my primary mentor in taekwondo for over a decade. Thank you for having him on your channel repeatedly. I tried to convince him to share his knowledge on YouTube but he's always been too humble to show off. Thank you for this.

[MarinhoRFilho]

I am a Brazilian Taekwondo black belt and have been training the art for approximately 10 years including teaching for some period. The big problem with Taekwondo is that the martial art suffered from a very large process of banalization and sale of belts, specialy in USA, so many academies start to graduate black belts with less than 2 or 3 years of light training. Here in Brazil I don't see this phenomenon happening with such intensity, so most of us reached the black belt level with around 6 to 8 years of regular training, some taking more than 10 or 12 years.The change of the olympic rules in Taekwondo WT also contributed to worsening the image of the martial art as they made athletes replace the fast and powerful combinations of kicks by leg fencing. However, a Taekwondo practitioner who trains at a legit dojan for years, doing sparring and conditioning tends to be an excellent fighter due to the unique and effective combos of kicks and footwork of the style. Taekwondo can be an extremely effective and brutal way of fighting in any striking scenario as long as the practitioner is dedicated and doesn't speed up the process merely to achieve the black belt level in a short time.

[ArrwLIVE]

Master Wright represents Taekwondo so well. Glad to see more content featuring him!

[kingjokercristiangonzalez]

As a 3rd degree in TKD and being one to hear jokes/statements that it’s “useless” I very much appreciate this video from Sensei❤️

[EvolveNowYoga]

You are doing a great job as walking punching bag!✊

[RenzDavis]

One thing that TKD really offers over a lot of others, is the volume of speedy kicks. Can appreciate.

[torinslik]

Just goes to show that, no matter which style you train in, you can be effective at any scenario you put practice in to. It's all about how you train.

[jeremykiahsobyk]

A friend of mine took TKD, and he was a soccer player. Guy was magical with his feet. Pinpoint precision, next level timing, and his ability to keep me in his comfort zone was otherworldly. Reminds me of when Icy Mike said "Have you tried being a world-class athlete? Did you try that?"

[ok-zombie]

The first person cam gave me PTSD
from my high school TKD days, having to always spar tall people. Thanks….

[operaanimelover]

I may not have practiced Tae Kwon Do myself, but, from what I have seen in sparring demos, it is beautifully powerful yet utterly lethal in its own special way. I have even managed to tune myself into Kwonkicker's channel, and he has definitely enlightened me in terms of what real Tae Kwon Do entails.

[madmaxiemartialartsnerd]

Honestly I would say one of the best thing about TKD is it really teaches you the fundimentals of tricking your opponent through false body language signals. One of my favorite kicks has always been to turn a front kick into a pretty painful side kick. And you see David do a lot of simmiliar tactics in his sparring by making it look like it was goign to be a body shot then turning it into a head shot.

[rayh.]

That final point! Thats my bread and butter, the turning back kick. He saw you turning and just threw it because he knew the physics were there. You were going to turn and your chest be open to his rear leg back. Beautiful! It USED to be a pretty standard counter kick before REALLY NEW TKD got too safe. (hint, you dont HAVE to aim at the chest, you CAN blast to the face with it) TKD gets a bad rap, and it deserves it for one major point. Duration of training before it becomes "effective". 6 months TKD is not enough to help you in a fight. 3 YEARS in TKD ISNT enough to do more than marginally help you. Decade plus, with tournament fighting and an emphasis on speed (and be in good shape)... now you actually have some effectiveness. Great video!

[zonk]

I love every video with Master Wright, I can't ever get enough. I wish you included him more on your channel.