How is Tae Kwon Do different from just plain Karate ?
Perhaps the biggest difference is in the predominance of foot and kicking techniques. While Japanese Karate is about a 50-50 split between hand and foot techniques, Korean Tae Kwon Do will have 80 percent kicking and the remaining 20 percent hand technique. This is because Korean people believe one’s hands are much too valuable to demean by striking with them and risking injury.
