Karate & Taekwon-do Difference?
Taekwon-do and karate are no diffierence at all because Taekwon-do came from shotokan karate and shotokan karate came from matsumara orthodox, matsumara orthodox came from matsumara seito, seito came from matsumara ryu and then kobyashi, matsuyabashi, shubayshi, sotobasyhi and then Shorin-Ryu Karate.
There are subtle but distinct differences. TKD was developed in 1950 as a style tailored for the modern combat infantryman wearing heavy boots, carrying a rifle with both hands, and toting a rucksack. TKD’s main purpose is to use the strongest part of your body (legs) against the weakest part of your opponent’s (head & neck); therefore, TKD was designed to deliver devastating kicks to the helmet snapping the neck in one blow. There is only one style of Tae Kwon Do. And Tae Kwon Do teaches no weapons usage at all. Karate was invented in Okinawa in the mid-1600s heavily based on a style of Chinese Kung fu. Karate was originally designed for the Okinawan peasant to defend against the Japanese Samurai. There are several styles of Karate each emphasizing kicking and punching to various degrees. Karate has both a soft style and hard styles (while TKD is a very hard style). And all styles of Karate teaches weapons usage. Tae Kwon Do uses a ‘canterlever’ approach to throwing its kicks, over-ex
Karate or karate-dō ( karate-dō?), is a martial art developed from indigenous fighting methods from the Ryūkyū Islands,Chinese kempo, and classical Japanese martial arts. It is known primarily as a striking art, featuring punching, kicking, knee/elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques, but grappling, joint manipulations, locks, restraints/traps, throws, and vital point striking are taught with equal emphasis, depending on the school. A karate practitioner is called a karateka. Taekwondo (also, Tae Kwon Do, Taekwon-Do, or Tae Kwon-Do) is a martial art and combat sport originating in Korea. Taekwondo is the national sport of South Korea and sparring, kyeorugi, is an Olympic sporting event. In Korean, derived from hanja, tae means to destroy with the feet; kwon means to strike or smash with the hand; and do means “path”, “way”. Hence, taekwondo is loosely translated as “the way of striking with hands and feet”. Taekwondo’s popularity has resulted in the divergent evolution of the martia
True karate is older than TKD. Karate is a martial art. TKD is sport ( the national sport of Korea actually). TKD was invented when Japan occupied Korea and the Koreans saw karate and invented something like it because the Japanese would not allow them to train. Prior to all this happening the Koreans actually had traditional martial arts but they are not popular like TKD. I am saying one style is superior to another. They are just different. The quality of a martial artist depends on the quality and frequency of the training, not the style being trained in.
In a nutshell… karate uses primarily hands (punches) as means of sparring, while taekwondo uses primarily the feet and legs (kicks). Now, this is true for WTF (World Taekwondo Federation) Style, which is the one you can see at the Olympics. ITF (International Taekwondo Federation) is very much similar to karate in the stance that they use a lot of punching.
