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Anonymous
>>388000 Christ.
Of COURSE knowing a sport martial art will give you a greater advantage in a street fight. Nobody's doubting that. But there's a big, BIG difference between Tae Kwon Do's focus on scoring points off of your opponents target and, say, motherfucking Kyokushin Karate's focus on knocking the opponent down/out. Hell, in Tae Kwon Do, you can't even HIT to the head in sparring until you're black belt, and even then, it's only kicking. Meanwhile, in Kyokushin or MMA, there's much more liberty with where and with what you can hit with, making it much more practical in a confrontation. The more a sport focuses on competition, the less useful it will be in the street. Simple logic.
And naturally, there are developments in sport martial arts, but only in regards to the sporting aspect of it. Developments in, for example, Tae Kwon Do are mainly developments in how to hit fast enough to score multiple points while leaving you in a position that is unlikely to be countered. While this may help a bit in an actual confrontation, knowing how to hit a lot and knowing how to knock a guy out are two different things altogether.
tl;dr: some styles are more practical than others.
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