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For self defense, taekwondo is not without its advocates: * When taekwondo was originally developed (see: Traditional Taekwondo), its focus was indeed combat (in fact, military combat) rather than sport. Pioneer practitioners such as Nam Tae Hi were famous for their lethality. Even now, taekwondo styles such as ITF-style, Jhoon Rhee taekwondo, and Chun Kuk Do place a strong emphasis on the self defense aspects of the art. * More than some martial arts, taekwondo tends to emphasize kicking, especially high kicking, the idea being that your legs are longer and stronger than your arms and therefore should be more effective in a fight. That's if - and this is a big if - if you can train your legs to become as fast as your arms. Human reflexes in the arms are inherently, biologically fast

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rdfs:comment	For self defense, taekwondo is not without its advocates: * When taekwondo was originally developed (see: Traditional Taekwondo), its focus was indeed combat (in fact, military combat) rather than sport. Pioneer practitioners such as Nam Tae Hi were famous for their lethality. Even now, taekwondo styles such as ITF-style, Jhoon Rhee taekwondo, and Chun Kuk Do place a strong emphasis on the self defense aspects of the art. * More than some martial arts, taekwondo tends to emphasize kicking, especially high kicking, the idea being that your legs are longer and stronger than your arms and therefore should be more effective in a fight. That's if - and this is a big if - if you can train your legs to become as fast as your arms. Human reflexes in the arms are inherently, biologically fast
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abstract	For self defense, taekwondo is not without its advocates: * When taekwondo was originally developed (see: Traditional Taekwondo), its focus was indeed combat (in fact, military combat) rather than sport. Pioneer practitioners such as Nam Tae Hi were famous for their lethality. Even now, taekwondo styles such as ITF-style, Jhoon Rhee taekwondo, and Chun Kuk Do place a strong emphasis on the self defense aspects of the art. * More than some martial arts, taekwondo tends to emphasize kicking, especially high kicking, the idea being that your legs are longer and stronger than your arms and therefore should be more effective in a fight. That's if - and this is a big if - if you can train your legs to become as fast as your arms. Human reflexes in the arms are inherently, biologically faster than in their legs. With training, however, some people can also make their legs lightning fast. Especially if one wants the fight to be over quickly, the ability to close fast and strike hard while still out of your opponent's arm reach can be very effective. In practice, most self-defense situations do not involve a "fair" fight. Most real-world situations are not one-on-one fights between two unarmed people. In practice, most self-defense situations involve muggers, rapists, gang members, etc. who come to the fight armed, in a group, and who ambush you. Generally speaking, the best self-defense is to be aware of your surroundings, avoid dangerous situations, and to know how to de-escale confrontations. That having been said, in the very rare "fair" fight the style of martial art being practiced is arguably less important than other factors such as the sizes and ages of the opponents (bigger and younger usually win), fitness level (both strength and stamina), reaction time, and aggressiveness (who is willing to "break bones" first). The practice of any martial art is generall going to improve your fitness level and reaction time.

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