How could you use Taekwondo in a real street fight?

In a real street fight punches and kicks are thrown in a split second....
How could you use tkd against these types of attack?

 

By parrying or avoiding an incoming attack and striking your attacker as hard as possible. Then legging it!

I don't even do Taekwondo and I could work that one out!

 

ye ok

lmao! ye the idea is there but when wild punches are being thrown it is easier said that done! you must know what i mean!

 

I get where you're coming from (and sorry for jumping in on a TKD thread uninvited) but I think you've just gotta be sensible about which TKD techniques you choose to apply. If someone's flailing at you then, as a TKDer, you're quite used to making your distance and taking the fight into a long-range which will work to your advantage. If this doesn't work, you'll need to know when to apply short-range techniques like punches and elbows etc.

I don't think you can use ultra-long-range tournament-TKD in the average self-defence situation. But equally, I don't think many TKDers would try to.

 

Taekwon-Do alone may bot get you out of a street fight, firstly if you are aware that wild kicks and punches will be thrown, make sure you have enough distance between you and your attacker. You must strike hard and with aggresion towards a vital point in the body don't just swing a punch for the sake of it, concentrate your attack to a vital point. Keep any kicks low, groin or leg kicks only, kicking head height in a street situation may end you up on the ground. If you end up on the ground, you better hope you have a car to hide under or have some ground skills!

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Well front snap kick and low turning kicks work great.

 

As does the low turn around and run away!

Why on earth would you stand toe to toe with someone?

I've said it before and I'll say it again, I have nothing to prove to anyone, so why would I further escalate the situation.

If I had no choice, it wouldn't be TKD that I'd use, it would be anything to stop the guy. Anything.

Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines!

 

what tchniques would work then. i imagine that ap, dwi and yop chagi would work well.

 

What a stupid thread.

 

'Dwi' chagi has a 't' on the end.

 

wtf

what a stupid reply.... i aint makin u read it so go away!

 

Anything that connects and hurts your opponent would generally work. Unless it made him more mad.

You have to put him on his ass as quickly as possible. What works one time might not work another.

 

These threads do seem pretty pointless... and there is no need to take presonal offence.

 

LOL! Do they have a gun? Is it pointed at me? I give 'em whatever they want and call the cops.

SuGyong

 

how do you call the cops if they wanted you cellphone?

 

Go to the first person you meet and ask to borrow there mobile or into the nearest shop.

 

kick him on the knee then do a front snap kick..then an uppercut..It'll work..I think?...

 

Well you could step away into a clear space and give a demonstration of your fancy kicks, so that you're opponent says "simply spiffing show old bean" and conceeds the fight. Which is probably about as sensible an answer as you're going to get asking such a vague speculative question.

 

I don't recall being taught that, or having seen it being taught when I trained TKD.

Or that.

Or this, are you sure you're doing TKD?

Elbows, knees and locks? Are you sure?

Don't know it, will you put me out of my misery?