Why do korean martial arts always have high kicks?

Question

Why do korean martial arts always have high kicks?

Answer 1

cause if you kick someone's face, they get knocked out.

Answer 2

There are 2 traditional martial arts that come from Korea (2)

1. Tae Kyun

2. Tae Kwon Do



1. Is very old, which consists of grappling kicking, and striking.



2. Was formed in 1950's between the traditional art of Tae Kyun and the modern era from the Japanese

art of Karate



The reason the kicks were high are because of 2 reasons.

1. KOREANS ARE SHORT PEOPLE, AND KICKING ALLOWED THEM MORE POWERFUL

STRIKING

2. GRAPPLING AND FIGHTING UP CLOSE GAVE THEM ADVANTAGES, SO, THEY THOUGHT BY BEING ABLE TO THROW THOSE HIGH KICKS.

Answer 3

there are korean arts such as yudo (judo) and kwon bop (kempo) that do not kick.

The age-old story is that as a very mountainous region, Korea developed great kicks due to leg strength. Another story is that the aristocratic boys who were taught martial sciences by the military needed to have fine hands (not calloused) for purposes of social status, so the legs were used for defense.

I really don't know, but arts such as tkd, hkd, tsd, ksw, hnk,jdk, mdk, etc.

are known as high kicking arts in the US because that has become their signature move and their big selling point. I would not assume that a Korean master would automatically throw a spinning wheel kick in a real fight.

Answer 4

I love those! These are very proper for a McDojo and plenty of US "martial arts" colleges. However, take those to Asia and they're going to forcefully shove them in which the Japanese Rising Sun do not shine.

Answer 5

because people would be like damnnn lol bc normal people cant kick high like that maybe

Answer 6

I practice a style of Korean swordsmanship called HaiDong Gumdo, and there are very few kicks in it period - as a 2nd degree black belt, I've only been taught one form that even has a kick in it at all (I currently know 22 forms), and it's a scissor kick that's certainly not what anyone would consider high.



Similarly, high kicking isn't limited to Korean martial arts. I also study Kempo Karate, and more than once I've seen the instructors tell those that have the flexibility to direct certain kicks to the head whenever possible.