When we talk about martial art, the practitioners have to practice all aspects of Taekwondo such as Poomsae, Hansinsul, Gyorugi, etc and not just focus on one aspect which is Gyorugi.
However, as gyorugi is the more popular and appealing to the public, many coaches only focus on it with the hope that his or her athletes will be able to make it to the Olympics. With this in mind, the athletes do not train anything else in Taekwondo except gyorugi. Hence their training is sport-oriented from the physical, mental, technical and tactical.
As the shift towards sport is much greater, Taekwondo is slowly losing its martial art values...
I agree that this is a risk, but there are so many people studying taekwondo that I find it hard to believe that everybody is focusing on sparring. In my small school in Oregon, some students really like sparring, and some students really don't. We all train in everything, but some put a lot more effort into some things and other put a lot more effort into other things. I don't know if this approach is "good" either, but that's what I see where I am.
ReplyDeleteThat depends what you want to become, an athlete or a martial artist?
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