Is Taekwondo even a martial art?

Is Taekwondo even considered a martial art anymore? In our dojang, we are taught Olympic-Style sparring along with traditional forms (patterns). Since Olympic-Style sparring is now considered a %26quot;sport%26quot; because it is a sporting event in the Olympics, does Taekwondo lose its standing as a %26quot;martial art%26quot; too?

Is Taekwondo even a martial art?
There are numerous schools of taekwondo. Some are sport, some are martial art.
Reply:I think it would still be a martial art since not every dojang practices in the same manner you do. There are still people who prefer to keep to the old style.
Reply:Taekwondo is still a martial art.





Judo is also an Olympic sport and a martial art.


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Reply:i used to do TKD and i would say meh i am starting to hate the term martial art because hardly anyone that does it is in the military we should start calling it a sport even if we dont compete because really that descibes it much better even for the traditionalist id call it a sport becuase we arent gonna use it on anyone (on purpose out on the street)





thats just my opinion
Reply:Taekwondo is different from dojang to dojang each grandmaster some do it the old way some don%26#039;t but overall its still considered a martial art
Reply:I think those who drop their traditional forms and traditional training methods for solely new olympic %26quot;sport%26quot; exercises are a sport, and no longer martial. I personally would like to see a return of traditional TKD from half a century ago.
Reply:yes, tae kwon do is still considered a martial art. there are still those dojangs that teach traditional korean TKD.
Reply:Traditional TKD is a Martial Art. If you%26#039;re in a WTF school, you are not learning traditional forms. If you don%26#039;t respect your school, why are you there?
Reply:The thing is the heads of TKD all conformed to the olympic style of fighting, so in fact all of TKD is based on the Olympics and the TKD who try and move into martial arts, well, why not just do karate???
Reply:Yes it is. And having tkd in Olympics only adds in more fun and competition, making students want to train harder to win one another. Which martial art does not have sparring? Only difference is with whether it%26#039;s in Olympics. Seeing it as a sport is not wrong either. Wat%26#039;s wrong with an martial artist having sportsmanship? Well, it does not matter whether you%26#039;re a guy doing the 4 x 100 or martial art. I admire all sports man and martial artist for their time and effort that they put in to make themselves better.
Reply:Yes, it IS a martial art.
Reply:Everything is a martial art!





This is a good question - as it raises an important consideration of martial arts as an industry and how that industry exists for the beneficial evolution of humanity.





The vast and relative limitlessness of interpretation, adaptation and expression of martial activity throughout the industry is exemplary in terms of humanities ingenuity, however at what cost for greater humanity when evolution is dampened.





Perhaps as much as this might be - the larger part of this comes down to the individual student.





If he or she is earnest and stalwart in their martial endeavours, if they learn to properly shape and maintain their propriety, etiquette, dignity and grace; all of the glorious aspects which has lit the lives of hundreds of millions will become the mantle of their personality.
Reply:sure is
Reply:Look up the term martial %26amp; you will see that current aplication does not fit the definition. TKD is a sport, even the old school was changed by the time is came to this country.





Sport, not self-defense not martial any longer.





Simple