Thanks for sharing this. Avsolutely incredible. I only wish these events still existed to the same level as they were, ring, crowd, televised. Damm ufc iant as spectator worth as this to me. Excellent.
Hi Alex. Do you have any footage of C.K choi when he was young besides the demo from 73? He is widely regarded to be the most technically skilled ITF TKD practitioner ever. And I agree with that view:)
@@joeyjusta-foul-o3305 yes, he was built like a tank...and he trained me up to black belt in sparring every time I set foot in the Dojang after red belt. It took me a few years to be able to kick him in the head and he stopped, shook my hand and congratulated me for a good kick. Then he took another pound of my flesh (sweat) to let me try to do it a second time. Don't remember even getting close to him after that. Gabbi was a very skilled and powerful fighter and we spent many hours training together.
Amazing to see the martial arts evolution for fhe past 4 decades.watching mma in 2024,martial arts has improved more than any other sport in the world.
@metalzonemt-2 and not everything has to ve about fighting. It's just nice to look at on its own merits. You must lack accomplishments in life. Back to the basement, soiboi
We're both of these schools ITF or practiced Chang Hon forms? I noticed the gray guys had Jidokwan patches on. Certainly they were Kukkiwon affiliated or leaned to the Tae Geuk or Pal Gwe forms right? The knife defense is not very realistic. They could have done better with that. Some of it was cool though. I like how they performed the tul without the silly since wave, but I notice even without it ITF forms look so damn sloppy and spastic. It's ugly. The same forms of performed like the Kukkiwon style would look so much cleaner and more accurate. Even the way he held his head with the chin up was so bad. Way to get knocked out easy. It's cool that the sparring was.in the ring, but point karate style or the ITF light contact is so lame. It should have been more harder contact. If both ITF and WTF had more hard contact Taekwondo should have been like this.
Park Jong-Soo's school was traditional ITF and Chong Lee's was more WTF (or "Korean Karate"), but keep in mind they competed together a lot and, in those days, did many of the same techniques. I didn't know about the Jidokwan patches. Thanks for noticing that. Also, keep in mind that the knife defense, and possibly much of the sparring is performative. For example, I know that Park slowed down many of his techniques so that people could see them more clearly.
@@agillis2547 back in the day in America many TKD groups seemed to train together or hold tournaments together. Both ITF and Kukki TKD and other groups interacted more. Jidokwan is so popular. I started training in a Jidokwan gym. Do you check your email on your blog? You wrote about a Jidokwan uniform in Korea and I emailed you some questions but never got a response.
@@agillis2547 darn it didn't get sent through maybe? If I ask them here can you respond officially here for the answers? Or can you tell me what email to send them to?
it was an art and way to develop fighting skills. These guys are Martial Artists and good fighters because they could dance with you or simply destroy an opponent with a well place punch or kick. The trick to it is to counter attack appropriately. Let the opponent send the first attack and respond with what Master Park called "Il Gyuk Pinsa" or "One strike kills".
In the 60's (before Bruce Lee) a "Judo Chop" was considered a lethal weapon. Bruce Tegner books filled the martial arts section in book stores. Then along comes "The Green Hornet" 1966 first episode. Bruce Lee changed everything. Kids at my high school in the early 70s were playing around with nunchuks (what we called them) and the only martial arts schools around were taekwondo and Tracy's Karate. 1976 was the dark ages of what would become MMA thanks to the first UFC Nov. 1993. Royce Gracie continued what Bruce Lee imagined. Everyone talks about how great Rickson Gracie was, but Royce Gracie is the MAN and won UFC 1. Rickson chickened out.
Park's tournaments were so biased towards Tae Kwon do. A 15 yr old friend of mine from Twin Dragons knocked Dohee down a few times in a match but never got even 1 point. Hi trainers Mick and Martin McNamara just told him not to pull punches lol. Twin Dragons was the first real full contact club in Ontario and one of the pioneers of MMA in Canada but I always felt that Tae Kwon do helped out. Joe Rogan was quite good at as well.
He's right, and I"m an ITF Guy. They have poor balance, no concept of defence, poor hand placement. And this is without being under pressure full Contact. Kicking Technique looks like fine, which I expected from the mid 70s. TKD really got going then.
@@MA1980ci personally trained with these guys and directly under Master Park. They were fighting some of the best in the world at the time and did a very respectable job of holding their own. Master Keukens, Master Gabbidon, and Master Paris were awesome fighters. This is a very early clip of them as I started training in 1977 and by then they were much more seasoned than this demonstration shows.
@@peli_candude554 its not all bad. they have much improved technique, flexibility. and fluidity over the prior decade (60s). But they cant fight. Maybe they learned later.
I could do the full splits back then and was quick and even as a white belt Rick chose to spar with me quite often. I haven't seen him since those times and used to train at other locations. In Rexdale I really liked the instructor originally from Suriname named Ode..hope the spelling was correct. I would renew 5 yr memberships and was a club member from 1974 to 93. I only liked sparring but never liked patterns so i never went higher than a yellow belt lol.😂Great times.
Such a relief to see them actually using their hands and takedowns.
A lot Cooler than now a day 👍 Greetings from the Netherlands 🥋 OSU 🥋
Thank you for sharing this important historical video! GM Darin Gibson
Thanks!
Thanks for sharing this. Avsolutely incredible. I only wish these events still existed to the same level as they were, ring, crowd, televised. Damm ufc iant as spectator worth as this to me. Excellent.
Thank you for posting this!
You're welcome.
Hi Alex. Do you have any footage of C.K choi when he was young besides the demo from 73? He is widely regarded to be the most technically skilled ITF TKD practitioner ever. And I agree with that view:)
An amazing snapshot in time, thank you for sharing!
Jong Soo Park discípulo del General Choi Hong Hi. Vaya joyita.😮
So basically all martial arts in America was great pre karate kid . Well damn
The good old days! Dino Hennings...Richard Paris... Kaes.....
I used to train with those guys. I was at that show as a yellow belt holding boards for Mr Park RIP
Awesome video!!
It's a good for showing off a few techniques.
Was this the only ITF taekwondo broadcast on TV in the 70s?
Thanks for sharing. 👍
Fast forward to today and look at what TKD has become.
Do Hee Lee was the guy knocked down and…Alphonso Gabbidon was also shown fighting on Master Park’s team…
Gabby was a heavier guy but during his flying kicks he seemed to float mid air before...
@@joeyjusta-foul-o3305 yes, he was built like a tank...and he trained me up to black belt in sparring every time I set foot in the Dojang after red belt.
It took me a few years to be able to kick him in the head and he stopped, shook my hand and congratulated me for a good kick.
Then he took another pound of my flesh (sweat) to let me try to do it a second time. Don't remember even getting close to him after that.
Gabbi was a very skilled and powerful fighter and we spent many hours training together.
@@joeyjusta-foul-o3305 Lol...Gabby was solid as a rock...not quite as flexible as the other guys but power in every move with agility.
Excellent the way fighting should always be itf the way to go
I like the intro music.
In 76 i eas training with Master Hee Il Cho. The greatest at that time
Amazing to see the martial arts evolution for fhe past 4 decades.watching mma in 2024,martial arts has improved more than any other sport in the world.
Whose feeling that one punch in 2024? That dude rolled himself right out the ring, lol!
I’m glad I do kyokushin
Is this ITF or ATA?
Кекушин сила.
Que altura era
E o pior que eu acreditava que daria pra se defender de uma faca usando isso. Deus! Como eu era ingênuo.
What's the point of kicking those boards held high?
Demonstration of skill and athleticism.
@@k9m42 One could argue that's pointless, I guess. It doesn't really help in a fight.
@metalzonemt-2 and not everything has to ve about fighting. It's just nice to look at on its own merits.
You must lack accomplishments in life. Back to the basement, soiboi
And at least they didn't pass their time making playlists
@@rockoorbe2002 Looks like someone got really butthurt.🤣🤣🤣
We're both of these schools ITF or practiced Chang Hon forms? I noticed the gray guys had Jidokwan patches on. Certainly they were Kukkiwon affiliated or leaned to the Tae Geuk or Pal Gwe forms right?
The knife defense is not very realistic. They could have done better with that. Some of it was cool though.
I like how they performed the tul without the silly since wave, but I notice even without it ITF forms look so damn sloppy and spastic. It's ugly. The same forms of performed like the Kukkiwon style would look so much cleaner and more accurate. Even the way he held his head with the chin up was so bad. Way to get knocked out easy.
It's cool that the sparring was.in the ring, but point karate style or the ITF light contact is so lame. It should have been more harder contact. If both ITF and WTF had more hard contact Taekwondo should have been like this.
👍🏿,
are you professional?
Park Jong-Soo's school was traditional ITF and Chong Lee's was more WTF (or "Korean Karate"), but keep in mind they competed together a lot and, in those days, did many of the same techniques. I didn't know about the Jidokwan patches. Thanks for noticing that. Also, keep in mind that the knife defense, and possibly much of the sparring is performative. For example, I know that Park slowed down many of his techniques so that people could see them more clearly.
@@agillis2547 back in the day in America many TKD groups seemed to train together or hold tournaments together. Both ITF and Kukki TKD and other groups interacted more.
Jidokwan is so popular. I started training in a Jidokwan gym.
Do you check your email on your blog? You wrote about a Jidokwan uniform in Korea and I emailed you some questions but never got a response.
@@MaharlikaAWA Hi. I do check that email, but I don't recall your questions now.
@@agillis2547 darn it didn't get sent through maybe?
If I ask them here can you respond officially here for the answers? Or can you tell me what email to send them to?
El Kaarate es mas efectivo con las manos que el Taekwondo
ITF = Isn't True Fight
You have to start somewhere.
it was an art and way to develop fighting skills. These guys are Martial Artists and good fighters because they could dance with you or simply destroy an opponent with a well place punch or kick.
The trick to it is to counter attack appropriately. Let the opponent send the first attack and respond with what Master Park called "Il Gyuk Pinsa" or "One strike kills".
Spoken like an ATI (A True idiot)
In the 60's (before Bruce Lee) a "Judo Chop" was considered a lethal weapon. Bruce Tegner books filled the martial arts section in book stores. Then along comes "The Green Hornet" 1966 first episode. Bruce Lee changed everything.
Kids at my high school in the early 70s were playing around with nunchuks (what we called them) and the only martial arts
schools around were taekwondo and Tracy's Karate. 1976 was the dark ages of what would become MMA thanks to
the first UFC Nov. 1993.
Royce Gracie continued what Bruce Lee imagined. Everyone talks about how great Rickson Gracie was, but Royce Gracie
is the MAN and won UFC 1. Rickson chickened out.
Park's tournaments were so biased towards Tae Kwon do. A 15 yr old friend of mine from Twin Dragons knocked Dohee down a few times in a match but never got even 1 point. Hi trainers Mick and Martin McNamara just told him not to pull punches lol. Twin Dragons was the first real full contact club in Ontario and one of the pioneers of MMA in Canada but I always felt that Tae Kwon do helped out. Joe Rogan was quite good at as well.
These guys are so bad and sloppy
Ha, ha, you're funny.
He's right, and I"m an ITF Guy. They have poor balance, no concept of defence, poor hand placement. And this is without being under pressure full Contact. Kicking Technique looks like fine, which I expected from the mid 70s. TKD really got going then.
@@MA1980ci personally trained with these guys and directly under Master Park. They were fighting some of the best in the world at the time and did a very respectable job of holding their own.
Master Keukens, Master Gabbidon, and Master Paris were awesome fighters.
This is a very early clip of them as I started training in 1977 and by then they were much more seasoned than this demonstration shows.
@@peli_candude554 its not all bad. they have much improved technique, flexibility. and fluidity over the prior decade (60s). But they cant fight. Maybe they learned later.
I could do the full splits back then and was quick and even as a white belt Rick chose to spar with me quite often. I haven't seen him since those times and used to train at other locations. In Rexdale I really liked the instructor originally from Suriname named Ode..hope the spelling was correct. I would renew 5 yr memberships and was a club member from 1974 to 93. I only liked sparring but never liked patterns so i never went higher than a yellow belt lol.😂Great times.