Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Comparing Taekwondo with Other Styles of Martial Arts

Taekwondo is compared with Karate, Aikido, Tai Chi and Kung Fu in the following table.


The study conducted to obtain the results above showed that "the risk of injury in Taekwondo was three times that in Shotokan karate, and the risk of multiple injuries was nearly fourfold" (Zertaruk, M. N., Violan, M. A., Zurakowski, D., & Micheli, L. J., 2005, p.31).