Taekwon-Do is an effective, practical martial art, practiced by millions of people. The original art, developed by General Choi Hong Hi, has evolved with several different interpretations and organisations. My curiosity is not a competitive one nor is it pitched to validate any particular form. This is a dialog about how I have come to train with the International Taekwon-Do Federation, and how I now use and develop Taekwon-Do to reflect my interpretation 0f basic training methods, philosophy and technical application.

I like many others, believe that all TaeKwon-Do techniques have to be executed in class with absolute realism. When I see self-defence in some other classes, I take a step back and think, “really?… maybe it would be better done this way…….” When Master McNairn and I get together, we discuss this at length, and when I see what he teaches in the African development seminars, we both agree on what we’d like to see being taught – Realism!!

Body language at the initial stages of a self-defense situation Thesis for IV Dan Niklas Enander, Sweden The purpose of this thesis is to give a guidance and point-of-views on what I call intuitive self-defense…