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? asked in SportsMartial Arts · 7 years ago

Which is more powerful Judo, or Taekwondo?

Can anyone explain the difference, and is it comparable? In any case, who would win?

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  • 7 years ago

    Powerful? Martial arts is not powerful. It's not like you are trying to plow over your opponent and muscle them to the ground. If that were the case in any martial art style it would be totally useless for anybody who does not have a lot of physical strength. Ever watch a 70+ year old judo or Taek Won Do master? I doubt very much they have a lot of power but they do have incredible century old techniques that have been passed down for generations that the masters themselves honed for decades.

    The media and sports especially UFC have made everybody believe that you have to have muscles and strength and stamina to be a good martial artist. To a certain extend in sports fighting that is correct as they put you in divisions with opponents of similar strength and then they limit the techniques to things of entertainment value to please the crowds so you will watch the matches. The only edge in such matches is often strength and stamina and a little bit of luck as well to decide the outcome.

    As Con has stated correctly sport fighting is based on martial art for warfare. There is a difference. But Judo does not win against Taek Won Do any more as Taek Won Do will win over Judo. It all depends on the practitioner and how you train.

  • 7 years ago

    This question makes no sense at all. First Judo is one art. Taekwondo is a general term for at least 75 different styles of Korean martial arts. Second, martial arts are tools. They have no power. People using them are what makes them useful. Therefore people determine how powerful an art is. But then people vary greatly. some are good at something while others never will be.

    So, asking which would win or which is more powerful is like asking which brand of mechanics tools is better, while forgetting that tools are only as good as the person using them.

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    Source(s): Martial arts training and research since 1967. Teaching martial arts since 1973.
  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    tkd is more of a striking art, or at least most of them here in the usa and whats used in Olympic tkd. Where else judo is mainly grappling. Both are good, although I find judo a much easier access in the usa when it comes to non-mcdojos

  • 7 years ago

    See thats the Joker's secret technique fighting the Dark Knight.

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  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Technically, Judo should be more powerful bc of the technique it focuses on.

    But power does not come from the art itself. Power comes from the practitioner.

    Source(s): Tang Soo Do/Tae Kwon Do - 2nd Dan - 13 yrs.
  • 7 years ago

    Judo would win because it is a grappling art. Both Taekwondo and Judo are sports based on martial arts designed for warfare. Taekwondo is Korean and Judo is Japanese.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    7 years ago

    depend on how strenght user. judo is expert in trow TKD is expert in kick

  • 7 years ago

    Depends on the fighter

  • 7 years ago

    No such thing.

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