How has age and injuries affected your performance? George, I know you’ve had knees surgeries which limits your mobility in bjj. Does it hamper your tkd? In my case, I have some arthritis in my fingers. It mostly hinders my bjj, and I use more no-gi grips than the average person. Haven’t noticed a big difference yet in tkd; the flexibility loss is more from too many years away. It’s coming back quickly, but hip mobility is more of a concern than it ever was. Ive been fortunate otherwise. I hurt my back years ago, im sure i had a slipped disk, but i used common sense and gradually strengthened it and it doesnt hinder me anymore beyond knowing it will never be as strong. My knees, elbows, shoulders, hips have never had issues from tkd. Wear and tear from bjj though, so I spread out my workouts and crosstrain tkd in between. Anyone else deals with anything?

Does anyone really refer to the crescent kick/half-moon kick as described in the 2011 KKW technical terminology by ahn and capener? They describe the bandal chagi as similar to dollyeo chagi, but supporting leg does not pivot, like an ap chagi; and kicking leg is slightly turned in to strike. Most references i see to bandal chagi seem to take the older approach of it being an outward or inward kick (bakkat or an chagi), swinging the leg up to strike with the outer edge or inner arch of the foot.

Back in the 90s the footwork revolved around junjin, ilbo junjin, whojin, and ilbo whojin steps. How have things evolved in recent years? Is there a standardized format for footwork?

Hive, I will start off the Taekwondo portion of TMWU by sharing excerpts of Pro-TKD from the late 1990s. I believe that was the height of that era that spanned from the late 1980s to 2008. At that time power with execution was essential to not only score but to do damage. It was referred to as "Trembling Shock". Taekwondo took notes from boxing and had some of the best footwork in combat sports. Today this is missing while the modern day sport definitely has a following but only has skills that can be used within the sport Taekwondo world. The skillsets of old school while not perfect and did lack hands it was extremely explosive, powerful, and multi dimensional within the realm of being used in other combat sports. I will start sharing clips of a former professional league called Pro-TKD. It was on ESPN2 and Pay-Per-View. I will eventually share all the fights here for you personal evaluation. Also, I will start doing voiceover analysis of a few fights. Last, this will lead to the eventual instruction of the TMWUs Taekwondo program which will focus on the explosive and dynamic kicks of Taekwondo as well as its footwork, drills, application, and better understanding of kicking distance and timing and how this can be used with MMA, K1 kickboxing, Muay Thai, Sanda, and other combat sports. If there are some things you would like to see, please let us know in the comment section.

Here’s an odd ball question for you, George. I know in the early years, Hwang Kee basically sued to have the mdk gain independence from tkd. So now the mdk split and there are mdk tkd people, and there are moo duk kwan tang soo do/soo bak do people. Is there any interaction between the mdk taekwondo and tangsoodo groups these days? Or are they completely separate entities that dont talk to each other?