What is TKDTutor?

TKDTutor is a repository of information about Taekwondo and the martial arts in general whose goal is to educate martial arts students about the martial arts. Some people enjoy playing football, some basketball, some baseball. These are all ball games, but one is not necessarily better than the other is; they are merely different ways to play ball. It is much the same in the martial arts; each style offers a different way of doing the same thing. As with all martial arts, Taekwondo has its good points and its bad points. TKDTutor informs readers of the good, and the bad, of Taekwondo, and of other martial arts, but it does not seek to condemn other martial arts.

The martial arts world is full of misinformation, misrepresentation, and misconception. TKDTutor tries to compensate for this by presenting clear, factual, and, as much as possible, impartial information.

For some people, facts may change, but their opinions never change, regardless of the facts. Will anything presented in TKDTutor change your opinion of your martial art, your martial arts organization, or of the martial arts in general? Probably not! Even though there will be some points in TKDTutor with which you may agree, nothing presented in TKDTutor will cause you to shout “Eureka! My eyes have been opened and now I see the error of my ways."

No matter which Taekwondo organization you belong to, or what other style of martial art you train in, you will find something in TKDTutor to agree with, and you will find something to disagree with. If you believe a certain method is correct and TKDTutor presents facts to support that belief, you will probably use the facts to prove to others that you are right in your belief. If you believe a certain method is correct and TKDTutor presents facts to show your belief is wrong, it will probably not change your mind, but at least you may start you thinking about your belief instead of just blindly accepting it as true.

The primary purpose of TKDTutor is not to change the minds of people already indoctrinated into the philosophies of their styles or organizations, but to present factual information to those who have not yet committed to a style or organization so they may make an informed decision of which martial art style or philosophy is the correct path for them to pursue. Secondarily, TKDTutor may cause students to question the things they have been taught and either reaffirm then, reject them, or change them.

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