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Basic engineering practices explain the importance of position and alignment in martial art movements. The Roman used the arch in their structures because they knew of its ability to disperse loads evenly; martial arts use the strength of the arch in their stances. Builders use practices such as pre-stressing in anticipation of heavy loading; martial arts use pre-stressing when they teach you should push outward on the knees in anticipation of the knee being pressed inward by an attack, or that you should tense the body just before your punch makes contact with its target. Knowing the tensile, compressive, and bending strength of flesh and bone helps in knowing which techniques are more effective than others under certain conditions. Knowing how age affects the body's elasticity helps us understand how techniques must be changed as we age.

Scientific measurement, description, analysis, and modeling may be applied to martial art techniques and used to evaluate their effectiveness or to improve their effectiveness. This does not have to be an elaborate scientific investigation; it may just be using basic reason, logic, and common sense to analyze techniques objectively.

When describing Taekwondo techniques, TKDTutor tries to objectively evaluate the techniques, pointing out the bad points as well as the good points. Sometimes, this supports the Taekwondo way of doing techniques, but sometimes, it may lead to a rejection of standard Taekwondo practices.

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