Taekwondo is divided into which two competitions

Combat Taekwondo is the International Taekwondo Federation (International Taekwondo Federation) referred to as the ITF is similar to the school of karate, is a family of martial arts. It emphasizes the application of combat and killing power. In the regular ITF competition athletes' protective gear only boxing gloves and a pair of foot gloves, so the danger is relatively high, and therefore did not enter the Olympic Games competition program has a perfect set and attack method, known as hard, accurate and fast, including all punches, elbows, knees, kicks, wrestling, and ITF Taekwondo pay more attention to a pair of more than one opponent to fight, an authentic ITF Taekwondo masters in real life can beat An authentic ITF Taekwondo master can defeat multiple WTF practitioners of the same rank in a real fight. Generally inter-genre matches (e.g. against Karate, Muay Thai, Sanshou) are contested by ITF athletes.

Competitive Taekwondo is the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF is World Taekwondo Federation) abbreviation WTF is now the mainstream of Taekwondo sports. A faction that tends to be a sport that branches out for the purpose of competition, it is popular among contemporary youth because it is easy to practice and very fashionable. Focuses on training athletes' reflexes, body coordination. It emphasizes Taekwondo's best kicks, but because it focuses too much on the kicks, the techniques are not comprehensive. Athletes wear a full set of protective gear during competition, providing excellent protection. Competitions are generally judged by the number of points scored, but WTF is characterized by the athletes' very fast body reactions and speed, which allows them to catch their opponents' mistakes and hit them at incredible angles and speeds. If the score to determine the winner of the match, no other martial arts can win WTF, so WTF is known as the world's first athletic program.