if your really interested you should get a hold of the TKD encyclopedia its full of hand techniques if u want i'll name em

I train in ITF TKD and also KF. Slapping? I haven't used slapping in KF. In TKD I had a creative instructor who was working on some defenses against slaps. He thought it might be useful against women attackers. Maybe he wasn't getting a positive response to his pick up lines. [IMG]http://www.fightingarts.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif[/IMG]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by kiwi:
Have a look through all 24 of Taekwon-Do's patterns (the ones General Choi created exluding one that has been cut out). You will see a ton of different hand techniques.

Basicly we have all of them, but practice them little as they rarely work.[/QUOTE]

Kiwi I think you hardly practise them because you hardly use them or you hardly understand their purpose. Most hand strikes other than punching are aimed to create openings. Sorry I know I'm not TKD, but what you said there was dissing Karate as well.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by hkphooey:
I train in ITF TKD and also KF. Slapping? I haven't used slapping in KF. In TKD I had a creative instructor who was working on some defenses against slaps. He thought it might be useful against women attackers. Maybe he wasn't getting a positive response to his pick up lines. [IMG]http://www.fightingarts.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

One of my instructors who also trained in TKD was teaching the girls slapping. They would slap with the right hand and let the guy trap it, repeat with the left hand. Then they would follow up with a slap kick [IMG]http://www.fightingarts.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif[/IMG] Which was kinda funny to watch them do.

Ouch!!!

[QUOTE]Originally posted by alan_cooluk:
if your really interested you should get a hold of the TKD encyclopedia its full of hand techniques if u want i'll name em[/QUOTE]Alan,I'm intrested,As I've never seen tkd practitioners do hand strikes... PS If an itf tkdoist does hand techniques,Does that mean pigs fly? [IMG]http://www.fightingarts.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif[/IMG]

[This message has been edited by Isshinryukid4life (edited 02-23-2004).]

[This message has been edited by Isshinryukid4life (edited 02-23-2004).]

funni guy, email we if your being serious and i'll list em as close as i can (its a long list) Just look at the patterns in TKD there are a lot of hand techniques but ofcourse if you belive in flying pigs im not gonna contradict you

-alan

ive benn doing taekwon do for about 5 years now, and there are many hand strikes. Ive done all of the ones you listed, and there are many more, as well

in the ITA (international taekwondo alliance) we use hammer fist, spear hands, palm heel,ridge hand, knife hands, elbows,jabs,hooks,uppercuts and forearm strikes.

to those that don't believe there are hand strikes in tkd...here are a few (not including elbow strikes..just hands)

backfist (across and over)
spinning backfists
ridge hand (traditional and freestyle)
lunge punch
reverse punch (traditional and freestyle)
spear hands (horizontal and verticle)
knife hands (in, out up down double...so on)
hammer fists (same directions as knife)
tiger claw
tiger mouth
ox jaw
fore-knuckle strike
finger jab
palm heel
upper cut
jab
cross
hook

just from the top of my head...

Isn't Isshinryu a Kyokushin copy cat? I have a friend who took kyokushin and told me a story that the founder of Isshinryu learned kyokushin from mas ohyama and added a few techniques then named it isshinryu. I heard there's some bad blood between the two styles....Sorry i went off the subject (isshinryukid4life just reminded me).