Before I joined TKD I though it was similar to wrestling because all I saw was sparring and so I figure there were drills and stuff and all that was focused was sparring matches. I wish there was better ways of promoting TKD and MA in general so people don't think it's all about just being able to round house kick someone in the head. Even in the sport of wrestling, what is done in the Olympics, free-style and Greco-Roman, is different then what most American High school/college wrestlers know, folkstyle.
My school doesn't do Olympic sparring, I sometimes wish we did. In the Iowa games, for TKD they have forms and USAT ruled sparring, which I think would be cool for the Olympics to do forms. I think people who are in the sport view the Olmypics different then those who are outside of the sport or arts in our case.
TKD is the only martial art that will be in the maritla arts recongize in Olympics after the China games. Karate and Judo are off the list for the London games.
