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I have not. I can say with confidence that they would absolutely hospitalize me if they didn't outright kill me.

Well, the other guy was simply better. He's trained much longer, and has a height and reach advantage. It was my first time fighting him, and now I have a better idea of his style. I'll get another shot at him in the future.

Taekwondo is obviously the most popular here in Korea, but after watching some videos, I felt more drawn to taekkyeon. Especially when it comes to competition, I felt taekkyeon was a little more interesting. Taekwondo fighters cover themselves up with padding while in taekkyon head kicks are big winning kicks, but they don't wear head protection. Taekkyeon also has some focus on grappling and one of the key things is using movement to try and confuse your opponent.

These were organized fights. The entire masterships includes tournaments in:

Horseback Archery
Muaythai
Sambo
Wushu
Judo
Ju-Jitsu
Kurash
Kickboxing
taekwondo
Taekkyon
Hapkido
YongMudo
Tong-il Mu do
Belt Wrestling

Ttaekyon itself included an artistic section first, a freestyle demonstration, and then individual tournaments. Some tournaments also have a battle format with 5 people per side.

The whole point is to kick each other in the head.