No one ever expects the uppercut to the solar plexus when we spar, or the knee to the lower abdomen. There are too many rules for sparring even, so I feel too limited with tae kwon do.
Wait your school doesn't allow/encourage these things? That seems pretty odd to me. o.O Well in the end, it all comes down to a martial art only being as good as the one who teaches it.
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