2004 Olympic TKD Heavyweight Finals

you are extreemly opionated man. Just because you were there doesn't mean you know it for sure.
Perfectly trained man against someone who can't kick and makes big mistakes? and that fight is unfair? What a joke. The guy shouldn't have received the chance to fight to be really fair.

hey.. im british, and therefore will definitely be at the 2012 olympics.. im no national competitor, but do train in wtf tkd.. so, what's your name, if u want ppl to look out for u.. or moreover.. if we wana see "how its done"??? do reply please!

thanks for the good insider info. now a disclaimer - i'm no national team player by any means, but my coaches have all been either US national team members, and one former olympic coach. So this is my two cents: i think it is not always such a sure issue with consistent backwards body angle/leaning on the dollyo chagi. Now dont get me wrong- Nikolaidis i think should have seen that hook coming from moon, even though his stance wasn't particularly staggered. but his open stance, defensive behavior and overall strategy (david vs. goliath?) should have indicated a counter was coming, and this would have been one of the times in which a more conservative lead-off, check, or trap would have been more prudent. but its always a judgment call - you either have to give full forward commitment with an off-the-line or not. if you intend to score with an off-the-line attack, a backwards leaning kick, open stance or not, will usually be crippled and won't score. As I said, its a judgment call, and Nik chose(or acted as such) to fully commit to an attempted point with his off-the-line, with forward momentum and body angle. as we all saw, it appeared to be the wrong choice. :)

nikolaidis didnt expect this to happen because when he was training with moon in korea, moon wasnt allowed to use turning kicks to avoid injuries, but nikolaidis didnt knew this... and u know what happend then ;-)
i myself, trained with a member of the 2008 korean olympic team 2008 called Han, who defeated moon in the korean nationals. we fought (it was kinda unfair cause he is 20 kilos heavier) and he knocked me out with a tichagi... do u think that if we fought in a real tournament i would attack him the same way again?
thats why nikolaidis lost, because moon saw this fight comming and wanted nikolaidis to underestimate him...

It's been a few years, but titchagi is a kick to the stomach.

Oh, and on the topic of the video, I thought it looked plain as daylight what he was setting up for there; the way he braces himself just seems to be characteristic of most people I've seen setting up for that type of kick.

its Pitchagi not tichagi
i would know next weekend i'm going for black belt

learn to write

blue was not open ... i think red is left-handed, that's why they was both facing the same direction

he was rocked very easily there he has a small head despite his size! tkd isn't as usefull in mma as many other martial arts altho it is still a great sport

Many of the best international taekwondo teams include, yes of course, South Korea, but also the US, Chinese Taipei, and Iran, among others.

I completely agree.

That may be the korean term but more and more schools are giving them english names. So spinning hook kick or jump spinning hook kick is also correct.

its true, that is the korean term. i should have mentioned it was the correct name in english. i just wanted to avoid people starting up the "whoa, crazy tornado/spinning wheel/etc" or such nonsense.

beutifull clip If you have more post them.

agreed

why dont he put his guard up when he attack its follish to attack a good kicker as a tkd with no guard a muay thai fighter would never do that

I have no idea where you are getting this idea of Moon not being such a good TKD fighter. He's 2003, 2005, and 2006 Wolrd Champion with 31 undefeated matches in a row. I mean... this is a heavyweight fight, so you can't really expect speed and rapid turns that you'd seen in lighter weights. However, as far as the heavyweight class goes, he's currently the best in the world. My cousin is on the Korean national team right now; so I know how hard it is and how good of a TKD player you'd have to be to win a gold medal at Olympics or even to be on the national team. I often find some random ass people who just practice TKD for fun at local dojos making fun or criticizing World class TKD players. Being able to see Nikolaidis coming in with a tilted stance and a wide open left and returning a dollechagi on the head is not from LUCK... it's a skill that a guy like you can never fathom or perform. So, my bottom line is who the hell do you think you are to make such an arrogant claim? I highly suggest you to go back to your TKD dojo and learn your place.