There is something we stress alot on our youtube videos, and that is the idea that something used in combat must be taught in a way that allows "live" practice. In other words, if it doesn't work in sparring, it doesn't work at all.
Recently, there's been some talk of lee hong dee, a taekwondo practioner, performing one step systems against an opponent with headgear, and people are rejoicing because they think "Ah, this is what REAL taekwondo looks like!" If you look at his channel, you see videos of wtf practioners practicing leg checks, as well as some basic boxing combinations as an answer to people who think that taekwondo practioners never practice punching the head due to that in sparring.
Is it good enough?
While I will say that hee (no pun intended) is doing better for the Taekwondo community, there is still one major flaw...
There is no...RESISTANCE
The guy literally takes a solid beating, throws really really wack attacks, inluding a crappy attempt at a double leg takedown in which hee does some aikido bs and also the typical "I will hold my hand out while I get the snot beat out of me and act like it hurts really bad". So of course those moves would work on that person who fights like that, and that is very not common at all.
So what is the number one sign your school teaches bad self defense? No resistance. You must learn that if a person is fighting you back and you succeed to pull off the technique, consider it a science experiment where your hypothesis is correct. If not, you need to do more experimenting until you find something that works.
Have a great day,
Martial Arts Tutor
PS We also did a youtube video in response to Lee Dong Hee, check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FnmMmqgGPs
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