Ha - good comeback with the Socrates stuff !!

I am not having a go at you, I am just disagreeing. I am not a TKD expert (but have done it for about 7 years) I have seen some people though who have used it extremely effectively in self defence and also mixed competition.

My point was, and I can't have made it clearly, that I don't think that one style is necessarily 'better' than another. That is a bit typical of our society where we want a 'crutch' or 'shortcut' to be able to beat people up more effectively.

Hard work and dedication, along with some natural talent, will make any style effective ...... even TKD !!!