WARNING! adjust volume if you are using headphones. it’s LOUD! tae kwon do 1988 olympics semi final welterweight division between chung kook hyun of south korea and jay warwick of the u.s.a. hyun went on to stop the italian d’oriano for the gold medal (to accompany his 4 world championships). both defeated semi-finalists awarded bronzes
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Ohoo.. That chest guard, nostalgic😢
i dont get how people say this is prime taekwondo when the fighters nowadays are better than this
Thumbs up if you came here after watching the debacle that was Taekwondo in Tokyo Olympics.
Jay was well respected but that opening axe kick to his face was a legend
Does it bother anyone else that they never keep hands up?
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This is how you fckin open the fight. No bullcrap. I mean, even though Warwick is obviously far worse fighter, this is just the way how to go through fight like this. First you almost knock him out so he knows his place, then u play with ur food a bit, then u knock him out with a nice tehnique for the audience. And when u finish like that, everybody see it, everybody know it, and everybody respect it. Probably, most of them fear it aswell. This is not a win in just one fight, fights like this give much more than just one win. All of it in the first round. Well done mr. Chung!
if you're in his level n fighting not inside a ring it will be hard even for a kick boxer or muaythai fighters. if you don't wear your head guard that front leg axe kick will knock you out cold. I know I was a taekwondo fighter to till 2008
JUST LOOK AT THE POWER, THE BALANCE, THE SPEED! the TECHNIQUE! now it's just FENCING TO SCORE! not to win…. smh
excellent fighting on both sides best techniques now these r missing
In Korea TKD is nowadays called "Feet fencing". I hate the electronic scoring shit
Pakistan taekwondo. Have old school
Those were the days….
My instructor was in the Olympic Training Center in the early 90's. He said the US team referred to Chung Kook Hyun as the "(Kook)ie Monster". He was considered the greatest in the world.
😮 Thanks for sharing bro. The knock out kick near the end is reminiscent of Joe Rogan's iconic knock out kick at the beginning of his match.👍👍👍
La vieja escuela
There will never be another Master Jung
I remember this back in 1988. I also competed in TKD. I watched this fight over a hundred times on my VHS tape. I will never forget this. And i met Jay once in 1991 and spoke to him. What memories!!
The difference between TKD and other combat sports is… you never see it coming.
My kind of TKD!