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You mean they are kind of mixture schools?
All I can say is I think highly of both arts if presented well,Iīve heard of sloppy hkd schools being hard on good hkd (actually one very high ranking fellow,I think,once mentioned this) and besides this,TKD seems to have fallen into the well of bad schools in America (I base my knowledge on listening over and over again about this very same issue) not to say there would not be good schools around...
As far as I know,many TKD practitioners seem to pay attention to hkd and cross-train it,add their stuff to their primary art for better and more complete skills.
So maybe that HKD part in those schools is that of grappling etc.?
Striking and kicking skills in TKD and HKD seem to generally have some similarities and are linked in some ways.
But when it comes to principles,tkd is a linear,hard going art while HKD as a whole,tends to go hard but knows how to move with the force.
Water and Circle principles...
Besides that,you might want to check those schools out if you have no choise.I think I can understand your situation pretty well.
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