The number of colored belt ranks varies between the two main styles of Taekwondo, WT and ITF. In ITF, the color belt ranks start from the 10th geup (white belt), all the way down to the 1st dan (black belt). WT belts start from the 12th geup (white belt) to the 1st dan (black belt).
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Kyokushin is the first full-contact bare-knuckle karate that was designed to make it realistic, created by Masutatsu Oyama in the 1960s in Japan. It focuses on close-range fighting where karatekas utilize kicks to the head, body, and legs as well as punches to the upper body area below the neck.
There are three judges in the UFC who score each round of the fight individually using a 10-point scale. The fighter who wins each round gets 10 points, and the other fighter gets 9, 8, or even 7 points that judges will rarely give.
Taekwondo(TKD) will always be worth learning because training improves your fighting abilities, as well as fitness and overall health. As a whole, if you commit yourself to TKD classes consistently, expect to become flexible, stronger, more agile, less aggressive, and overall, a better person.
BJJ focuses on grappling techniques similar to wrestling, whereas Muay Thai focuses on stand-up fighting using hard strikes. As a general rule, BJJ is better for self-defense and for people who are weaker and/or smaller, whereas Muay Thai is better for people who are taller with a reach advantage.
Taekwondo is not all about kicks because students learn how to strike both with their hands. But the founders believed that legs are longer and more powerful weapon than hands so taekwondo training puts a lot of emphasis on leg kicks.