Mf I've trained for 8 years to get my black belt. I've been to nationals 3 times and placed in sparring every time. Two out of those three years I knocked out my opponent in the finals.
Respectfully you don't know what the f**k you're talking about.
That's a certain style of taekwondo yes. The style of taekwondo I practice is basically kickboxing but with a few of those more flashy kicks for training
https://youtu.be/ZaWkP0nW-zk?si=6Bi_PUugPQ5GvQWk. It'd be cool if you would watch this video of one of my Instructors competing a few years back. The style of taekwondo that my school teaches is not the typical world taekwondo federation bullshit.