Sport versus Traditional

Sport Taekwondo or Traditional Taekwondo? Which is best? Are they the same?

This is has been an argument between these two different types of Taekwondo for decades, but the argument is not unique to Taekwondo; other martial art systems have had the same argument, for example, Karate enthusiasts disagree over the differences between the sport of Karate and the art of Karate-do. Some claim the two types of Taekwondo are just two versions of the same thing, while others claim the two types are each separate, distinctive entities; that one is only concerned with competition, while the other is true to the art. To compare the two types of Taekwondo, let us look at the comparison of two distance runners.