[@Cynder] I do Tang Soo Do, it's the traditional predecessor of Tae Kwon Do, meaning in short that we use the old teachings from the books rather than the new 'sporty' techniques. If you've ever seen Tang Soo Do in America then don't fear - American Tang Soo Do is still a level or two behind us because they use it for money making purposes.

All the people in Europe that practice do it because they love it. So every single form is traditional, and it takes long to reach a black belt level. Like, life-time level long.

We do stuff like realistic self defense (we are traditional but we are capable of adapting, this is why I find it so important) too, but mostly it's all traditional.

For example for my black belt exam I had to do these things;

Theoretical exam (naming stuff in Korean, giving reasons for why I want to be a black belt, showing I know the history of Tang Soo Do)
Sparring 1v1
Sparring 2v1 (with 'take outs' if you hit your opponent hard enough so you can finish the fight early. Not gonna brag but I knocked both my opponents out of the fight. I'm sort of a god, you see?)
Sparring 2v1 with weapons
Hyungs/forms. There's about 10 that you have to show, but there's still so many more for me to learn.
Weapon forms (staff)
60 self defense techniques.

In a normal class we do all the above, but we also do weapons like knives, and my personal favorite right now is the sword.

So.. it's not really self defense oriented, more like a martial art, which is what I meant. There's a difference between self defense sports like MMA and martial arts that are more about a lifestyle and less about a sport.