I've had my 6 y.o. in taekwondo for about 6 months now and due to injuries I haven't been able to join up. Well I finally just said screw it- I'm going in! Tonight was my first class and it was awesome! I'm at least 5 pounds heavier than I should be, older than most dads in my daughter's class by far, and haven't done jack diddly squat except yardwork for about 2 years unless you count the 3 soccer games that gave me a sprained ankle for 2 months. I'm a short, tubby, and very sweaty no-belt but I can now perform a running-flying-double-snap kick so don't mess with me! Actually as a midfielder I once scored a laser beam shot to the upper right hand corner from about 30 yards out with the same sort of kick so this is no great surprise. Dropped some jaws with that one. My nickname on the field was 'the Enforcer' and soon I'll have a white belt to prove it! [laugh]
I'll teach you a secret that drops a taekwondo opponent every time. Punch them in the head and kick them in the balls.
Glad you had fun! [thumbsup] Maybe we need a DMF martial arts thread.
Quote from: msincredible on July 07, 2008, 09:47:50 PM
Glad you had fun! [thumbsup] Maybe we need a DMF martial arts thread.
We don't. You have enough fanboys.
Quote from: me on July 07, 2008, 09:41:44 PM
I'll teach you a secret that drops a taekwondo opponent every time. Punch them in the head and kick them in the balls.
Have you been watching videos of krav maga and bas ruten in bars?
Quote from: He Man on July 07, 2008, 10:15:17 PM
Have you been watching videos of krav maga and bas ruten in bars?
No, I just fought a few black belts in the ring.
have fun at the taekwondo c_rex [thumbsup]
remember your daughter knows the same moves you do, and she's been doing it longer too...
Quote from: someguy on July 07, 2008, 10:13:03 PM
We don't. You have enough fanboys.
that's what you get when you date msincredible ;)
It's a lot of fun!
I had my first degree black belt when I was 12ish. I kinda wish I stuck with it, but I had a dirtbike too so you know what got it's priority.
Quote from: He Man on July 07, 2008, 10:15:17 PM
Have you been watching videos of krav maga
Yay for Krav Maga! [thumbsup]
Lots of martial, not so much art.
soon you too will be able to kick someone in the head who is 8 ft tall, yet you won't be able to punch them effectively. welcome to TKD ;D
i tried to start training again, but i hurt my knee so i had to stop. the other day i took out a few of my weapons and startied playing around with them. i forgot how much fun they were.
Weapons!? We learn weapons?! And here I thought I was just gonna learn to kick 'em in the jingle bells and run.
When I was a kid I wanted to take some form of martial arts but my Mom was single and poor. Dad gave me a dirtbike so yep- that's where I went too.
The Grand Master of my dojang is a 10 time Korean National champion or something like that so I won't be making any attempts at punching him in the head or kicking him in the nether regions. In fact, I've seen him kick a target dummy thing hard enough to send it end over end across the mat while most of the students can only get it to jiggle a bit. I just want to be able to kick over my head without doing a Charlie Brown maneuver. That's gonna require a lot of stretching for me!
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different dojangs do things differently.
mine did weapons and my grandmaster also taught hapkido (i have my kukiwon in both if that means anything)
imagine the power from that kick beign directed at you as you are being used as a dummy for the class. that's when you know he likes you. [laugh]
Quote from: KnightofNi on July 09, 2008, 06:50:08 AM
(i have my kukiwon in both if that means anything)
imagine the power from that kick beign directed at you as you are being used as a dummy for the class. that's when you know he likes you. [laugh]
I don't know what a kukiwon is yet but if it's anything like- I won a cookie... I'm all in!
I don't think he wants to kick me that hard. I'm paying class tuition for 2 now and someday a third! :)
Quote from: c_rex on July 09, 2008, 11:34:48 AM
I don't know what a kukiwon is yet but if it's anything like- I won a cookie... I'm all in!
I don't think he wants to kick me that hard. I'm paying class tuition for 2 now and someday a third! :)
kukiwon is a certificate of black beltitude. you are apparently registed with the governing body of TKD as a black belt. it's like an ID card stating you can carry the rank no matter what tkd school you go to as opposed to being a black belt at jim bob's school o' kickin and then trying to transfer that rank over to another school.
we used to have people come in claiming they had their black belts trying to go straight into advanced classes who should not have been there. i'm not sure why anyone would want to do this. i used it whenfor me when i moved and didn't want to have to start out as a white belt at another gym.
ah I see... well given the aforementioned powerhouse kick I won't be rushing into any advanced courses. I'll be thrilled to have the white belt just so my chesty man-fur isn't constantly exposed!
Quote from: c_rex on July 08, 2008, 02:57:23 PM
The Grand Master of my dojang is a 10 time Korean National champion or something like that so I won't be making any attempts at punching him in the head or kicking him in the nether regions.
Sparring with those type of guys is exactly what teaches you to be better. I always learn new things when sparring with pro fighters or coaches (beyond how much I suck, I mean).
After class last night I was talking to one of the soon-to-be blackbelts and she said that she sparred the G.M. once, but that he only ever spars regularly with the upper black belts (whew!). He was talking to the rest of the class and seemingly not paying attention to her and yet she couldn't land a scoreable hit. He knew everything she was going to throw at him before it got near him.
I did my first non-contact sparring last night and it was so much fun that I can't wait to try again. It's loads of work though! I imagine that wearing all that sparring gear makes it only more so.
Anybody have any recommendations on good TKD books? TIA
haha. dam GM being good.
there are a few stories of people thinking they are hot shit and when called upon to be a dummy or when showing arrogance in class (somethign that was a pet peeve of my GM) trying to take a shot at him. it never ended well for that person.
the instructors all knew when we were on his bad side because we were asked to have special training with him and/or were the self defense dummy during class.
that put the martial in martial arts. haha
i'm glad you are enjoying it. i want to see pics from the belt tests.