TaeKwonDo

[Erace]

Any1 here do any TaeKwonDo?

I am currently Yellowbelt, 3 Green Tags (i should be like almost Blue Belt but cuz im not 18 i cant do Adult Sylibis, and im 6ft3") it is really annoying.

I am in GTF

Please post any questions or anything about this sport, i'd be glad to answer them, if i can :p and talk to other members of TKD

[Meteorain27]

I'm a first degree blackbelt. Where I go, there are the belts of: White, Sr. White, Yellow, Sr. Yellow, Green, Sr. Green, Blue, Sr. Blue, Purple, Sr. Purple, Red, Sr. Red, Brown, Sr. Brown, Black 1 R (recommended), Black 1D, Black 2r, Black 2d, Black 3r, Black 3d, Black 4, Black 5, Black 6, Black 7, Black 8, and finally black 9. For the non-blackbelts, you must get a red, white, and blue stripe before you're allowed to test for your next one (kind of like your tags). I'm a member of USTF, by the way..

[kenokuvato]

I don't know much about all of that but I took some classes when I was younger but didn't get the chance to learn what I wanted, so I used books to teach myself some techniques. I also learned some other martial arts moves from my pops when I was younger and he took judo.

[Swtvi3tboi08]

i took it when i waz a kid. my homegirl knows it. she beats the shit out of me. shes teachin me it. its funny.

[dynoma]

i do i do. im still a white belt though =p

[shutdown]

i took this game when i was young but stopped when i took up college because i need to focus on my stud...it was so fun though my teammates are all guys,but still it did not stop me from learning this game...i miss my TKD sessions...i miss the action...i'm an AIDA member...;)

[Dizzykilla]

so u all in think u can kick some ass right...........aint u like taught not to fight or use any of ur abillity's on any one else or somthin like that ........or like only in life or death situations??

[Meteorain27]

That's just stereotypical. Though Tae Kwon Do is a martial arts form, it is more of a sport then self defense. However, I could probably kill somebody with Tae Kwon Do if forced to. Our teacher doesn't care if we use Tae Kwon Do in any situation; in fact, he expects us to use it in any fight for defense. He also says a good reason to pick a fight would be if someone's annoying you and they won't stop it. And before you think he's a bad teacher, he's won the USTF Teacher of the Year award three times in a row when no other instructor has gotten it twice in a row even.

[mini]

i started it when i was 6 7 ish
quit wheni got to black degree 3

[Demon Fox]

I did Re TaeKwonDo when i was young I had a brown belt then i moved on to Ju Jitsu where I had a green belt then when we moved i started doing Kung Fu. I have also done boxing. I did quite a bit of martial arts when i was young.

[Aruko]

I am currently a red belt in TKD. I am a member of the UTF and my teacher only does stripes for belt ranking. White, White Yellow Stripe, Yellow, Yellow Green Stripe, Green, Green Blue Stripe, Blue, Blue Red Stripe, Red, Red Black Stripe, Black 1st Dan, Black 2nd Dan, Black 3rd Dan, all the way to ninth. I study the Chan Hun style, the style that General Choi created. Our style has 24 patterns with two practice patterns for white belts. I know Saju-Jirugi, Saju-Maki, Chon-Ji, Dan-Gun, Do-San, Won-Hyo, Yul-Gok, Joong-Gun, Toi-Gye, and Hwa-Rang. So I basically get to learn 16 more patterns! Or Kata as some peope might call them.

[rasingan]

I have a question Erace!!! As a practitioner of tkd which martial art has a clear advantage in terms of speed and power over tkd ?

[Aruko]

That's hard to tell you dude, I know you asked Erace. Each martial art has it's own specialties and abilities that might be better or worse than other martial arts. TKD is one of the martial arts that specializes in speed, kicks, and high kicks. (when I say high kicks I mean almost vertical to 90 degrees straight up) So really that depends on the users preference and the teachers teaching style.

[rasingan]

I know that for a tkd practitioner distance fighting might be the best and most effective strategy as he/she attacks mostly with kicks but just as you said it is up to the skill and ability of the user not the art itself .But tell me which style would you be wary of aruko?

[Aruko]

You mean the one that would scare the piss outta me?

*starts list*
Kung Fu
Tai-Chi
Drunken Fist
Shaolin Kenpo
&
Muay Tai


I know I am not that good and I know that each of the styles I have listed are very good martial arts and quite scary if you don't know anything about them. I know enough about most of those to be able to fight someone using it but I don't know if I would win.

[johnhoe1102]

i take TKD and im seond degree black

[Aruko]

What federation do you belong to? And country?

[Roy Mustang]

yes i do tae kwon do cause im korean(krn pride :P) anywayz im on blue belt which is the 6th belt over here

[Aruko]

Keitaro:
What style do you study? IM me sometime I want to talk some more about this. IM or PM.

[rasingan]

He He he he .Personally it would be muay thai that scares me the most ,but you also have to remember the weaknesses for these styles , for example a Kung fu practitioner would most likely train to defend attacks by eluding and dodging and usually use stylish moves involving pin point accuracy,but imagine would this person be able to stand up to a full blow from a kickboxer?Just one blow but a controlled one ? I believe that would be it but as for the other styles only exprience and many cans of whoopass later you might see the weaknesses more closely

[duneninja]

rasingan, do you even study martial arts? I mean, how could someone that does make the statement that one style could beat another just off one kick or punch? Its absurd. Any martial artist knows that the first hit can be the last, in any art. Thats one of the reasons these arts were created in the first place, because they were the most effective ways to deal with opponent quickly and efficiently. Meditation and self-awareness are only by-products from this first understanding. I'm study the Chinese art of Won Hop Loong Chuan, and I know that my art was developed by monks that recorded the battles of warriors and figured out what techniques were the most effective, and put those into their own fighting style. The same holds true for any martial art.

Which means that an attack from any art has to potential to be lethal. A Kung Fu practitioner tries to end a fight just as quickly as a kickboxer or anyone else. The difference comes in the set-up of that opponent so that the first punch will land precisely. Even a kickboxer can't knock anyone out if the strike isn't precise. Therefore, your arguement has absolutely no merit.

[rasingan]

First of all, of course i do martial arts fool! and as a matter of fact I started it only to fight other styles, some of which I have ,like some forms of kung fu in the nature fist category, kickboxers(trained in the original art, I wonder if you even know what the original art entails?) aikido specialists, drunken fist,tai chi ,ken-do and also wing chun.You think that I am a fool?then let me break it down for your little mind to understand punk!Muay thai boxers take hits almost every second in training and what is worse is that they train to absorb the most critical blows and counter attack automatically,now combine that with the fact that they spar withbroken glass to tighten the skin and achieve high bone density around the knuckles,elbows and knees for greater damage.Why do I know this? because I began with kung fu and branched off into kickboxing you idiot! I have experience in fighting against other styles , this is why I know I can make this statement ,mind you I NEVER SAID ONE STYLE IS BETTER THAN THE OTHER! The training arrangement for muay thai is heavily emphasized on stamina and the ability to absorb blows,I merelystated the facts that a muay thai boxer is a HEAVIER ATTACKER WITH ASTOUNDING STAMINA AND HIS/HER MUSCLE IS TRAINED TO ABSORB BLOWS I would never condemn a martial art or say another art is better ,I do the smartest thing, I remember, analyse and adapt so that really is my art.AND TO BE HONEST YOU SOUND LIKE A GREEN BITCH WHO NEEDS TO GET HIS ASS KICKED !!! IS THAT ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY? THE BEST THING YOU COULD DO FOR YOURSELF IS TO GET SOME EXPERIENCE BEFORE YOU TRY TO TALK ABOUT THE ANALYSIS OF ANY MARTIAL ART,BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? SINCE YOU BELIEVE YOU THINK YOU CAN DEEM MY ARGUMENT INVALID YOU CONTINUE WHAT YOU ARE DOING ,HOPEFULLY SOMEONE WILL KICK YOUR ASS AND GIVE YOU SOME WISDOM SOME DAY!

[Aruko]

People. This is Tae-Kwon Do. Not who can kick who's ass. Settle down, and talk about the topic. You want to talk about different styles and their individual specialties take it to PM or make a thread about that. In the mean time we will talk about the subject without flaming, is that easy enough to comprehend?

If you take TKD post your style, federation/organization, and your belt color and what that is equivelent to.

Chan Hun(the style that General Choi himself created), UTF(United Tae-Kwon Do Federation), Red Belt = one belt from black belt out of 5 belts.

[duneninja]

I realize some people want me to just end this, but I can be stubborn and for that I apologize. Rasingan, I have to wonder why someone so experienced and a practicioner of martial arts for (as I get from reading your posts) so long would quickly lose his temper and begin yelling about how much fighting experience they have to those that don't even know him. I do, in fact, know a bit about the histories of a number of the arts you mentioned in your last post and am not afraid to call them the bastards of more the more ancient techniques, which includes Muay thai since its close to 2000 years old. Those are not actually my words, nor do they come from another member of my art, but from a master of one of the arts you listed (though it would be inappropriate to say which one).

Its good to see you've watched Rambo 3 and saw the fight scene at the beginning, or maybe the final fight in Kickboxer. At least you learned something about Muay thai and equivalent martial arts that way. But you still insist on focusing on very specific martial arts (which center around only what you've done) rather than focus on the larger issues of all martial arts. I know Muay thai fighters toughen themselves up to deal greater damage in fights, but tell, what true martial artist doesn't. Is that why you left Kung fu, because they didn't beat each other with glass wrapped around their knuckles? Are you truly that bloodthirsty and willing to dish out pain. I'm not a pacifist (considering the life I've chosen) but at what time did you get the idea that good martial artists need to be involved in as many fights as possible? If I never again had to use what I know, I could live happily, and I'm not talking about tournaments for medals and magazine covers. Hopefully your not hung up on those things either. If you are, then we really have nothing left to debate (if you can call your narrow-minded opinions a debate), cause I'm not wasting my time on a tournament fighter that only cares about winning awards.

[rasingan]

Yes dude I did see rambo but unfortunately i missed the first fight.I have never competed in any tournament or won any awards.Its obvious that you think I am a person like that and yes I have a bad temper.Martial arts never instilled any real discipline in me so as you would say I am "bloodthirsty and willing to dish out pain" My problem with kung fu was the ability to increase my reaction time so this is why I branched out to kickboxing,now you know .Oh yeah and I meant that they harden their hands by punching broken glass and hot sand and gravel and stuff like that,I wasn't referring to any movie.So yes you could say that for me and for what I have to do experience plays a vital role for my training ,so I guess that my comments would not apply to anyone else here . Very well I will say no more

[Ero]

mm... im a blue tip, which is like 6th kup i think, but i don think im that good, i try like hell, but hehe no confidence :p (sorta like hinata in a way rofl :p)

[Meteorain27]

Like Aruko said, just end this already. Make another thread for your argument or something. Anyways, I'm just wondering if anyone's one many/any tournaments. I've won a good bit, but that's because I live in such a small area where only two to four school compete in the tournament. I used to win at least second place in every tournament, but that stopped when I became a black belt, because they place all of them from 1st to 9th degree together :( I almost got second place last year, but lost it because of a fluke. Anyways, to answer Aruko's questions, I'm a first degree black belt from USTF (though I've been to a GTF Tournament). My style is a mix of a lot of them, or at least that's what my teacher says. My personal style, though, involves me using my long legs to keep my opponent at a distance. I don't use my fists much except for blocking unless my opponent rushes me. I'm more defensive than offensive.
Also, I know Chon-Ji, Dan-Gun, Do-San, Won-Hyo, Yul-Gok, and Joong-Gun, as well as a few others.

[nhstennisballer2007]

i use to be a tae member but i quit im a purple belt

[Ero]

wow, thats strange, wehre i do tkd, the belt system is totally different, i do WTF btw :p (and that stands for world tae kwon do federation, not what the fuck :p)

[kakashi5]

i don't do TKD now but i can appreciate their flexibility

[BlueFlame]

tae kwon do is fun, i'm a red belt though :(

[Ero]

whats so bad about red belt?? its a pretty high ranking where i do TKD

[Typhoon]

I think TKD is pretty cool! I like their kicking techniques, but I think it's not very effective in real life fighting. TKD requires distance to be fully powerful and effective. Distance is not always guaranteed in the streets. What will a TKD fighter do if he's fighting with 10 guys in a small narrow alley? TKD can also be really weak when the opponent is fighting real close. TKD will definately lose in short range fighting.

[Aruko]

That's my father thing with it. What he always says is in a bar fight you aren't going to be able to bring your leg up to nail someone in the head. By the time, if your leg gets off the ground, someone would probably nail you in the nuts. (Unless of course your female). So thats what my dad always says to me.....You want to know my response? I'll never be in that situation. Don't like alchohol, don't like bars, and just don't like fights. Although if my friend went into a bar and got into a fight I would be in there helping him/her out. TKD is good for the many different knowledgable things it teaches you, but the fighting itself isn't much of a help. It does help those who don't even know how to hold their hands up right.

[Typhoon]

Well, all martial arts do actually teach good moral conducts and concepts of life. The lessons learnt in martial arts always apply to the troubles we face in life. There are a lot of valuable lessons in fighting, but many people often ignore all the theories and philosophies, and just concentrate on fighting rough and dirty. Martial arts is a form of art, not only fighting, looking good and kicking ass.

[Aruko]

Ahhh, the dedicated TKD thread. I missed this...^_^

Since I last posted I've become a Shodan in UTF TKD. I also assist two classes and have run one before. It's really fun. ^_^

[SF Salazar]

Well, all martial arts do actually teach good moral conducts and concepts of life. The lessons learnt in martial arts always apply to the troubles we face in life. There are a lot of valuable lessons in fighting, but many people often ignore all the theories and philosophies, and just concentrate on fighting rough and dirty. Martial arts is a form of art, not only fighting, looking good and kicking ass.

"Violence is a tool. It can be used for good or bad action. It just depends on how your moral conduct is."
-Forgot the guys name.

It's very true. Most people are blind and/or to the meaninds and teachings of the philosophies taught in the martial arts.

[Aruko]

Honestly, I think if you're taking martial arts just to learn self-defense or just because you can, that's one of the best things you can learn while taking the martial art. Discipline is one thing that a LOT of people don't have. And if you get a hardass teacher, you'll learn discipline whether you like it or not. Some of the things I've personally learned through martial arts are discipline, respect, perserverance, integrity, and most of all courtesy. That's just the non-physical things I have learned, though.

[SF Salazar]

Im proud to hear that. Most people tak it as A joke where I go to school at. Luckly for me I will transfer to a different school. I remember these moral values like integrity, preserverance, discipline, and courtesy from my mother since she was involved in the Martil Arts. It really helped me when I enlisted for a TKD course.

[Aruko]

Hey ya'll! It's official. xP

I've been a blackbelt for more then a month but I finally got the little paper that says I'm an official blackbelt. And, apparently, I'm the 246th 1st degree black belt that my teacher has promoted.

[darkyue87]

cool I am still a green belt, in my class its 5th belt. And I am loving very class.

[darkyue87]

Hey it doesn't matter where you are, just as long you have goals you need to reach.

[Aruko]

Back down, Shadow. lol
It's the black belt you wouldn't want to mess with, no? =p

[SF Salazar]

Most of my training in TKD was actually real short about 2 months, before I decided that it wasn't my kind of style. I still remeber basics which have also helped me out in other situations. TKD is a good Martial Arts, but in the end for me its MMA (Mixed Martial Arts)

[noblesan6]

somebody please help me..... please give me links on how to do the taegeuk? i want the vedeos

[Aruko]

Taeguk, eh? What's your interest in that specific style, if you don't mind me asking?

I don't have videos for them though. I have videos for Chan Hun but not Taeguk. =/

[noblesan6]

i have to learn the moves becoz iam taking exam at the end of this month... but iam not well prepared still

[badmax]

i don't go were u go but i go karate and i am brown belt and i have done it for 2 years now this will be my 3

[Aruko]

Then don't post here, Badmax. There is a Martial Arts thread, go post there.

I'm testing on June 2nd for my second dan. Can't wait.

[knife man]

dude, TaeKwonDo is the best martial arts i've done. i got to blue belt, then had to stop, because juggling workout and school was a bitch. >_>