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therealashland
White Belt
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
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 Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:04 pm Post subject: tae kwon do school with on 6 belt levels? legit? |
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| so i am looking to take up tae kwon do,... looking for a school south of atl, and i come across http://www.ohdokwan.com i stop by there today and sign up for a trial cross, and notice they only have 6 belt levels? i thought there was supposed to be at least 10 and i was told instead of all the belts they have like stripes... thanks for you input |
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IcemanSK
Purple Belt
Joined: 12 Oct 2005
Posts: 567
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Styles: Tae Kwon Do Chung Do Kwan
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| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:53 pm Post subject: Re: tae kwon do school with on 6 belt levels? legit? |
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| therealashland wrote: |
| so i am looking to take up tae kwon do,... looking for a school south of atl, and i come across http://www.ohdokwan.com i stop by there today and sign up for a trial cross, and notice they only have 6 belt levels? i thought there was supposed to be at least 10 and i was told instead of all the belts they have like stripes... thanks for you input |
In times gone by, many TKD schools used a 6 (or fewer) belt system. Commercialism is one reason that 10 (or more) is the norm. So, in & of itself it doesn't make it a bad (or even questionable) school.
All my best!
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tufrthanu
Brown Belt
Joined: 29 Aug 2003
Posts: 668
Location: Minnetonka, MN
Styles: American Tae Kwon Do, Sin Moo HKD, WHF HKD, Song Moo Kwan TKD
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When my dad took TKD back in the 70s they had 8 grades but only 5 belt colors not including black. It went White, Yellow, Green, Blue, Blue, Brown, Brown, Brown. Then Black Belt of course.
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ninjanurse
KF Sensei
Joined: 13 Feb 2003
Posts: 4714
Location: Upstate NY
Styles: TKD;Shotokan;JuJitsu;Tai Ji
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Sounds like a traditional belt system. There are still many TKD schools out there that still use it...our association did until about 4 years ago-now we change belt colors instead of adding stripes (the gups remain the same regardless of color).
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 18754
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo, Combat Hapkido, Aikido, and I research Medieval Combat
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Our school has a 5 colored belt system, but each has a low and a high rank (except white). Brown has 3 levels, actually.
So, don't be turned off by it. Its a legit system of ranking.
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therealashland
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| Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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| the 2nd 1 i looked into was on a 10 belt system, with like white yellow , yellow.green, green, green.blue etc. |
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RichardZ
Brown Belt
Joined: 03 Nov 2009
Posts: 624
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| tufrthanu wrote: |
| When my dad took TKD back in the 70s they had 8 grades but only 5 belt colors not including black. It went White, Yellow, Green, Blue, Blue, Brown, Brown, Brown. Then Black Belt of course. |
I took it in the 70's as well.
but it went white, yellow, green, blue, brown, black
Nowadays, I guess it is best to go with a school that has a strong org backing up. Preferably one certfified with the KuKiWon/ Although other orgs, like the ITF and ATA are also good. |
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DWx
KF Sensei
Joined: 17 Jan 2007
Posts: 2469
Location: UK
Styles: Tae Kwon Do & Yang family Tai Chi
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I wouldn't say the amount of belts should immediately flag up the school as not being legit. If they had like 20 belts and expected you to pay lots for each one, then maybe that would suggest something. But having less belts doesn't mean that what they teach isn't authentic and good MA. Give the school a trial and see if you like it then let that dictate whether you sign up or not, not the amount of belts they have.
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RichardZ
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Good point DWx
therealashland, have you decided and started? |
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therealashland
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| yeah @ RichardZ i chose the school with more belts ( not because of how many belts) but from talking with the instructors and seeing the students i felt the master shim was the better choice , the student's seemed to have a higher skill level, i like how the classes were ran, and what not,.. wish me luck! my 2nd group class is tomorrow i hope to get my green stripe soon,..cause i have these kicks down ( sidekick front kick and roundhouse) |
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on the post.
