KyoSa Twigs

Hmmm, it looks interesting, but I'm looking for more of a non-competitive club, where people practice their training and aren't tournament dogs. I'm still going to try it out, though. Thanks for finding that stuff for me. I really appreciate it. Do you go to school, isshinryu? If so, where? Maybe we could get together sometime and compare notes.

I attend SUNY Oneonta. It's the state college located at Oneonta, NY. It does have a Tae Kwon Do club, but I don't know if it's run by an Instructor or anything.

My college offers a Tae Kwon Do club, which I do intend to join. However, I don't know whether it is taught by an Instructor (and if so, what level), or if it is a bunch of students that just make it up as they go along. I will join it, though, but I also want to stay with my style.

Good idea, bushido_man, about the camcorder. That might be something to look into to help my training. And yes, of course I am going to go harder on myself since I don't have anyone looking in on me. I think this might be the best idea for me, it's been so long since I've practiced or trained.

Yes, but there is the problems of one, making sure the school is my style, and two, paying for it. Most schools are $100 a month or so, and I'm not willing to pay for that. If I can't find one, do you think I should? I'm leaning very much to teaching myself, I've been out for a long time, and would love to get back in.

I don't know. I moved to go to college, and I'm not sure where the martial arts schools are (if any) and what type they are. Also, I did not have to pay at my previous school, since I am in Instructor. I'm living off of my loans, so paying $100 or so a month for a school is out of the question.

I am currently without a Master, or even a Sam Dan to train under (a 3rd degree Midnight Blue belt). I've been thinking of teaching myself Tang Soo Do, mostly out of the book written by Master Kang Uk Lee. Does anyone have any opinions about this? I don't want to be thought of as impatient or impertinent, but not having anyone to train me, I feel I should train myself. Anyone have any opinions?

No, those were created by GrandMaster Hwang Kee himself, out of the Moo Yo Do Bo Tong Ji. They are for TSD, I didn't think thjey were studied in TKD.

I'm not sure about TKD, but in TSD we have a group of forms called the Yuk Ro forms. They include Du Mun, Joong Jul, Po Wol, Yang Pyun, Sahl Chu and Choong Ro. I was wondering if other TSd practitioners, or TKD practitioners, study them. I was also wondering about the pronunciation. I had heard that it is pronounced "Yoong No," and my Master, ChungSaNim Melissa Paone, confirmed that. I was just wondering if anyone else knew that, because my school's owners, two Sam Dans, maintain it is pronounced phonetically. Anyone else know?

I thought that the other title for GrandMaster, ChoongJaeNim, was for other GrandMasters, such as Master C.S. Kim, (GrandMaster of the ITF) and that KwanJangNim was reserved for GrandMaster Hwang Kee. And I'm pretty sure that you have to be an Instructor before you can test for Master Instructor (SaBomNim).

SaBomNim is a Master Instructor, bushido. KwanJangNim refers to Master Hwang Kee, the 'founder' of Tang Soo Do, and does mean GrandMaster.

Very good for him. Utmost of congratulations.

I thought Sa means fourth, unless it also means teacher? And what does FWIW mean?

That is true, JusticeZero. It's always the wrong guy or sleazey guy that has the good lawyer.

My Master is ChungSaNim Melissa Paone. It could be what the sajado.org website says, that when there is more than one Master, he/she takes the title ChungSaNim to differentiate. Rateh, those titles are somewhat similar in Tang Soo Do, but a head Instructor would just be a KyoSaNim. SaBomNim is a Master Instructor in TSD, so the titles of that are not the same.