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I want to thank everyone here for your input. One thing that I noticed is that for the most part, your responses are very encouraging. Thank you all and I'll keep you posted! RJ

Hi to all! First of all, my name is Ray, 35 years old, from Florida. I was referred to this forum by a member of the TKD Yahoo club. Now, I have a bit of a dilemma…The other day, I came across this TKD school and I decided to check it out. It was late, and there were no students there, but I spoke to one of the assistant instructors (very nice guy, by the way). I told him I was curious about taking up TKD. He said it would be very beneficial to me and invited me to watch a class. They are not open Sundays so he said a weekday would be OK. I told him that I had not exercised in two years and he said “no problem”. I am about 20 lbs. overweight but he said “fine”. From what I saw, he himself was in very good shape. I’m not sure if he was being sincere, and I’m also a bit skeptical about the whole thing. As I already said, I’m 35 and in terrible shape. I have no muscle and no flexibility whatsoever, so I can do kicks only in my dreams. Considering all this, I feel like forgetting about the whole thing, and since TKD depends so much on kicking, I feel I would be at a severe disadvantage. Now, before I decide anything, I would like to hear the input of TKD students and instructors. Should I just forget about it and take up something less physically demanding, or give TKD a shot? Please let me know what you think. Your comments will be greatly appreciated! RJ