TKDShoujo

Well, as i stated b4, our system goes: white, white w/ yellow stripe, yellow, yellow w/ green, green, blue, brown, red black. they each have a stripe in between. what we do is we have tips. its like a pretest, the first part is the form and if they pass they get a red tip. the 2nd part is combo techs and whatnot and then they get a black tip if they pass. Thats the pretest. when they get both tips it means they're ready to test.

thanks!

thanks ninjanurse, thats the one! =) No, the school I go to is very small (in terms of size and student #). Although the master instructor's academy is VERY large (in terms of student #, the size is large, but not overwhelmingly large). He's getting a new academy built too, i think its supposed to be done next month (if its not already). The USA Masters academy. Havent seen it yet tho.

I got "Thrilling".

Heh, Im about 2 hours away from Rochester, towards the Penn border.

We do a white belt form that I cant spell, and then taegueks 1-8 which goes from yellow to brown belt 3rd grade (brown w/ red stripe). Then at Red belt you learn Kun Shoon (sp?) staff form 1. Then Koryo at black belt. Ba Sai Dai (sp?) USED to be a form black belts had to learn, but not anymore.

Shanghai Knights!! That movie is hilarious!!! Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson! Oh yeah!

I thought she would but she didnt! She used regular kicks once in a while, but most of the time we were really close and she was just punching at me. However i did manage to block every head shot she threw at me. Got her good with my side kick too. still, close but no cigar. =\

I won 2 silver medals at the tourney. one for forms and one for sparring. CLOSE match in sparring, i mean really close. But i still think i shoulda won that damn gold for forms!!!!! they score u outta 10 (but no one ever gets a 10 and 9's are just as rare). My score for my form was this (there were 4 judges): 8.2 8.2 8.4 8.6 In no specific order. So the girl that won must have gotten a point or two higher than me. w00t! but those scores are still high! LOL I totally screwed up the last move on my step sparring. I did #4 for some reason instead of #6. I cant beleive i did that lol! Dont ask how i pulled that one off. My partner and I didnt win a medal for that event though. Oh well. Better luck next time. Anyway, we went to eat at a chinese place afterwards. They've got good food there ^_^ Oh yeah, and in the end they determine which school won the most gold medals and whoever wins gets the Team Championship Trophy. Our school won with 82 gold medals. I think we had about 32 ppl on team. 2 years running! w00t w00t!

Congrats! I actually just interviewed for a job myself! I'm pretty sure I got it, but I wont know for sure til monday.

Thats exactly what my idea was in my previous post. If I get in real close she'll have more difficulty hitting me with her stupid kick. Also, I found out I wont be sparring her because shes only a blue belt (lower than me). But I WILL be sparring a girl that spars just like her. I dont know why she suddenly changed her style of sparring, but she did. But either way, at least I know a few tricks that might help me get through it. Thanks everyone. The tournements tomorrow, wish me luck!!

If you are going out to see a movie I strongly recommend Pirates of the Caribbean! It's a GREAT movie. It's got action, comedy and a really good plot twist!

Hmmm, that gives me a good idea ! Thanks!

i'm 16

I've played the Street Fighter games. No. 4 is awesome!! I played it when i was in Japan last summer and I totally loved it! I've played one of the Tekken games at a friends house but I dont own any of them. I didnt much care for Tekken. I've played Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance at another friends house. That game is so gorey!! All those nasty fatalities! Ugh. At least I beat him (my friend) a couple of times ^_~. Umm, let's see, I think thats all. Unless I've played more but dont remember lol. But I wanna play Soul Calibur 2 when it comes out.

Hmm..I could do that. I'll try that out first. Thanks for the tip!

Same here. The heat just drains all my energy. Plus, think of when you work out, you get hot eventually right? Well when you get hot, you breath heavier. If it was even hotter, would you really want to be panting for breath?? I know i wouldnt!

Hello! IMO, I think just a basic warm-up to start out with is fine. Push-ups, sit ups, crunches, stuff like that. Don't forget to stretch though, before you start! Set a number of how many of each you can do (like 20) and then once you're able to do that, set a higher number (like 40). You could also jog. If there's a track open for public use, use it. If not, just jog around your neighborhood. Go for about 15 minutes. Then kick it up if you feel comfortable enough. As for buying a Gi. I'd hold off on that. Like you said, you dont wanna be buying a new gi every few months. Hope that helps! =)

I dont think we necessarily WANT to be like them. but like chh said, its just a matter of equality. And I'm not slow, inflexible or any of those things you listed. At least IMO. I think i'm some-what offended. =\

I think mine is of Quistis from Final Fantasy 8 and since I like video games and Quistis is one of my fav char. from 8, I chose it. I'll end up changing it eventually though. I have one of Chun Li from Street Fighter that I like. =)

I think it is! I found it on an avatar site listed here and since Quistis is my favorite character next to Zell (he's hilarious) and Squall I picked it. Anyway..I think we should get back on topic ^^;;

I just go into a regular defensive guarding stance. Left foot in front with the back heel off the ground. I think cat stance is better for forms, not sparring.

I am 16, 17 next January. It's good to be young because a lot of the time you have less responsibilty which = less stress but it would be cool to be about 21 cuz then you can do whatever! (as long as its not illegal and if it is then as long as u dont get caught! lol) About the comment about 90% of youth being out of shape...Yeah. I know girls that were in my gym class, you know, the ones that are super skinny and play a bunch of sports? They cant even reach their damn toes!! I prolly weigh a good 15-20 lbs more than them and i can reach PAST my toes! Whats up with that?! I dont even play sports other than TKD! Shouldnt they be just as flexible?

Personally, I think chilvary is nice. Although I do agree with those of you who think it should be practiced by both men and woman. It's called common courtesy and whether you're a woman or man, you should still try and be helpful to other people.

Well, lemme tell you, I wasnt the prime example of fitness myself when i joined my TKD academy. Now dont get me wrong, i wasnt overweight or anything, i just didnt excersice a whole lot. But I've gotten in a lot better shape since i joined. In fact, joining a TKD school will definetely improve your friend's body if he sticks with it for awhile. And then once he gets in better shape from that, it will help him if he chooses to move to a different style or whatever.