tekkenchaos

When punching from the waist, ur coverhand and ur punch act like a pully. More power comes from it...Also the coverhand coming back to your waist acts as an elbow to an enemy attacking from behind. It also works your arms a LOT )

We also do a free-for all game...It's called Samuri--you're not allowed to use hands, just feet....if you're kicked in the head, you're out and if you're kicked to the body you lose a blocking arm..if you're kicked to the body 3 times (after both your arms cannot be used anymore), you're out too...last person standing wins! it's also interesting to play this game when you put bags out that act as mines..if you touch it-you're out! )

Good luck! Before the test, go to the bathroom. You'll do fine !

Me eiher! When I get hit hard, I just try harder

I changed my mind..my favorite kicks are spin hook kick, butterfly kick and back leg front kick )

When I was a yellow belt, I tried to do a flying side kick into a heavy bag and I landed on my ankle ...it doesn't sound too bad but my point is, what injuries have you had from doing tkd (or any martial art)??

hi! When I spar people, taller or shorter, i keep my eyes around the area of their solar plexus.

Hmmm....Aren't higher belts supposed to have really good control? Hobbitbob--another strong martial artist hehe

it's called the snap circle kick or reverse round kick @ my tkd studio

wow monkeygirl! you were so strong..you must like tkd a lot to go back to sparring after an incident like that

Thanks

Ok, question: If you were sparring and got punched in the nose and it bled, would you blame your opponent (was that spelled right?) for having bad control, or would you blame yourself for not blocking fast enough? I'm just curious ) Thank you!!

My tkd teacher is a friendly coach, but he can be fickle and alternates with all you listed except for the "quiet master type"...it really depends on who he's teaching and how their behavior is---

wow! they train 3.5 full days a week

YEAH! what everyone else said..just relax when you spar-mentally and physically..if your mind is focused, you'll most likely have better technique and accuracy (not to mention more speed)

Thanks for that info!

I don't know what style they use in my taekwondo studio for forms, but it includes Pinan 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, Fighting Forms 1 and 2 and Naehanji's, which are done in horse stances. Um... I've never been to a tournament before.

wow

Thanks Hwa-rang (hey that's a character from tekken 3!). So to master an art is 10,000 days so that would be 27 or 28 years if you trained every day. Wow, I'm not even half those years. Thanks to Gor too.

I've always said: tae kwon do is the way of hand and foot; not the way of over excessive punishment. And that's all i have to say about that. [ This Message was edited by: tekkenchaos on 2002-01-12 09:53 ]

Thanks everyone for your posts!!! Sorry if it seemed like I didn't like my tae kwon do studio, because I do. Hey Joecooke007, i know what you mean. I know this girl who got her black belt in karate in 7 years. And Gorgoth, whoa... your tkd school must be really tough if they make you guys stay in a horse stance for a whole hour. That would take up a whole taekwondo class where I go to. Usually, we only stay 5 minutes in a horse stance. Keep on posting all!

My tae kwon do school does nae han ji's! At least, I'm pretty sure because the instructors pronounce it quickly and it sounds like nahnji. I a long way from learning them since I'm a begginer but at my school, the students learn nae han ji's at red belt. Aren't they the forms where you have to stay in a horse stance the whole time? Are you also learning the fighting forms? I'm going to stop typing now so have a nice day!!!

What's the tornado kick? My friend said that was her favorite kick but she doesn't do tae kwon do anymore so I've only seen it once and forgot how it goes.

Dude!!! Your workout schedule is so organized, and you're only a year older than me! What I mean is, it would be a sort of miracle for me to do that, because mine kind of goes like this: watch TV, during commercial break, do two forms; while waiting for internet connection, do 10 kicks; do sit-ups after i'm done using the internet.....or along those lines. Maybe one day I'll be able to do that. Happy new year!!

Hi my favorite kicks to do into a bag are flying front kicks and back-leg round kicks. And you can't beat kicking the air with side kicks and front kicks. By the way, you never mentioned your favorite kicks. Anyways.... happy new year!!!