three60roundhouse

thanks a lot.

As you may learn , I have much to say about nothing .

also, I wanted to make sure that it wasn't like a tiger schulmann sort of thing, where an instructor takes an art that traditionbally has 5 belts, and adds 15 to that just to milk money out of his students, you know? i work hard for my money!

It doesn't, really, I was just wondering, because I have seen some VERY young judo black belts, and was thinking maybe that they had very few rankings. Just curiosity! I am always interested in finding out new things .

Once, I was sparring my brother and I kicked him in the (a place that hurt him a lot more than it would have hurt me). It was funny. People seemed to be laughing more at me than at him!

Well, my school has a lot of belts, but we don't have to pay to test, so I think it is just a self esteem booster, like we are always moving up. White - 3 Stripes High White (white and yellow) yellow yellow and black blue blue and black green green and black (this is me after 3 years of training) red red and black brown brown and black black

Straight out Martial Sport stand up Boxing came from the United States, no? Also, it's like this: If you take someone who studies aikido in New York and pitted them against someone who studies aikido at its home in the Eastern world, you would see not one art, but totally different approaches to an Asian philosophy, which is why American Martial Arts are rarely the same as the Asian arts!

Hello. I study tae kwon do and I'm interested in trying judo - I have been doing some heavy reading and have found many lists of history, jargon, techniques, and philosophy - but no belt sequence! Is judo more like TKD (where pretty much EVERY school has a different ranking system) or like BJJ (most schools follow the original Gracie grading system)? Thanks a lot for your responses!

I've seen that too, in judo i've watched and in tkd - the higher ranks sometimes try to be too flasy - stick to basics!

I am thinking of taking up a second art - a grappling art - to make myself a better and more well-rounded fighter. I have found my tae kwon do to become a little tedious and a lot of the techniques are not very practical - even my namesake . So what do you think? And also, these are the ones I am thinking about: 1. Judo - the judo school seems very cool. The master is the one who trained the guy on the flight that crashewd down in Pennsylvania - he is world-renowned, and though we have only spoken online, he seems very nice. Judo is one of my choices because of how much I love competition, and also the fact that the sensei incorporates a lot of practical, street fighting techniques. Aikido - I know a little less bout this art - but many have told me that is very philosophical and also would be very good for a TKD student - because of the great contrast oin styles and approach to fighting. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - Yes! I, too, have been intrigued by the latest MA craze. The instructor trained under Royler Gracie and is a brown belt. It is more expensive than all the other arts, but also seems like a fun, cool, practical art. Also, it takes FOREVER to move up, which might be a drawback for such a young person like me. There are so few belts, and the instructor told me that it took him four years to move up from purple to brown belt! This is a very aggressive art, so I wouldn't have to alter my instincts as I would in tae kwon do. Thanks for your input. :karate:

i disagree with everyone. he can do whatever he wants. if she doesn't like it, she can take a walk. martial arts is not like a diet or tae bo, you can't give yourself slack. tkd is one of the least disciplined arts...why didn't she just do the situps or whatever instead of talking back... when she opens her own dojang or gets to instructor status, she can talk and do that to untidy students. you know what that instructor was thinking? the chain is only as strong as its weakest link. if he likes a tidy and neat dobok and respect for him in the dojang, give it to him.

i love the flashy aspect, but in a real fighing situation, they are hard to use. a lot of training involves getting "air" on your kicks, and tkd is known as one of the flashiest arts!

This is all kids...I train with them (don't ask...I have three younger brothers, so there are a couple my age and opne older "kid", and I usually have much larger and better boards and sometimes even different technique) high white, yellow - flying sidekick high yellow, orange - step side kick high orange, blue - hammerfist high blue, green - back kick high green, red - elbow strike high red - no clue brown - three 60 back kick after that, i don't know, but i saw somweone testing for black once jump over four squatting people and break w/flying front kick!

Since my instructor started training at a young age, he wants to be able to offer that back to his students and has therefore adopted a system with many belts and tests jsut so kids feel like they are constantly moving up. It takes around 3 months to test for each level, so like 4-5 years for black belt. White (you get three electic tape stripes on it before moving up) High white Yellow High Yellow Orange High Orange Blue High Blue Green High Green Red High Red Brown High Brown Black(if you are under 15 you get a junior black - half red half black - my instructor doesn't believe in giving young children the burden and responsibility in being a black belt...but jbb's learn and train with black belts...i think it's weird but wehatever ) I have been training for three years. I train with my three younger brothers (They have about three and a half years) and we aere all high green belts, soon to be red I think. It'll probably take around a year and a half to two years more bvecasue you have high brown for a long time )

We take 4 and a half to five years to get blackbelt, but if you are under 15, you get a junior black belt. I am 14, and I'll probably be sixteen whe i get black belt. And I take classes with people around ages 10-15, so only the adult running the class can make us do push ups. But, I am a junior instructor, so I help out at classes where the ranks are lower than mine, so I can make little kids do them, but that's only if they do something really wrong, like hitting beyond the limit someone when we are doing one step defense or something. But anyway, our class does do a lot of pushups...you can't have too much of a good thing .

as my name suggests, it is a three 60 roundhouse kick, but i prefer it when you start with the right leg back, throw right leg roundhouse kick, and then go into a three 60...it is very momentous and powerful. it's fun to break wood with.