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Umm... What's a kukiwon thing? lol, sorry about my stupidity.

I tried everything you guys said. Don't make your knee straight, focus on pulling, don't extend it too far, etc, etc.. But it still cracks. Does that mean it's just my knee or am I still hyperextending it? Help me out here, the last thing I'd want is a bad knee at age 30. Thank you all! -Hiya Kaioken times 100.. (To those that watch DBZ)

hiya, k, thanks everyone, i guess that's why my knees been hurting lately. also what's a chin up? oh and thanks for the compliment about my title kick chick -Hiya :bigwink: <---Finally dead

hiya everyone, how do you know if you aren't hyperextending(or whatever it's called) your leg when you kick? When I kick, sometimes i can hear my knees cracking, so im wondering if i am extending it too much? also does anyone know any exercises to strengthen back muscles without having to use any machines? thanks a bunch! -Hiya

Hiya, good morning afternoon night. Welcome to the forums hehe. I'm pretty knew too, you'll like it here. See ya

hey everyone, thanx for replying! im not looking for an art that has the best self defense or anything. i think WTF TKD will be okay for me. I'm pretty sure it'll help me a bit in self defense, even if it's not very much, but im not exactly looking for self defense anyway. again, thank you for your replies, i love this bored lol.

Oh, okay, so size doesn't nesscarily matter. Thanks for replying everyone.

Does the size of the dojo and the materials in it matter? A dojo I'm planning on going to is smaller then the size of a school classroom, and doesn't have many things to train with. There's a lot of mirrors, and there about a few kicking things... whatever you call em. But that's really it. Does this matter?

hiya, From what I've heard TKD can be useful or useless in self defense. Sport TKD would be mostly useless from what i read on these forums. would WTF TKD be considered sport TKD? im thinking of taking WTF TKD but if it will be useless in self defense id rather not take it. thank you in advance -Hiya :bigwink:

Hey everyone, thanks for encouraging me. I think ill try to get my parents to start in a few days to weeks or so. can anyone tell me which dojos to look out for? like how you would tell if the dojo is good or not and things like that. also which art would you suggest? so far hapkido or taekwondo sounds good, but any suggestions?

Hi everonye! i just found this board and decided to join because I have been interested in MA ever since I can remember. i have a few questions, i hope you guys don't mind. (guys means girl and guy for me.) Well, i know most people here do a MA, but i don't. Im hoping i can start this summer, but i do have a few problems. first of all i'm 12, turning 13 soon. i think that this might be a bit late to start. i know people say it's never too late to start, but im just afraid that people in my class will be like 6 year olds, and that would embarass me, being the oldy and ya know. also another problem is that im about 30 pounds overweight. so i think i shouldnt start until i get into better shape, seeing i can barely do one push up i think that i still okay with flexibility. i can kick up to my nose with a front kick(i dont do MA but i know some simple moves), so i guess that gives me an "okay" but not "great" at flexibility. i was wondering what you guys thought though. i've never actually been inside an MA class to see what it was like, and i know a lot of you have, so it'd be greatly appericated if you guys could help. thanks in advance -Hiya!