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Excellent! The website was very helpful. Thanks also for clearing up which style of TKD my school is associated with. By the way, I think it's okay to share links (as long as it's not used for commercial purposes).

Thanks for the information, kicker chick. I really haven't done a lot of reading so I may start with your suggestion. I believe it's the WTF we're being taught. I haven't seen the ITF logo anywhere or maybe I'm not looking hard enough. If my school is affiliated with the US TKD Union, US Olympic Committe and Pan/American TKD Union, what does that tell me about the school?

Thanks for the recommendations tufrthanu! I'll look into those books. Yes, you hit the nail on the head! I learned by example not to question my instructor but it doesn't mean I don't question it in my head or ask the other students. There are 2 other schools nearby but I hear they're not as good. My decision is to stick with my current school and read up. How's that for patience?!

Can anyone recommend a good handbook or website with a general overview of TKD and it's terminologies? My master is Korean and I have a hard time understanding him. He's great instructor but I need to get my lingo right. I feel I'm missing on the learning process. When I first started TKD my master didn't give out a handbook and he advised against buying reading material as I would get confused. He said it's because every instructor has his own style of teaching. Don't laugh but I picked up a copy of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to TKD" anyway. It helped some but not enough. He's right...some things he taught are slightly diferently. I don't want to give up TKD. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone! b3n, I started my first class in the middle of January so almost 9 months. I go to a small dojang in the neighborhood 3 times a week. I have a day job and my classes start at 8:30pm. Even on my beat days, I still look forward to my classes. Yeh, I'm loving it.

I joined yesterday and thought I'd say HELLO to everyone. I'm Dorie and I'm so glad I found this forum. It's a wealth of information (credit goes to TKD Mom's blog...thanks Jane!) [/i]