younwhadoug

i will consider everyones advice, thank you all for replying

way to go!!

thanks yu all. tourny is tomarrow and i just found out not only this guy but also a five year boxer turned tkd guy is competing as well. i cant wait ive been training hard and i love it when the odds are stacked agianst me. my heart is actually pounding thinking about it i love it!!!

front leg hook kick!.. preferably left

i don't know anything about your system nor am i a bb, but i think you should go for it. if these guyys have to give 100 percent then you should give two hundred percent if you know what i mean. i am the type that likes the odds stacked against me and do far better under more pressure. if you are like that then i think you have nothing to worry about. plus you already know what to expect so you can train for that and then some. good luck!!

4th dan that is:)

i train with black belts and show the respect they deserve as a black belt. they show me the respect i deserve as an instructor. i don't have higher ranks in my classes unless they just want to train and if thats the case. they train. if i can't train them on their current rank level. then i will sharpen up their basic technique. not that they need it, but they appriciate the work out i provide in the martial arts atmosphere, and i'm not going to hesitate to tell them they need to lower their stance or kick higher and sometimes i think they are testing me anyways. my instructor is ath dan and everyonce in a while he trains in my class. which i appriciate. i feel like i have more to prove as a lower ranking instructor so i try to be the best i can be. if you were here i'd invite you to my class. but no offense, you seem like the type that would be insulted by the invitation. but the offer stands

so far and i deliver very talented lower rank instructors. meant to say students

i have been training for two and a half years and hope to reach black belt status at our december tests. probably won't happen that soon but it will be in under a year. when i was a 1st blue, i took the instructors course, did a 120 hours of intern, now have two schools that i teach. teaching is in you before you ever start martial arts. i am 1 of very few very lucky lower ranking instructors, but i don't consider myself a jr instructor because i have more on my plate than a lot of our bb instructors. i competed in every tourny i could make it to so far and i deliver very talented lower rank instructors. i have also had the privillage of instructing a black belt and he actually wanted my proffessional opinion. i think when my test comes around i will have earned it.

bushido-man.. koreo is required at second red in our association. i have noticed koreo in many different systems. i'm not sure how it came to be in ours but i will ask my instructor about iit

fact or fiction, it doesn't really matter to me... the thought of having to do it has made my high side kicks a lot better. i agree as far as it goes... i wouldn't try to kick someone off the horse. i think i would be better off kicking the horse in the front knee, probably injuring myself making that just as impractical as kicking the rider.... but somehow those dang koreans beat the mongolian agressors with limited weapons and martial arts. so koreo is still my favorite, i think its because the underdog won the fight. i've always been the underdog so i'm sure you can see where i'm coming from... and side kick is my second favorite kick and there are lots of em throughout the last few paulge forms and koreo. what rank did you guys in tkd have to learn koreo.

i put our training principals in their to force me to be nice to people... kind of like the practice what you preach deal. and the other just describes me perfectly, you may knock me down 100 times but i am resiliant and will Never Give Up. its actually painted on our dojang wall inbetween the korean flag and the usa flag.

i see where your coming from Cross. i grew up fighting in the poorest areas of houston and denver. i was one of those kids that got their shoes coat and hat took. i have probably been jumped more than 20 times by the time i hit 21. at that point in my life (21 that is) i hooked up with a man named ray who taught me some phillipino fighting styles. i couldn't tell you what the name of the art was, but it is very agressive. ray died in while changing someones tire on the side of the road, he was ran over by a drunk driver.i used the skill he gave me and fell in love with martial arts. but i didn't start back up til 24 when my wife and oldest son joined the Grand Master Hans World Youn Wha Ryu association. the first class i took had me addicted. youn wha is not a traditional taekwondo art. it includes chinese boxing tkd some kung fu (way in the advanced training) some hapkaido judo. if you look at the name close enough, youn wha ryu, you can see ryu is a japanese word, not korean, youn wha is a style grand master Han took as a young man and then built up the entire history of how youn wha ryu was astablished and became what it is today is found at younwha.com but i beg that you don't stop there. there is much to be learned about youn wha ryu and it is still growing. last but certainly not least, before you go throwing the word mcdojo around, find a youn wha tournement near you, if there are any, and check it out. or try out a class, they will give you a few classes so you can see if it is something you might benefit from. and if you do, you have the option of also cross training in tai chi, and judo/jujitsu. grand master han would be the first to tell you he isn't afraid to update our system. if he thinks something can fit in a help the student, he works very hard to make sure what he adds going to make our system more complete. any ways i'm just rambeling on now. i hope this sheds some light on our system.

it may not seem to practical to you, but i am a father of four and they all love to see it and my two oldest train right along side of me. being a dad that my children enjoy and can brag about in a possitive way seems like a good way to spend the next 20 years. i train five days a week. i am an active competitor. i also instruct two schools and teach childrens self defense. to me learning all the aspects of the art is practical. if your not, to me, your wasting your money and time. but i'm sure we have different reasons for training, i'd love to hear about yours.

check out a few and compare them with eachother

you have to reallize that she probably has a family to provide for, and dojang rent isn't cheap either. she sounds like a good instructor to me. i think requiring private sessions is a great idea. it allows a bond between teacher and student and it lets her know if you understand what and how she teaches

my wife and i started to spend more time with our sons. also, i a have anger management issues so to speak and martial arts training on regular schedule allows me to burn energy and keep in shape. i wanted to change myself also. i didn't like the person i was becoming. i must say that martial arts is theropudic for me. doug hilton

i always want to know about self defense and training and protecting and sparring. i feel like i have made a break-through on the kicks and high flying moves. last week we were practicing cart-wheels and they said if you can, do it one handed. i was one of the only adults in the class that could. the our instructor had us practicing coming up from the splits without touching the floor with a scissor kind of movement. after a few tries i was able to do quickly and maintaining a fighting possition at the same time. since then i have tested myself on all my kicks. i have learned and trained myself (with the professional help of my instructor of course) to put a side kick at above my own head level and rotate all the way around on the standing leg. i never thought i would be able to do something like that. i tested myself agian out in my garage. i tied a kicking mit to the garage door opener and practiced spinning jump cresent kick. after about fifteen tries i finally nailed that thing hard enough to knock out a basketball player. i could not believe the height and the power i got just beleiving that i could do it. because of all this i have set new goals for myself and encourage my two sons to put the same pressure on themselves. i know this may sound like bragging and i guess it is. i haven't ever felt this good about myself. i never thought i would enjoy the show off part so much. has any of you ever felt so good like you just climbed a mountain when everyone told you you couldn't??? i now look at the high flying stuff as important as the life saving and tournement winning aspects, do you???

my wife allowed me to quit my money making job (delivering furniture) to do this. she helps me out teaching when she doesn't have to work. i plan on making a good living at instructing but i know it takes years of good instructing and building good relations with the public. even if it never pays off finacially i will keep instructing cause i feel like it sends good karma my way and i enjoy instructing such a wide veriety of people.

congrats

with that particular situation, i wouldn't really have wanted it any other way.... but yeah i get what your saying and agree... i just assume not fight outside of training and would much rather look like the weaker person to avoid it.

big doug..... i'm 5'8' 150 lbs the nick name comes from being stupid enough or just plain crazy enough to take on multiple attackers.... that was before martial arts! now a days i just go by dad daddy or da da da da.... eight month old iis learning to say it my oldest boy who is ten just calls me oldy... i'm 26

hearing a group of punks say sexual things to my wife in front of my kids at the gas station.... i handled it with violence and would not change a thing... actually i would permanently disable the punks given another chance... broken legs beyound repair..... gouge an eye out... something along that line.... i wouldn't mind tying them to the back of my van for some road rash theropy either

think about this too, if your instructor is able to teach young children and actually show progress with young kids.... he is probably a great instructor. so don't just look for another system give this guy a chance and accept a little humility by being the oldest. when you advance a little chances are you will be the one the rest of the class looks up to.

i think 15 is about the perfect age to start, you know enough about right and wrong and major influinces are probably in every direction. try to get some of your friends to join. or ask if your instructor has classes with teens your age. also ask him about tournements so that he has to consider your age group.