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i am 26 and family and goal orriented. i entered tkd for my son and soon after decided to make a career out of it. at green belt my instructor aproached me about an instructors course and long hard internship. he trained me personally and i purchased private sessions with him and other high ranking instructors after talking to references. we go by 6 training princeples that are listed below. my wife and i try to live by them. i present myself humbly ready and willing to learn. i adress everyone in my assiociation as ma'am or sir. i do not talk back i ask many questions. i assure you i am nothing less than professional and respectful as is my wife and two sons that train with me. advanced class averages about 25 students from all around every wed. all bb and above. i consider myself lucky to be there and would never behave in a way that would make my intructor anything but proud of me. , he also teaches advanced class here, he is the leader of sw mo divission. when he sees someone disrespecting me he partners them up with me. my wife is the same rank as i and is just recently able to attend. she notices it too. i think it has a lot to do with the way i train. most of the bbs in there are my age and well it doesnt take much to be bigger than me. not that it has to do with it. i have a shaved head goatee and tatoos and most of these guys are bible study type. clean cut and morally clean in every way. i respect them for that. some grew up doing this. i think they may resent me because of where i am in a reletively short amount of time. i could be wrong. i wont approach my instructor on the subject i would just rather prove to them. i was just wondering if anyone had been through this. also on fight nights some of them tend to fight me harder than they fight eachother. i dont mind i put in what they do but i thought it was supposed to be the other way around. agian, this is not everyone in the class. nor do i demand respect. anywho just wondering

i know your right, i just realized how much i ranted up there, maybe i feel so opnionated over it is because pretty much turned my life around, as i'm sure most martial artists feel that way. i think to much. thanks for the advice

little late with this but oh well. my instructor always teaches us to keep our guard up and i personally keep a very tucked in guard and am pretty hard to be hit or kicked. my instructor however keeps his hands down when fighting. but that doesn't mean his hands arent ready. he is about 5.8 150ish and has been described as fighting smoke, simply not there to need to block. i think its a personal fighters style, its his anyways and he teaches us to always keep our guard up while kicking punching pretty much anything to do with fighting. but with his ability he has no need to keep his hands up to block or protect. he is a forth dan and competes with the masters, and the masters have a really hard time catching him in one spot long enough nor do the find it easy to predict his next movement. which we train hard at. so i guess it depends on ones ability and style and whats more protective to them wether it be a high gaurd constant attacks, ready guard. yep i think i'm done

i dont know much about most martial arts even tkd, just what i train in. i've been seeing alot of you set it in the sports category which ok its a sport. so is any martial arts that competes in any way. my point is, for those who may have the wrong idea, we train less on the kicks and forms and more on self defense. we could probably be more realistic on the attacks, however, i listen to my instructor when he says to put our minds in a scared mode in victims mode, and it helps the realism. we have a self defense system that i have not seen the likes of anywhere. so powerful and responsive and quick that when applied correctly there is no defense against it. i'm sure now that i said that a few will come up with counters and wotnot. but i beleive our system is reliable and worth a life time investment. not only that but it has brought my family closer, we act as guides and counslers to those who look up to us. and we leave no one behind in class. if one of us suffers we all do, not as a team but more like a family. we all step up to help that person. we all show up on moving day when your best friends wont even help. and we all welcome new comers with warmness letting them know that martial arts is for everyone. the only limits you have are the ones you put on yourself. i guess what i'm trying to say is TKD for me is like little book on life that i keep in my pocket til i need it. i hope all tkd practitioners feel that way. and for the other martial arts systems out there, i don't take yours for granted and it would serve all well to do the same twards tkd. no matter how traditional a system is, if you find a better way of executing a block or a kick or whatever, you update. as far as sports go. i love to compete and am proud to do so, as far as self defense goes, i am confident that i could handle my own against multiple attackers if if i needed. thats not to say i know it all. as it is i am not a black belt. but what i have learned from my instructor and at seminars and through the instructors course, is that the sport is just a perk to let us use mildly what we train so hard for. we have fight nights every monday and its very exciting and so easy to get hurt if we are not very careful. i'm not saying we have a more effective system, but if you were to face one of us with the attitude that we are only a sport you would soon see the reality of tkd. i'll stop there please comment.

i'd like too say that i deon't get offended at stuff like that, our divission is going through the same thing, if you read the history in our guest book at younwha.com you'll see someone who calls them selves "real martial arts" knocking our grandmaster and saying everything he can to provoke a conflict. he has yet to identify himself though. i get mad, i'm human. its how we react. one of our masters seen it not long ago and replied with an invitation to compete in one of our tournements. we are all human and i don't mind admitting that if someone offends me, the first thing i want to do is deffend what i beleive in. i dont shrug it off like everyone says, instead i let it fuel me in my training knowing that one day i will maybe have a chance to compete with someone who thinks poorly of the younwha system. and win or lose by the time its over they will have changed their mind. i don't think that i've seen it happen at one of our tournies. also if they are talkin trash it gives a good view of their schools lack of values and training princeples. (yeah i cant spell) but i can kick lol.

also....sorry.... representing your system and association has nothing to do with winning..... its how you act afterwards, win or lose. good sportsmanship is the best way to show your enthusiasm and shows what your school values are.

consider trying to keep your eyes on his face, i find that if i stare at the chest protecter to much i end up not seeing the kicks to the head as well. some good fighting paterns in my first tournement that helped me were these: front snap kick, jab, cross, round house jab, cross, round house, back kick jab, cross, switch feet, side kick quickly i don't know they are basic but they really helped me. you throw out fighting patterns knowing he probably will block the first and maybe second strikes and while his guard is distracted land the last one or two. it won't work every time (specially if you use the same fighting pattern over and over) but it is way better than throwing one kick and backing away. use the first minute to feel out the guys style and the next to use it agianst him. if he fights with only his legs, let him kick ya, block if you can but mainly get inside of kicks up close and start a fighting pattern. i'm sure you have em in your system. i didn't mean for this to be so long and i don't think i know everything. but i think this advice will help. give it some thought and get more opinions

haven't trained in any styles but youn wha ryu and i love it. i have also been checking out some kung fu but i don't know what styles i like the best. i am fascinated with the way kung fu practitioners move and the height they reach with kicks. i really enjoy that stuff but i know i need to work on ground tactics too but i don't know anything about them other than the minor randori i've practiced with my instructor... the little i learned i very much enjoyed. felt like a white belt agian.

pivot on the ball of your foot i think its the whole problem here, less you say youve been doing that then its something else.... like the front snap kick you bring your knee up first, but to your side. your thigh and lower leg should be side by side flat like you could put a plate of food on it... then snap it out pivoting freely on the standing foot. and retract it befor you lower it to the floor

i'm in tkd so take this as you will.... my forms help me meditate, they improve my technique, i use them as breathing practices but truly beleive they were designed to make power speed and technique work together for sparring, for training and for whatever else you could use those three sources for. i'm sure there is more to it but i think these three are the primary reason. but agian thats my forms not your kata. i am intrested in the right answer though

i am a red belt and the lowest ranking student in our wed night advanced class. i have been going to that class for about 6 months and train very hard and perform really well. but i still feel like the higher ranks do not take me seriously. i look up to all of them and train with them on other days too. they know my goals and pretty much everything about me because of the closeness of training we have. a few think i am great but for the most part the treat me like i'm ten and i don't know i can just tell they dont think i'm ganna go the distance. they couldnt be more wrong but my question is... have you ever delt with this and how did you go about it? should i even let it bother me?

i didnt want an instructor who talked about how good he was. i was lucky to have stumbled upon younwha through a flyer at my sons school. they have a main hq for there division and about 15 instructors teaching at comunity centers and elementary schools and churches. my instructor trained them all and it shows. he cares about my state of mind when i enter, he asks how i feel physically, he doesnt give up on someone as long as they attend and he is great at teaching children. he charges according to the economy of that neighborhood. he loves a challenging student, he loves teaching handicapped students at the same rate and in the same class as everyone. the class progresses together and helps eachother to improve. it is a family inviroment. these are all things i would look for if i were to go elsewhere (wich i would not) hope that helps

i would want to be the hulk type. but if i had those powers, i'd probably be the destruction of mankind, earth, and definately elmo!! i can wiggle my ears though!

love cars toooo poor for the project lol, i had a 65 thunderbird for a few years, had much fun with it. had an 85 ramcharger-76 grand wagoneer-and always help with friends resto-projects... i was very into them for a number of years but my children and ma consumes all of my time now. its almost like losing a best friend.

i like his personality and some of his music, but i don't let my 10 year old listen to it

lol my instructor told me the most powerful roundouse hes seen me do is when we sparred and i got the left side of his butt real real hard.... we both laughed when it happened the he kick me in the head... and we laughed some more

head gear is smarter. i'm sure you reallize that. if you want to challenge yourself, don't but put some head gear on and let someone with control land a few to both sides of your head just to see how it feels. its not as bad as you probably think. and in a sparring match its less painful because your focused on winning or attacking or blocking or something. i get kicked in the head frequently. the only time i don't use head gear though is if i'm sparring my instructor. if you don't trust the people you spar, i would say wear the head gear

i was told by a master in the instructors course that whatever we wanted to do in ma was possible with patience. with that in mind, i want to teach women and children the best self defense available. not totally from rapists and gang members but from those they might not suspect until its too late. thats long term goal though. shorter term goal..... testing with my sons and wife for blackbelt this december. we started together and though bb is the beginning it has been a big step for us compared to how we acted as a family two years ago.

i think you need more confidence. you will probably compete against students of your rank or close to it. you all have the same knowledge of technique and kicks and punches. find out if backfists are legal. if the guy you compete with is competing for the first time, he probably won't expect a back fist to the chest while you side step or spin. tournements are for learning so go there with an open mind and ready to make new friends. everyone wants to win only a few will.... you have just as much chance as any if you keep your cool and remember your training. dont just take the beating. try to use what you know to win. guard your head as much as possible and try to stay up straight. i'm in tkd so this may or may not be of any value to you. i find that a low fighting stance allows me to block easier and react quicker. dont try to keep your distance, use fighting patterns not just one kick or punch at a time. most of all have fun. good luck and remember good sportsmanship.

have you ever competed in forms, it is very exciting. one can also train for multiple attackers by doing forms and using your imagination. also technique and power are developed to work together along with speed. everyone else has said it all already, but consider all the turning, the kias, the awareness while practicing a form. i don't know everyone said it all lol

a master (Master Ceth Jordan) was watching and told me that it was up to me if i wanted them to disqualify him, he then informed me that if it were him, he would continue the fight. i did and would have regardless. the this tournement was put together by Master Jordans division. the guy i competed with will be at the next one coming up and i hope to spar him agian. he might be a blackbelt though and i wont get to. either way it was a learning experience and thrilling!!

i teach three classes a week, my favorite is in a church gym with cold concrete floors and i always have to pick up kids toys and sweep the floor before my students get there. its also in a very small town and takes about an hour to drive to. i love the atmosphere. its not like a gym, its more like a big cold tin shed. my students there have a blast and they range from 5 to 46, white belt to blue belt. 12 students in all that attend and they have better power and technique than my school in springfield at an elementary school gym. close training partners frequently train in my brother in laws garage and we love it. we practice forms, tech, sparring and self defense. simple and comfortable envirements (i would imagine) could help a white belt out in the "embarassment stages" of beginners. i say go for it and good luck

got kicked in the mouth hard at last tourny. it bled like crazy and my son freaked out. other than that i loved it. i was fighting a guy in a different system of tkd and he was a head hunter (and tall) i'm 5'8 150. when it happened everyone in our section of the bleachers got up, and when the fight continued they cheered me on. i still lost and needed stitches in several parts of my mouth but i don't care i turned into a hook kick wich was my fault. i showed great sportsmanship and it was exciting. anyone else get that feeling when they get hurt at a tourny.