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good luck with the training dude! ask your friend what style it is. tell us how your first lesson went.

nice to meet u tropical fishy!

thanks guys. im doin pretty good. its takin me a lil longer than it probably should, but im not a complete failure..... yet. lol. ill let you guys know if i need help.

good luck dude. just focus. dont worry about anything else, just the task at hand. also, dont get too worked up about the test before you take it. just relax and if your senseis are as good as you say they are, you should be fine

wow. thats unbelieveable. the sad part is, people will buy into this stuff.

great advice guys. thanx a lot. cross, that yahoo link you sent me is great. very simple, just the way i like it. lol. lordtariel, your link was good too, but i was having some trouble, so imma stick with yahoo i think but thanx for the help with the outline idea. i was just thinking of typing everything as i went. i didnt think of outlining. and the way you listed everything i perfect. thanks a lot. jaymac. thats a good idea too. the mall would be a great idea to go and show off a lil bit. especially around the holiday season. thx a lot you guys

hey guys, i have a question about making a website for my school. my school is fairly new and im afraid it might close down if my sabumnim cant make enough money to keep it running. i talked to him about making a website and he said the only reason he hasnt made a website is because he isnt that great with computers. the problem is... neither am i. but im willing to give it a try. i was wondering if any of you know how i could start up my own website. and i mean simple. i dont need none of this swooping in, 3-d, sound effects and an interview with jackie chan. lol. i just need a way to get my school recognized. i just need basic info about hkd and tkd. you know... basic things that people would want to know about my school. i was just wondering if any of you guys knew where i could find an easy starting point. TY

good luck dude

wado ryu is the least physically demanding out of the three you mentioned. all your options have roundhouse kicks incorperated. that leaves chito and goju. go check the classes and see who is the better instructor. also, go check out the wado school also. you might find that you like it. wado is pretty much shotokan karate mixed with jiu jitsu, so you might find that grappling is very fun. there would be many tournaments where you would be able to grapple or spar in so dont worry about that.whether the tourneys are open or specific, you'll most likely be able to compete.

no no no. my sabumnin teaches us TKD and HKD. he would not let us train anywhere else. he is very traditional and only teaches korean arts (besides weapons). he believes that the korean customs and tradition would be lost if we trained in another art.

easily take him down with an armbar or a quoto gieshi(spelling?)

congrats on the belt. that is an interesting style you take. its pretty cool at how low the number of dojos there are.

thanks guys!! its nice to hear all the nice compliments!

my school is a hapkido/tkd school so i think most of the striking comes from tkd, but, there are many kicks and strikes in hkd too. as these arts are both korean, there is much more kicking than hand concentration, but hapkido has some hand techniques. i'd say if you were looking for striking art with a little grappling, a tkd school would be your best bet because they usually teach a little hkd with the tkd. but, if you want more grappling and self defense than strikes, hkd would be better. i am not saying that hkd has few strikes. im just saying that it emphasizes on self defense more than striking. in my school, the tkd side takes care of the striking. both emphasize on kicks more than punches though. if you are looking for an art with more hand combinations, than a chinese martial art like wing chun would probably be your best bet.

i had to go through my poomse, my 3 step attack, self defense, gun defense, knife defense, upper block, lower block, inside, outside, and middle blocks, front kick, front side kick, fron round kick, back kick, spinning back kick, pray position, falling, choke defenses, leg and arm grab defenses from the floor, arm bar, count from 1-10 in korean, reverse punch, walking stance, full contact continuous sparring, point sparring, back fist... i definitly forgot some things but thats the bulk of it.

im SOOOO happy. i just recieved my 8th kup in Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido. just wanted to vent out my happiness.

lol... nice

congrats dude! tell her to keep up the good work

yes. my old dojo was like that. it seemed that they wanted stamina more than whether or not you are punching and kicking correctly. personally, i dont like that. i think schools should focus on whether your techniques are good, not count to see how many times you can do that technique in a half hour or so. i am not trying to bash your school, i am just saying what i think about that testing system. as long as your school corrects you and makes sure you are doing the techniques right, then you should be fine. french fri25

nice to meet you. i'll bet you find loads of info on Kobudo here. french fri25

good to have you here. french fri25

welcome to KF Clint. wish you the best on starting your quest through the martial arts french fri25

welcome to KF!! french fri25

LMAO!! WOW how the hell did i forget the link. rofl sorry guys, i guess i just like lost my head at the moment. the site is http://home.stny.rr.com/iama/az.html french fri25

hey guys, i found an awesome site of pretty much any martial art in the world, where it comes from, and some basic principals about them. its a really kool site and i never even heard of like half the martial arts mentioned. also, i suggest you all read the choy li fut section. there is a pretty kool story and tells why choy li fut is actually called choy li fut. just thought it was an interesting site and i thought you all might like it. french fri25