Traditional TaeKwonDo

[Little Dragon]

uh..i didnt say it was flashy.Im just saying my master would teach us to do better in tournements rather to show us how to handle ourselves in a real fight.

 

There is no flashy moves that ive seen in tkd,and so what? some people in my class try to make kicks look fancy,and end up gettin their * kicked in sparring.

[47MartialMan]

uh..i didnt say it was flashy.Im just saying my master would teach us to do better in tournements rather to show us how to handle ourselves in a real fight.

 

There is no flashy moves that ive seen in tkd,and so what? some people in my class try to make kicks look fancy,and end up gettin their * kicked in sparring.

 

That's because if you particpate and/or win tournaments, you are, in a "round about" way, advertising for him and the school.

[asynk]

I'm still reserving my judgement of our school. Being a lowly white belt, its hard to determine how much of our teaching is sport vs combat. I know that one instructor always goes over self-defense, knife defense, boxing drills, etc. The other teaches drills, kick drills,etc. I do see how some of this could help in a fight, but I'm concerned at green belt (when we start sparring), that the focus is going to be on competition and sport vs self defense.

[47MartialMan]

asynk,

 

Thus is the case from a instructor's view that the youth dsire the "sport" of it.

 

Howver, when you get to a higher ranking, request that tou desire more defense vs. sport.

 

I am sure he will accomodate your needs/request.