Selecting a Second art

[mattyj]

Another reason i dont like TKD is because they have to use chest pads. I've been disqualified from one of their tournoments because of excessive force and because i did "improper" techniques. I did a sidekick and didn't pull it back fully.

 

in WTF you have to wear chest pads... i know you probably dont know but i hate the generalisation of Taekwondo "all sport, chest guards, all high flying kicks, impractical".

 

For the initial question, you may want to look at an ITF or traditional based taekwondo form, and see how that grabs you. It incorporates alot of Shotokan and is based on Taekwondo's founder's original methods, not the sport crap you see today. As with everything though, you have to find a good, 'traditional' style instructor. It doesnt suffer from "mcdojo" syndrome either because the strict affiliation (ie instructors dont usually make excessive profits - atleast not where i live).

[senna_trem]

If I had the time (and physical ability!) I would take my Sensei's advice and train judo/boxing/kyokushin. I think I would take boxing as my second choice and then judo as my third, judo scares me a little bit. I heard it takes 10-15 years to get your blackbelt.

[fangshi]

I know this is totally opposite of almost everything that everyone is saying but Tai Chi can bring great benefits to martial artists of any style. Many of the people I know and respect have studied Tai Chi as a second or third art and have found it to help greatly in improoving their primary art skills.

[italian_guy]

You can bet I agree with that... but in his initial post he mentioned he would like a MA with a lot of kicking and TCC has not that many kicks.

[Sam]

jman - just to mention why WTF practitioners wear chest plates / pads - they dont actually lesson the impact they are specifically designed to spread the impact across a slightly larger and more even area to reduce broken bones. If you watch a WTF match then you might notice many alternating 45 kicks connecting with the ribs just below the armpit. If over the course of a match this continued you would find a good proportion of the competitors would end up with several broken ribs. Its just a matter of practicality.

 

And one question - cos im a bit confused (and i dont mean this to sound offensive but im not very good at phrasing questions well) you were sparring in WTF style tkd (as u were wearing a chest plate) and you were disqualified for excessive contact (which would have to have been very heavy for WTF style) with a side kick - just wondering how you landed it - what league were u figting in (bbelt, colour belt?) side kicks inWTF tend to be a bit slow (back leg technique) and are only really effective in ITF where front leg faster but weaker techniques are preferred....

 

Like i said no insinuation there, just wondering what style you were actually sparring in because i couldnt work it out from what you said.

[fangshi]

You can bet I agree with that... but in his initial post he mentioned he would like a MA with a lot of kicking and TCC has not that many kicks.

I think that even though there may not be an over emphasis on kicks that TCC can improove the kicks in his first art.

[italian_guy]

Yes probably you are right. The equilibrium and leg strenghtening exercies we use in TCC may be beneficial.

[kzshin]

kinda confused me, you said you study karate, judo, and jujitsu. Not only you have 2nd art, you have the 3rd art also.

 

As karate practioner, I will pick judo and muay thai as my other 2 arts