Styles

[writerlady04]

i am thinking about switching styles once i hit black belt in TKD. Which styles do you think that will be suitable for me? I am open for suggestions?

[tommarker]

Why would you do that? You'd just be getting to a point where you can understand TKD enough to really be good at it.

 

1st Dan means squat. I can say that, because I'm a 2nd Dan which is just slightly more squat.

[SBN Doug]

Why would you do that? You'd just be getting to a point where you can understand TKD enough to really be good at it.

 

1st Dan means squat. I can say that, because I'm a 2nd Dan which is just slightly more squat.

 

Yeah, that's pretty much my sentiment as well.

 

1st degree usually means you've a solid grasp of the basics. Then you start your martial arts training.

 

If your particular dojang doesn't teach anything new after 1st degree, then a Hapkido, KSW, or TSD school would blend well.

[tkdBill]

I agree. Reaching Black Belt is really just the beginning. It would be like a baseball player working his way through the minor leagues, then finally reaching the majors and saying "maybe now I'll switch to basketball".

 

While rank advancement usually slows way down, your training and learning should pick up a few notches.

 

You might think about training in another art as a supplement to your taekwondo, rather than just stopping your taekwondo training

[JaseP]

Some Tang Soo Do schools would fit well, depending on your style of Tae Kwon Do. Some styles of Tae Kwon Do are very close to Tang Soo Do (particularly Tae Kwon Do Moo Duk Kwan). Others are as different as night and day. Hapkido is often a good augmentation of Tae Kwon Do and wouldn't require you to switch styles...

[krzychicano]

You can never go wrong with Kuk Sool Won

[chiflow]

I suggest staying where your at and start cross training with a grappling art or a punching or sticky hands art...

 

Many people quit after they get there BB

 

thats sad

 

to me its like quiting when you reach the level when you can begin to learn

 

get at least a 3rd degree (so you have teaching options later), and if your bored switch schools a little to get a different aspect

[rmclain]

1st Dan is a great accomplishment, but it is only the beginning. What is 5 years of study (or however long it takes in your school) compared with the next 50 years of training?

 

When I was riding home from the rank exam that I was promoted to 1st Dan Black Belt at, I got the feeling, "I don't know anything." All the way home, I couldn't shake it and it really bothered me. This fueled the fire in me to train harder, study more, and truely educate myself on lower rank requirements as well as my new requirements. I am very glad I did this because it really opened my eyes to how much I didn't know and how much more knowledge there is to gain. I look forward to what I will find in my training in the years to come.

 

I don't recommend that someone stop at 1st Dan. Too many people achieve 1st Dan then quit because they think it means "graduation." There is much, much more to learn after this rank, but you have to put in the study and sweat to find it.

 

R. McLain

[karatekid1975]

I see it all the time in our dojang alone. It's basically a waste to train just up to BB then quit. I agree with everyone here. BB is just the start. My TSD instructor used to say that color belts learn the basics, and BB's learn how to use the basics. I always believed that.

 

BUT I am all for cross training. Don't quit your main style, just find something that will go with TKD that won't be too confusing (a ground fighting art or a weapons art).

[champ64]

I think you will like Ji do kwan it's and intence style