If you had the chance, who would you like to be trained by?

[ivette_green]

My Sensei is just fine, any more intense and I would start to wither.

[TriStateTerror]

OH and Id love to train at the Miletich camp those guys throw down hard .. and thats what im aiming for.

[back_fist]

San Te The Master Killer

[Ryute23]

I already have my hands full with my current instructors teachings, but i would like to learn directly from Taika Oyata

[UpTheIrons]

Wouldn't trade my Sa Bum Nim for anybody. I've never seen anyone more intense about Tae Kwon Do. Anyone who thinks TKD doesn't work or is for wimps never trained under this guy. Aside from his amazing power and technique, he epitomizes traditional manners and etiquette.

[Sam]

Hee Il Cho would be cool, just for the experience - he seems pretty intense

[tsdtony]

Hwang kee hes just that good

No one said tkd was for whimps just people who play karate

[ninjanurse]

I have had personal instruction from some of the best: Toro Tanaka, Wally Jay, Tak Kubota, Gary Bowers, Kenneth Funakoshi, Ernie Reyes, to name a few. It was always a great honor which I will bever forget. They all gave me something different and I am the martial artist I am today because of those differences. Variety is the spice of life...and I don't think I can narrow it down to one in particular. I'll cherish what I had and keep my options open for the future...you never know who will come along!

[UpTheIrons]

It's funny. Whenever my Instructor mentions the Instructors he has any respect for, it stays to Won Kuk Lee, Gen. Choi, Jhoon Rhee, Hee Il Cho-instructors from more or less his generation or before. He never mentions more modern instructors, it's always the older ones. Knowing him as I do, for an instructor to earn his respect he would have to have either awesome technique or be a world leader. And I don't mean "Hollywood" technique either. I mean awesome traditional technique.

[ranger1100ky]

Okay... first and foremost... I'll say it up front... I'm more than pleased with my current instructor, and I have nothing but the utmost respect for my original instructor, and the two that followed him after he moved out of state.

If I had the chance to train with some different folks, say for a day, or a week... here's the list of those whom I'd like to workout with.

1.) Cynthia Rothrock... I've watched her movies... and what amazes me, is her technique is magnificent, even during the simulated fighting when most technique in film, goes to seed... She's simply AMAZING!

2.) Chuck Norris... With his experience... and his reputation of being an absolutely nice fella... I know I'd enjoy a chance to workout with him.

3.) Jeff Speakman... Now this fella, when I saw him in "The perfect weapon"... showed the most remarkable use of hand techniques I've ever seen... I'm sure I could learn a lot from him.

4.) Hee Il Cho... A very intense martial arts master... and, one who is also well versed in Korean History and Philosophy... I know I'd enjoy either working out with him, or learning more about the history and culture of Korea, and the philosophy aspects of TKD.

5.) Linda Caldwell Lee (Bruce's widow) She would very likely be a remarkable person to meet, and to simply spend a few moments with. I'm sure I would come away from such a meeting well enriched.

6.) Grand Master Tae Yun Kim... First female Grand Master of Taekwondo? You bet I would love to meet her! Her life story, is a perfect example of indominatable spirit in action.

7.) The Gracies or the Machados... What more need I say?

8.) Muhammad Ali---Who wouldn't give their right arm, to learn how to box from a true master of the ring, who is also a very kind gentleman to boot?

9.) Jet Li-- He's a pretty remarkable martial artist, through and through.

10.) Jackie Chan--- I'd love to meet him... the abuse he puts himself through, just to put together an entertaining movie, is legendary... I have to bow and shake the hand of anyone, who will bust themselves up to entertain another person.