A new change

[karatekid1975]

Hey all.

I just wanted to post about my new change. Some of you know the trouble I was having with my current dojang, trying to change to a sister dojang and got refused, contracts, politics, ect.

Well, I found a new place to train. It's an ITF dojang. I found it one day before work. I told myself that I would check it out after work. Come to find out that one girl I work with is the owner's daughter. So we talked a lot about it. She gave me a thing for free classes, so I took one class so far. I loved it. By one class, I can tell it was for me. It just felt right.

They don't have contracts, it's about half of what I was paying, no politics, traditional (as far as training goes), and the classes are laid back. And the classes are an hour and a half long (no more short 45 min classes)! WHOOOHOOO!!! It just fits me. I still have to deal with the contract thing at the other dojang, but I am much happier here.

So, for you ITF'ers, is there a website I can go to to learn the chun gi (sp?) set of forms? I was allowed to keep my belt, but I have to learn the forms up to my level (Chung Moo, I believe).

Thanks in advance.

[luckorskill007]

wow i came across an excellent site with video of each form for tangsoodo, itf taekwondo, wtf taekwondo, and hapkido CHECK IT OUT!!!!

http://mchenry.homeip.net/TangSooDo/forms/

[bushido_man96]

Glad to hear you found the perfect place to further your training. Try the Shamelessly Unofficial Taekwondo Hyungs page for those forms. They are in a printable format, and you can get clarification from your new friends at the school.

Good luck!

[karatekid1975]

Thanks all. I found this site: http://www.hyong.net/index.htm What ya think? I don't like the fact that I can't see the "back side" of the forms.

Other than that, not too bad.

[ramymensa]

Karatekid, so glad to hear about this. I'm sure you'll feel very nice, so afterall it's a very good option (financially and not only). I agree with the fact that you need little time to realise if it's good or bad since you have a lot of experience in the art.

Have a great time there and don't forget to keep us posted on this

[stoneheart]

Laurie, I hope your latest training situation works out for you. Assuming your new school doesn't use the sine wave method, you'll find many similarities between the ITF forms and what you practiced in Tang Soo Do. General Choi lifted many of the movements for his hyung directly from the Pyong An (Heian/Pinan) kata.

[karatekid1975]

stoneheart, no this new dojang does not use the sine wave. And yes, I found that chun moo (sp?) is very similar to pyung ahn ee dan in parts. So I agree that he did take parts of the pyung forms (from what I saw anyways).

[aefibird]

http://www.natkd.com/tkd_forms.htm

This is a great site for TKD and TSD forms.