Can an overweight person do well in TKD? What's TKD like?

[krunchyfrogg]

if anything, you will lose weight doing MA. over the last year i have been on and off with my MA, and i have found my weight to go up and done too.

Exactly. I gained the weight from stopping the MA after an injury.

Thanks for all the help everybody.

[AT]

i know everyone is going to hate me and put in their disagreement but i can't help but feel that this is what you folks call a "McDojo". I looked at the pictures section and if you look at the adult black belt test section, the first picture, the first four guys on the left of the picture don't even have their belts tied correctly...and imo if you can't tie your belt correctly when your a black belt, then there's something wrong there.

[aefibird]

Krunchyfrogg, I've trained in TKD and Karate and find that there are more similaities than differences between the styles.

I picked up TKD very easily and ended up moving through the lower belt ranks much faster than normal because of my Karate experience. I know that that's not what MA is all about (there's more to life than a coloured belt!) but my point is that your training in Karate will help you in TKD.

My Karate dojo is Shotokan-based and my TKD dojang is WTF style.

Why don't you give it a go for a few months, see how you get on? Maybe you could decide to keep training until you pass your first TKD grading and then see what you think to it and re-evaluate it after that point.

Good luck!

[DWx]

...i can't help but feel that this is what you folks call a "McDojo"...

They do Karate birthday parties for children, if that isn't a definate sign of a McDojo establishment, then I don't know what is...

[bushido_man96]

...i can't help but feel that this is what you folks call a "McDojo"...

They do Karate birthday parties for children, if that isn't a definate sign of a McDojo establishment, then I don't know what is...

I don't see why a birthday party would constitute a McDojo. It may constitute genuine sincerity from the instructor.

[DWx]

...i can't help but feel that this is what you folks call a "McDojo"...

They do Karate birthday parties for children, if that isn't a definate sign of a McDojo establishment, then I don't know what is...

I don't see why a birthday party would constitute a McDojo. It may constitute genuine sincerity from the instructor.

But teaching children karate to entertain them with delusions of becoming a Karate Kid seems like a money making scheme to me. I suppose it would depend on whether the party was a serious introduction to karate to try and get the kids to join up but to me it seems degrading.

Parents can hire clowns, bouncy castles..... and now a sensei to keep their kids happy for a couple of hours. I think its dependant on whether the instructor was seriously hoping for people to join up, but just being hired to play with a group of children and then eat cake in the dojo seems rather "disrespectful" (probably not the best word but I can't think of anything else) to the whole idea of karate or anything other art for that matter.

Edited January 21, 2007 by DWx

[bushido_man96]

Parents can hire clowns, bouncy classes..... and now a sensei to keep their kids happy for a couple of hours. I think its dependant on whether the instructor was seriously hoping for people to join up, but just being hired to play with a group of children and then eat cake in the dojo seems rather "disrespectful" (probably not the best word but I can't think of anything else) to the whole idea of karate or anything other art for that matter.

I wouldn't say that it is disrespectful; just different. If someone is really adamant about teaching a martial art, and is willing to get out there and sell himself to 30 kids in the hopes of gaining 2 good students, then good for him, I think.

[DWx]

Parents can hire clowns, bouncy classes..... and now a sensei to keep their kids happy for a couple of hours. I think its dependant on whether the instructor was seriously hoping for people to join up, but just being hired to play with a group of children and then eat cake in the dojo seems rather "disrespectful" (probably not the best word but I can't think of anything else) to the whole idea of karate or anything other art for that matter.

I wouldn't say that it is disrespectful; just different. If someone is really adamant about teaching a martial art, and is willing to get out there and sell himself to 30 kids in the hopes of gaining 2 good students, then good for him, I think.

It is a good recruiting technique if it introduces kids to karate, but I'm still not happy with the idea, for me, martial arts are about more than just entertainment..

[baronbvp]

I have to agree that this place looks a little McDojo-like from their website. Could be just the website, though. As to how the black belts tied their belts, I can't tell from the low fidelity photo how they are tied - perhaps too high on their waists and one too loose?

Best check the dojang out and see if you like it. If you want to lose weight, their kickboxing class might help, even if it's only cardio-kickboxing.

[Said]

Hi everybody,

I know this is an old thread but I just can't help commenting:

By the way, to the original post: I am 5' 7", and 245 lbs. If I can do it, then you can too!

That's exactly my height and weight! LOL

And I've been considering that style, so that's actually really helpful.