Bretty101 Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 Nothing like a little short notice for a grading to get you fired up!! It's great when you finally decide you want to aim for a gading and your instructor says 'yeah great you've got 3 weeks' :eek: I've change organisation 3 times. I started with a big organisation which then divided and then due to a change of location I found myself part of another breakoff. At the end of the day no matter how much they try and change stuff it all originates from the original ITF so I just do my own thing. 9 lessons to learn Ge baek and Po-eun. Well it's possible they are all great patterns and probably my favourite. Kwang-Gae, Po-eun and Gebaek, or the slow one, the power one and the one that starts off with a twist kick!! I think they are all really cool and the other dan patterns seem a little less exciting after those (with the exception of moon-moo). The best of luck, and i'm sure you'll get them! Bretty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KickChick Posted July 17, 2002 Author Share Posted July 17, 2002 actually Bretty it's not short notice of grading (its short notice of change in dan requirments) ... I've been 1st dan since May of 1999 so it has taken me 3 years to to "ready" for next grading. When I say "ready"..... yes, I have the necessary lessons but with this change in organizations (from USTA to ITU) came a slight change in the number of forms I need to perform at test. I have been doing Kwang Gae for 3 years now .... and now to "learn" 2 additional forms which you described very well, i..... it is like learning Chon Gi as a white belt! ... I am feeling the same frustrations ... "No the left over right".... "no my other left over right" .... "Step over the right foot up on left toes" nononono over the left.... I guess you mentally stagnate for a while when new forms aren't introduced to you as much as they are as you are climbing up the ranks early on in your training. Hey I've waited this long .... I will wait until I can nail both of them down and thank you all for your encouragement ... Can I "bottle you all up" and bring you to my grading??? _________________ KarateForums Sensei 1st dan Tae Kwon Do (ITF) Cardio/Fitness Kickboxing Instr. [ This Message was edited by: KickChick on 2002-07-17 07:06 ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bretty101 Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 I know what you mean about feeling like a white belt doing Chon-gi. I spent 5 years as a first dan before i took my 2nd dan (been instructing and changing clubs). Learning new moves feels sooo difficult, I guess I've got complacent doing patterns where I don't need to think what the next move is, it just comes natural. Bretty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KickChick Posted July 17, 2002 Author Share Posted July 17, 2002 Exactly! I believe that is why I reached such a plateau during my first year as a black belt 1st dan. Honestly I never believed I would ever achieve that degree .... when I got my brown belt I felt that was going to be it and was quite satisfied for a while at that level of training. So as black belt you do get rather complacent ... you learn several "new" techniques. but actually you are now at the point where you are "perfecting" your skills & techniques, but many feel as if you are just doing the same techniques over and over again ... when really it shouldn't be viewed in such a way. What I should have done was to learn the forms following Kwang Gae on my own. If you have the time (which is difficult for me with work & family) it might have helped ward off that plateau feeling of not learning anything new or being challenged as you were in the beginning of your training and also that feeling of complacency. (.... not to mention I would have been ready to tackle these new requirements,... I would have been a step a head of myself) _________________ KarateForums Sensei 1st dan Tae Kwon Do (ITF) Cardio/Fitness Kickboxing Instr. [ This Message was edited by: KickChick on 2002-07-17 09:07 ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 Hi Deby, Cool that you posted the link to my school, The Minnesota Tae-Kwon-Do center. Dr. Haaland is terrific and a great instructor. It's amazing i believe he's 72 and you should see this guy move !!! I dont know if you read it or not but he has a fairly interesting bio on the site as well. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KickChick Posted July 17, 2002 Author Share Posted July 17, 2002 Hey I didn't realize that was the school you attend! I've been researching different "breaking" techniques and I really enjoyed viewing those clips on your school's site! I know what you mean about those "old" masters. Our instr/owner is trying to get the master that instructed him to visit our school ... (his name is Master Rhee ...not the Rhee -- it's a common last name) and he's about 68 or so and still very active. I think I'll stay with TKD forever if those are the effects! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 Yes, even though i'm really quite new to the martial arts i believe i've picked a good place to learn. I know i've seen this debated here before but for me i feel more comfortable with an older instructor. Not that i have anything against ones that are younger, but being 37 i feel i relate a little better to an older instructor rather than someone who may be in their early 20's. Anyway, being from Minnesota as usual i'm looking at warmer climates to live in..here's a link from an Arizona TKD school with a number of breaks they have on downloadable videos. http://www.aztaekwondo.com/breaks.htm Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KickChick Posted July 17, 2002 Author Share Posted July 17, 2002 Thanks for that site! I 'specially like the Gen Choi breaks! WOW that slow spear finger break is mighty impressive!! (thats a good one for the archives) I noticed lots of women doing breaks also... but what's with the 1/4 inch boards? (even for that 5 board break ) ...when they fall to the ground they sound like pieces of panelling (maybe they are!) Well, needless to say, my boards have to be 1 inch thick pine. I'm trying to work on tossing the board up in the air and as it comes down, executing a speed punch .... but I keep missing and it lands on my foot. When I do make contact it just lands several feet in front of me ..... "unbroken", ah more speed or more power _________________ KarateForums Sensei 1st dan Tae Kwon Do (ITF) Cardio/Fitness Kickboxing Instr. [ This Message was edited by: KickChick on 2002-07-17 15:55 ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taezee Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 you need to work on speed deby..thats the key to any type of break not so much power.try to visualize the concept that a bullet is harmless if thrown..but if fired with the high velocity as from a gun then its going to do damage!! in breaking its about 20% concentration and focus..20% power and 60% speed and acuracy combined Javier l Rosario instructor taekwondo/hapkidounder master Atef s Himaya"whenever youre lazy enough not to train .someone, somewhere is training very hard to kick your *" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KickChick Posted July 18, 2002 Author Share Posted July 18, 2002 Tried tonight in class .... roundhouse 3 boards. Tried several times until ball of foot was numb! Managed to break the last 2 but the front didn't break. One of the black belts was nervous cos there was "red stuff" all over the top board ... just my red toe nail polish Tried a roundhouse speed afterward but no go ... next time (my foot was too sore to "feel" the board. Yes I hear ya taezee "like a whip" I'll be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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