I'm new here and want to learn taekwondo

[tommarker]

Vash,

 

First off, welcome to the wonderful world of Korean Martial Arts. As you've already seen, Tae Kwon Do means a lot of things to a lot of people.

 

There are several TKD resources available, both offline and online. Most of them center around forms. For example, you may find Master Mac's Korean Forms Resource Page a good start to get a rough idea as to what some different forms look like.

 

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

 

Tang Soo Do and Tae Kwon Do are slightly different animals, and from there, you can work your way back into researching other forms of related martial arts: Shotokan, Shorin Ryu, Shaolin White Crane, Tai Chi, etc. Each of these will give you some interesting spins and opinions. Why does one group do technique A and the other Technique B? Why do two people call something technique C and it looks completely different?

 

I'm going to go on a limb and assume you are either not highly advanced in either martial arts or computers. If so, you would know where to find lots of great free stuff online already.

 

Some of the best ways to start are to see what sort of clubs and arts are close to you. If you don't know what it is, look it up on google. You'll start to see other names and info repeated over and over. Look that up, and continue to dig.

[Blue]

Hi Vash,

 

Here's a link to the Palgwe and Taeguek forms. Each one is printable and a very good reference.

 

http://www.fisks.com/tkd/tkd_poomse.html

 

Here's a link to the USTU page ( United States Taekwondo Union ) which is the governing body for the WTF in America. As Taekwondo was the name formed under the coming together of about 10 different kwans ..

 

schools of Korean martial arts .. There are many different associations that instruct in the art of TKD.

 

http://members.aol.com/ustccolospgs/USTCStudentGuide.htm

 

Good Luck !! There's lots to learn.

[karatekid1975]

I was about to give Vash that one (USTU, that is). And here's the WTF site http://www.kukkiwon.or.kr/eng/

 

Hope this helps

[VashTheStampede]

oh thank you karatekid ,orange-belted guys for helping me

 

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I'm going to go on a limb and assume you are either not highly advanced in either martial arts or computers. If so, you would know where to find lots of great free stuff online already.

 

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In computers i'm semiprofessional

 

but in the martial arts i don't know anything (poooor)

 

I just hate to search the web for sites likes this ,i did find TKD sites but in arabic,

 

Thank you

 

see ya soon

[Blue]

Here's a good link for you Vash .. everything you ever wanted to learn

 

about Tae-kwon-do from beginner basics, all the Taeguek and Palgwe forms, Kicking, sparring, pretty much everything. They are all very well done as i have a few of the DVD's.

 

http://www.turtlepress.com/default.htm

[Padawon]

wtf is sports orinated, ITF is traditional its up to you