Icetuete Posted July 29, 2003 Author Posted July 29, 2003 i dont know for sure - maybe he regards TKD as too traditinal to be effective, or does not like korean styles for whatever reason. when he began showing interest in martial arts, he was looking for some Kung Fu style around, but wasnt succesful. maybe he still is into kung fu, but i dont know. maybe he sticks to TKD after a few years of training - we shall see.
AUSSIE Posted July 30, 2003 Posted July 30, 2003 Hey Icetuete, I started TKD a few weeks ago for the very same reasons as your friend; to condition me and get me into better shape...like increasing my flexibility etc so that I'll be better equiped for some of the more aggressive martial arts that I wanna do. I wanna get my black belt in TDK first but then I wanna do mui thai, aikido, BJJ and heaps of other stuff. Basically I wanna do many different styles over my lifetime, and I thought TKD would be the best place to start. And it is. BTW, how do I really tell if my school is a mcdojo? They have gradings every 3 months...so this means if I graded at every opportunity and passed I would get my black belt within 2 years.
Icetuete Posted July 30, 2003 Author Posted July 30, 2003 trained for a few weeks and already planing what black belts u are going to get? kinda ambitious, huh? gradings every 3 months is kinda normal in tkd, as far as i'm concerned. in my dojang of choice there are 20 belts so grading can be done much faster than in other styles with fewer belts, like Kung Fu San Soo, where ur first grading is after 8-10 months. is ur instructor overweight? can he reach his toes? to u think u pay too much for what u recieve? then ur dojang might be a McDojang. there are many threads regarding this topic. i shall see whether i can find one.
Icetuete Posted July 30, 2003 Author Posted July 30, 2003 what a McDojo is: http://www.karateforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=9276&start=0
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