Tobias_Reece Posted October 11, 2001 Posted October 11, 2001 I was just what the term for TKD students is? In japan, we use the suffex -ka eg. Karate-ka, Aikido-ka I'm tired of saying "TKD practitioners" C ya "You Are Never Given A Dream Without Also Being Given The Power To Make It True. You May Have To Work For It, However"Principal Kobudo Instructor & OwnerWest Yorkshire Kobudo Academy2nd Kyu (Matayoshi Okinawan Kobudo, IOKA UK)
iamrushman Posted October 11, 2001 Posted October 11, 2001 try taekwondoist............... rushman (karate forums sensei)3rd dan wtf/kukkiwon"saying nothing...sometimes says the most"--e. dickerson
niel0092 Posted October 11, 2001 Posted October 11, 2001 Rush, if you find one (a korean word that is) put it in the terminology thread too please. "Jita Kyoei" Mutual Benefit and Welfare
taezee Posted October 11, 2001 Posted October 11, 2001 the closest i would say for a change would be..hak saeung..which is student in korean 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 *"
iamrushman Posted October 11, 2001 Posted October 11, 2001 thanks TAEZEE for backing me up on this........ rushman (karate forums sensei)3rd dan wtf/kukkiwon"saying nothing...sometimes says the most"--e. dickerson
Karateka_latino Posted October 12, 2001 Posted October 12, 2001 Taekwondoist is the correct term. the word "KA" is a japanese word.
Tobias_Reece Posted October 13, 2001 Author Posted October 13, 2001 Submission Fighter I know -ka is japanese - thats why I asked the question Taekwondo-ist cant be the correct word, as -ist is english. I'm looking at Rushman here. I'm waiting j/k "You Are Never Given A Dream Without Also Being Given The Power To Make It True. You May Have To Work For It, However"Principal Kobudo Instructor & OwnerWest Yorkshire Kobudo Academy2nd Kyu (Matayoshi Okinawan Kobudo, IOKA UK)
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