Tae Kwon Do

[Mockery]

Just earned my yellow belt today. Keen!

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"Hey, what kind of belt you got?"
"Canvas. You like? JC Penney, $3.98."

[FS]

Live or die? >:

[Professor Cool]

I got my ass kicked by a bunch of kids with orange belts once :(

[Mockery]

Live or die? >:

DIE.

[Protoclown]

I have an orange belt in karate. We will now fight to the death.

(And you will kill me because I am years out of practice and stopped at orange because I ran out of money :()

[mew barios]

in karate. :)

[Professor Cool]

I have an orange belt in karate. We will now fight to the death.

(And you will kill me because I am years out of practice and stopped at orange because I ran out of money :()

They weren't orange belts in the martial arts, They were part of the Sunny Delight gang, a child mafia enriched with Vitamin C. :x

[Matt Harty]

I had a white belt, then stopped because the place I went to smelled funny. :/

[Mockery]

I have an orange belt in karate. We will now fight to the death.

(And you will kill me because I am years out of practice and stopped at orange because I ran out of money :()

But didn't you already die via Chapstick death?

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[Skulhedface]

RoG, what style of tawkwondo are you taking? I'm just curious because it was a big part of my life (read- my dad owned a school and I was in it for 10 years) and so it is something I'm interested in. By style I mean is it like ATA or WTTF?

[n0skillz gamer]

We had a man come to our school a couple weeks ago to show a few karate things to us. I didnt do it though, I just sat and laughed at this fat girl. They were doing some defense thing where you had to drop down and get up really fast over and over again and she couldnt do it. Anyway, he started doing a thing where we got in groups of 2 and one of us would hold the pad around our stomach and the other person would like grab our head and knee us in the stomach. Looked pretty cool, but when he gave the example, some girl kneed him fucking hard in the balls. I was cracking up and he was almost crying, it was cool. I mean... it sucked to him but... it was fucking fun to watch :/

[I am Mexican Jewish]

That's cool, Mockery. Keep it going to reach black belt. Same to you, Protoclown. I am curious what type Tae Kwon Do are you taking? There's different styles in Tae Kwon Do. I know that is odd to me. I like Tae Kwon Do. I have been in traning for few years. I am learning in Jhoo Rhee's Tae Kwon Do (it is better know as American Tae Kwo Do.) I am in blue belt.

[Protoclown]

Knowing Roger, I can safely say that his style is definitely "WTF".

[AChimp]

So, Mock, how soon until you're breaking cinderblocks with you face?

[JeefGyle]

I was yellow belt, green stripe when I was like 10...

I got lazy and quit, I think it was Tae Kwon Moo Do

[Mockery]

The five styles taught at this place are:

Tae Kwon Do
Pro Tae Kwon Do - Um Yang Su
Weaponry
Internal Methods
Yu Ga Kwon

I have no idea what ATA/WTTF is, though I like the sound of Proto's "WTF" style very much indeed.

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That's the grandmaster. z0nk.

[Evil Robot]

karate is for gooks. you should learn to throw bricks and rocks, like an american.

[Captain Robo]

If I may say so, Tae Kwon Do is a very poor martial art. Sure, it's a great base for others, but if you plan on winning any kind of fight with it, you've got a better chance of bending over and just let your opponent kick your ass. The kicking style of Tae Kwon Do becomes infeffective once you're up close and personal with someone. Add to that the fact that it's not even TAUGHT right anymore (no more punch techniques) makes it even worse.

I'd reccommend Kung Fu, Aikido, Judo, or Ju Jitsu.

I think Judo would be most effective for you though.

I can break three 3/4" boards with a palm and heel, bitches >:

[Protoclown]

If I may say so, Tae Kwon Do is a very poor martial art. Sure, it's a great base for others, but if you plan on winning any kind of fight with it, you've got a better chance of bending over and just let your opponent kick your ass. The kicking style of Tae Kwon Do becomes infeffective once you're up close and personal with someone.

Much as I hate to agree with Captain Robo, I've heard the same thing from several people who know enough about martial arts for me to believe them. But it's not like the SOLE reason to get into martial arts is to fight. It's fun, it's good exercise, keeps you toned, etc.

[Captain Robo]

True.

Self defense is what the Martial Arts are about, and you're not supposed to go looking for fights, but when someone gets in your face, you gotta kick their ass.

But one thing Tae Kwon Do IS good for are the flexibility techniques. For example, I don't look very flexible at all, but you'd be surprised.

And my testimony to why Tae Kwon Do sucks is that I take Aikido now, and I have never won a single sparring match using it against an opponent using Aikido. If you can keep a TKD artist from using their legs, the fight is over.

[Mockery]

I'm in it for exercise (getting away from the computer is nice), improving my flexibility (which I've already noticed a big change in), and kicking. I friggin love kicking since I'm a tall bastard. So, it's definitely perfect for what I wanted to do.

Plus, it's nice training under a world champion 9th degree grandmaster. Can't complain about that one either...

[Blackjack]

Oh yeah? Well I have a blackbelt in ORIGAMI!!!

[Captain Robo]

2 RACIST INNUENDOS! FRUITYLICIOUS!

[Spectre X]

Oh yeah? Well I have a blackbelt in ORIGAMI!!!

does that mean that you can fold katana's out of paper and inflict mean paper cuts on somebody?


anyway, origami can be usefull as well, seeing as ancient Japanese samurai had armor made out of paper folded in ways so that they could withstand an impact of an arrow.

[Captain Robo]

No, actually that was the Chinese. But It got soaked in the rain and became useless. Lived up to it's cheap cost.

The Samurai used metal and leather.

[FS]

The reason it's called martial arts is because it's an artform, not necessarily a fighting technique. Hence why martial arts that would be effective in a fight often teach you to never use it against someone.

[Evil Robot]

anyway, TAMPONS can be usefull as well, seeing as YOUR MOTHER had TAMPONS out of paper folded in ways so that they could withstand an impact of an PENIS AND BLOOD.

[Captain Robo]

Stop talking about my mother :(

[Skulhedface]

OK, as far as the styles I mentioned, those are different forms of more or less American Taekwondo. There is a third branch and they were started by one of many Lee brothers from Korea and brought over to the US in the '50s.

Yes, Taekwondo may be "inferior" to most other martial arts, but only if you look at it from a "I'm gonna KICK YOUR ASS" stance. Taekwondo isn't intended that way, any instructor that follow the guidelines at least will tell you that Taekwondo isn't about the fighting (although they do teach it, sparring is fun) but that it's about the ART of the techniques. Meaning, fundamentally, Taekwondo was never intended to get the "Wow, that guy can kick your pasty white ass into submission" reaction, it was intended to get the "Woah, look how cool those techniques look!" reaction.

Which of course is why Taekwondo isn't as popular as say ninjitsu. As a little anticlimax to this post, I am happy to say that Lafayette now has not only one, but TWO ninjitsu schools! And guess who's going to be signing his happy ass up? 10 years in taekwondo should give me a slight edge :)

[edit] apologies to FS, he fundamentally already said that, just much shorter (in regards to Taekwondo being an art form)

[Captain Robo]

:( I have to drive out really far to get to my Aikido place, whilst there are at least 50 Tae Kwon Do places within a fucking mile :(

[Skulhedface]

All things considered, I'm sold on the ninjitsu school. So give me a year, I'm gonna be a real life ninja :rock