The school I teach at (not my school - I’m a guest) has kids classes 3 days a week, with adult classes after them two days, plus the yudansha...
That second one sounds like avoiding trouble.
Firstly, I wouldn't look for private instruction, as I value the variety of partners available in a wider class. As to what style, that varies by...
That will depend where you train and how much effort you put in. One of the most physically demanding classes Is be participated in was an...
You mistake yourself.
You're arguing about the speed at impact, rather than the time it takes to get to target. The latter is the point. And you're well aware of that....
Ah, I think you're starting to get closer to "getting it". Yes, the high-speed tap has deceleration at the end. That's how it works. But the fact...
I don't see a problem. Some different emphasis of principles is used in forms. That's actually pretty common in my experience - it's sort of the...
He would, in fact, have been the one who determined the criteria. And if he was a smart guy, he'd mostly use the criteria he'd experienced in his...
Many things are in categories that are covered differently. I spend entire classes on concepts and entire other classes on techniques that use...
Then you lack control. I can easily punch a finger wall (person, bag, makiwara) lightly with a high-speed punch. I have done it many times with...
That's reasonable. I think we may also have a different view of light, technical sparring. Nothing is delivered with any significant force, so...
Go find a wall, and give it a tap with the fastest move you can. It's still a tap. Now try that tap at a distance where you can't do more than...
I can punch really fast and from farther away when I don't need to worry about form (to protect myself) or ranging (to deliver power). That tag...
I'm not sure you read my post beyond the first sentence, since the entire point was that tag-scoring doesn't guarantee you'd have gotten in a...
Very little needs to be created. Mostly, when a new style is codified, it's a reframing and change of emphasis among the principles.
Wait, a punch isn't an attack?
OK, that seems unsurprising. Was there a point to that post?
The issue is that many folks join and only last a month. Schools that force contracts here mostly seem to do it to get much more money from folks....
I don't know which part of that is supposed to be fairy tales - I probably don't know enough to recognize it. The two years to shodan wouldn't be...
I forgot to reply to this. This, apparently, wasn't an odd practice. I know of one instructor who was promoted 2nd-5th dan by letter, by an...
But it's not, really. If someone came from a non-belt art (let's say boxing) and decided to use belts to make managing class easier, it wouldn't...
Depending how testing is done, that may not be unreasonable. If it's extra time for the instructor (or other instructors, to cover class during...
I think the problem is that hits don't feel as bad, so folks get used to getting hit harder than they think. It's a problem inherent in using that...
I'm not a fan of that thought process. That implies that landing a single punch is all that matters. A good boxer might actually let me get a test...
I don't know if it is in TKD or not, but hip twist can be applied to blocks, as well.
"new" and "inexperienced" are both relative terms. Where black belts are awarded after a year or two, many of us would consider those folks mostly...
I've heard that argument before, but have yet to have anyone give an explanation how more colors increases income. Sure, some folks charge...
This is where we get into perceived meaning again. "President" doesn't mean anything powerful. Technically, I'm the President of my company. Mind...
Which is relevant to which part of this discussion??
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