azmyth
Orange Belt
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lets say that I studied TKD for about 8 years now.. on and off..
started when I was 14.. stopped at high rank green belt because the school closed.
started up again later at a different school under the same style.. kept my rank.. made it to high rank blue. before this time the instructor doubled the amount of belts, and kept everyone at rank considerably longer than i felt was needed. I got burned out, and it seemed like his school was turning into more of a daycare than a martial arts studio. Eventually i found out that he would stop class to sell customers drugs that would clean ur system in a few hours if u had taken any sort of harmful drug.. so you could pass drug tests. I felt like this was immoral of a place preaching health and fitness.
I looked around for another school.. the only ITF schools were over an hr away.. all that was left was an ATA school and a Karate/arnis/jujitsu school that was taught by my original instructor whom I had always liked. He'd gotten away fromTKD and from the look of everything he had alot of people my age, and was really doing something different.
My problem.. 8 years down the drain and still no black belt in TKD to show for it. I decided to worry about that later, and joined the karate school. So far so good.. really enjoying it.. the instructor knows his stuff.
I talked a friend of mine who is 2nd degree in TKD to come work out with me doing Karate, and one night I brought up my dilemma to my instructor. He suggested that I continue to work on the forms, and moves on my own.. and when I felt I was ready to test for the next rank.. my friend the 2nd degree could do it, and my instructor would give me the rank since he is a 5th degree in TKD himself even though he doesn't teach it anymore.
does this sound ok? the fact that the current art I am in is VERY similar to TKD will actually help me move alot faster than if I was going strictly to a TKD school, plus me and my 2nd degree friend are together all the time anyway.. the only techniques I don't know up to black belt are the forms.. the kicks and punches are all the same.. once you get to close to red belt.. all that changes is the amount of times u kick.. for example.. triple side kick vs. single. when I stopped this last time, I was about to test for red belt.. but I just couldn't take it any longer...
I have high rank red, rec. black, and then 1st degree.
thoughts?
started when I was 14.. stopped at high rank green belt because the school closed.
started up again later at a different school under the same style.. kept my rank.. made it to high rank blue. before this time the instructor doubled the amount of belts, and kept everyone at rank considerably longer than i felt was needed. I got burned out, and it seemed like his school was turning into more of a daycare than a martial arts studio. Eventually i found out that he would stop class to sell customers drugs that would clean ur system in a few hours if u had taken any sort of harmful drug.. so you could pass drug tests. I felt like this was immoral of a place preaching health and fitness.
I looked around for another school.. the only ITF schools were over an hr away.. all that was left was an ATA school and a Karate/arnis/jujitsu school that was taught by my original instructor whom I had always liked. He'd gotten away fromTKD and from the look of everything he had alot of people my age, and was really doing something different.
My problem.. 8 years down the drain and still no black belt in TKD to show for it. I decided to worry about that later, and joined the karate school. So far so good.. really enjoying it.. the instructor knows his stuff.
I talked a friend of mine who is 2nd degree in TKD to come work out with me doing Karate, and one night I brought up my dilemma to my instructor. He suggested that I continue to work on the forms, and moves on my own.. and when I felt I was ready to test for the next rank.. my friend the 2nd degree could do it, and my instructor would give me the rank since he is a 5th degree in TKD himself even though he doesn't teach it anymore.
does this sound ok? the fact that the current art I am in is VERY similar to TKD will actually help me move alot faster than if I was going strictly to a TKD school, plus me and my 2nd degree friend are together all the time anyway.. the only techniques I don't know up to black belt are the forms.. the kicks and punches are all the same.. once you get to close to red belt.. all that changes is the amount of times u kick.. for example.. triple side kick vs. single. when I stopped this last time, I was about to test for red belt.. but I just couldn't take it any longer...
I have high rank red, rec. black, and then 1st degree.
thoughts?