So, anyone interested in reading my impressions of the yellow and orange belt material in the much maligned Pelligini system?
Yes.
If so, is it better for me to post the review here or in the more exclusive Hapkido forum?
Given that it is hapkido, I would say the hapkido forum.
I'm leaning towards here because 1) I have no substantive training in hapkido and I'd hate to tick off the purists on the hapkido forum, reviewing a DVD that purports to teach (Combat) Hapkido
Not sure what to say here, having seen the friction and disregard for site rules on the part of a small number of individuals (1) whenever the subject of CHKD is even hinted at. I generally am not one for mixing arts within a school or bolting on stuff from one art onto another, but I also accept the fact that my opinion is only my opinion.
Also, CHKD is an HKD system.
and 2) because many TKDists are interested in exactly the type of material that comprises CH.
If you are coming at it from a TKD add on perspective, then TKD is the place. But that really isn't what it sounds like.
I have pretty much made a complete shift from TKD to HKD, but having a very lengthy background in TKD, I will say that what many TKDists need is not CHKD or any other bolt on system, but to get taekwondo put back together as an art in the majority of schools.
Taekwondo has suffered more than any other MA from entrepreneurs, rank inflation, and rampant commercialization. While I have no quarrel with WTF sport TKD (aka olympic), I do feel that it has provided a handy cop out for many schools looking to reduce their program to only the most profitable elements. Were this not the case, the desire to bolt on another art would not be nearly as commonplace. The problems that taekwondo faces will only be solved at this point on a grass roots level. The leadership has priorities that are very much geared towards self continuance and sponsorship dollars. Nothing bad about either, but it does, unfortunately, encourage more rampant commercialism.
And before anyone becomes indignant, I am referring to a wide spread trend, not an exhaustive commentary on every taekwondo school or the art itself (which I still hold in high regard).
Daniel
