jacefox
White Belt
Hello everyone.
I say hello again in my subject only because I joined this community back in March 2009. My goal back then was to find a martial arts that my wife and I could learn together - along with our kids when they were a little older. I posted an intro back in March 2009 which is still visible today along with a promise to update everyone once I found a school of martial arts I liked. There were a couple MA places I looked into plus a couple additional styles that posted to that original forum post. Nothing really happened beyond looking into the classes at the time due to some factors beyond my control. I had a job promotion (not a bad thing, just more responsibilities ... a lot more) along with a daughter who we found out needed surgery. So, martial arts training was put on hold for awhile.
We just recently moved to St. Augustine, FL with an employer change that has brought my family 600+ miles away from the home my wife and I had known for 25 years. While exploring our new home, we found that we have a Karate dojo right around the corner from where we live. I poked my head in to learn some more about the school. This particular dojo teaches a style called "Tong Hop Moo Sool" which I had never heard of before. The school teaches a mixture of Hapkido, Tae Kwon Do, Shotokan, Judo, and Shorin-Ryu. The part that I really liked is that is also Christian focused as well. You know that feeling when you found a school of martial arts that you really like and you feel really good about the teaching staff? That feeling that says "I want to learn here!" at this school? Yep, my wife and I both had that feeling.
We signed our son up after he tried it out a few times. I, too, have signed up for classes as well. My wife has to wait a little while longer until her arm heals unfortunately, but she'll be signing up eventually as well.
I look forward to learning new things and I'll be poking my head in a little more often now.
Hope everyone has a great day.
I say hello again in my subject only because I joined this community back in March 2009. My goal back then was to find a martial arts that my wife and I could learn together - along with our kids when they were a little older. I posted an intro back in March 2009 which is still visible today along with a promise to update everyone once I found a school of martial arts I liked. There were a couple MA places I looked into plus a couple additional styles that posted to that original forum post. Nothing really happened beyond looking into the classes at the time due to some factors beyond my control. I had a job promotion (not a bad thing, just more responsibilities ... a lot more) along with a daughter who we found out needed surgery. So, martial arts training was put on hold for awhile.
We just recently moved to St. Augustine, FL with an employer change that has brought my family 600+ miles away from the home my wife and I had known for 25 years. While exploring our new home, we found that we have a Karate dojo right around the corner from where we live. I poked my head in to learn some more about the school. This particular dojo teaches a style called "Tong Hop Moo Sool" which I had never heard of before. The school teaches a mixture of Hapkido, Tae Kwon Do, Shotokan, Judo, and Shorin-Ryu. The part that I really liked is that is also Christian focused as well. You know that feeling when you found a school of martial arts that you really like and you feel really good about the teaching staff? That feeling that says "I want to learn here!" at this school? Yep, my wife and I both had that feeling.
We signed our son up after he tried it out a few times. I, too, have signed up for classes as well. My wife has to wait a little while longer until her arm heals unfortunately, but she'll be signing up eventually as well.
I look forward to learning new things and I'll be poking my head in a little more often now.
Hope everyone has a great day.
