Kukkiwon website

[sadantkd]

Does anybody else have a problem with the Kukkiwon site? It locks up on me all the time. I hate it because I'd really like to get the official names for all the techniques and whatnot. None of the Korean masters and grandmasters I've ever worked with used the Korean names for every technique. Also, the terms on the Kukkiwon site are a little different from what I did learn in some cases.

Anyway, I just wondered if everybody has the same problem with the site locking up and slowing everything else down. It only happens on that site, so I don't think there's anything wrong with my computer.

 

[terryl965]

no it has been slow sometimes but never locked up on me.

 

[NPTKD]

I haven't had any problems , but some of my students have. Everything that is on the website as far as poomsae is right out of the text book. Maybe better for you to buy the book. Good luck!

 

[d1jinx]

no problems either. Noticed if i had a slower computer or connection it bogs down though.

Any who... this is a descent book. breaks down ALL korean TKD terminology. never realized how the same technique was called something different in ITF and WTF.
BOOK: A Martial Artist's Guide to Korean Terms, Translation and Han-Gul

AWMA has it. Although it doesnt help with actually hearing it spoken, it is a rather useful book.

 

[sadantkd]

I'm not familiar with the textbook. I have a very old book by Richard Chun called Taekwondo: the Korean Martial Art, but the terms aren't all the same, and there aren't nearly as many of them in it. Where would I find the text book? And would it matter which edition I have?

 

[d1jinx]

SADANTKD:

Asian World Of Martial Arts.
no editions. Nice book. lots of info. I think it was worth it...

http://www.awma.com/index.cfm/action/productdetail/product_id/9435.htm

 

[Miles]

I've not experienced any problems with the website. I just processed a student's application online and it went fairly smoothly.