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I'm just curious about a [similarity or difference] between TKD and Karate.
In Taekwondo, I think almost every school I've been to has either their own set of forms, or at least multiple sets of forms that they train. My original school had "Exercises", which were like mini-forms, but also used unofficial Kibon forms, older-style Palgwe forms, and newer-style Taegeuk forms, only the last of which was currently recognized and required by the organization.
15 years later, I joined the school where I trained most of my adult life at. At the time I joined, we had a different set of Kibon and Palgwe forms that took us to black belt, at which point we had the official black belt forms and a second set of unofficial forms that we trained. Recently, he added in the Taegeuk forms (the ones recognized and required by the organization).
I recently moved, and the school in my new town primarily does the Taegeuks. However, the first two forms are "Tiger" forms, which are similar (but slightly different) to the Kibon forms I've learned before.
From speaking with some other guys on here, I know that many non-Kukkiwon schools (or at least, schools that are not primarily focused on KKW) will teach their organization's forms, plus the KKW forms.
I'm curious how Karate is. If you train a particular style of Karate, would you expect every school in that style to have the same forms? Do schools often mix forms between styles? Or sometimes even have their own forms?
In Taekwondo, I think almost every school I've been to has either their own set of forms, or at least multiple sets of forms that they train. My original school had "Exercises", which were like mini-forms, but also used unofficial Kibon forms, older-style Palgwe forms, and newer-style Taegeuk forms, only the last of which was currently recognized and required by the organization.
15 years later, I joined the school where I trained most of my adult life at. At the time I joined, we had a different set of Kibon and Palgwe forms that took us to black belt, at which point we had the official black belt forms and a second set of unofficial forms that we trained. Recently, he added in the Taegeuk forms (the ones recognized and required by the organization).
I recently moved, and the school in my new town primarily does the Taegeuks. However, the first two forms are "Tiger" forms, which are similar (but slightly different) to the Kibon forms I've learned before.
From speaking with some other guys on here, I know that many non-Kukkiwon schools (or at least, schools that are not primarily focused on KKW) will teach their organization's forms, plus the KKW forms.
I'm curious how Karate is. If you train a particular style of Karate, would you expect every school in that style to have the same forms? Do schools often mix forms between styles? Or sometimes even have their own forms?