Harley Davidson Motorcycles,collecting Martial Arts Books,collecting Martial Arts movies, old comics.
TKD ACCOMPLISHMENTS
I have competed in many tournaments through the years and won most.My greatest accomplishment is my 13 year old Daughter,she has been training in TKD since she could walk.She is a wonderful young Lady and has enough awards and trophies to fill a room.I am very proud of her.
I began TKD training at age 12 at the local community center under GM B.C.Yu.3 1/2 years later he move to Ann Arbor and opened a school.I could not go anymore because of the distance he moved.It was not until I got out of the Military I started training again under GM Sang Kyu Shimm.I trained under GM Shimm until his un-timely death.So I began to search for another school to train,I came across Master Ron Mann who trained under my first Instructor GM B.C.Yu.Now I am back where I started from,with my first Instructor.
TKD SCHOOL INFORMATION
I am a Master Instructor for Canton Martial Arts in Canton Michigan.web site : cantonmartialarts.com
No we don't train in olympic style sparring.That style lacks defence,no hands,not good for self defence.We train for real combat not sport.My students do compete in tournaments and they know sport from real defence.I train my students for what would happen in the streets not just the ring.Too many schools focus too much on the sport and not the true Martial Art of self defence.
Sorry for the delayed reply-am in TC visiting my Mom (who, like many octogenarians does not have internet)
I teach Olympic sparring but not as the be-all, end-all activity that I see in some dojangs. It is separate and distinct from hoshinsul. I do think it teaches some valuable lessons about distance-control, timing, and hitting a moving target. I want my students to be well-versed in the entire art and given the choice between non-contact/point sparring vs full-contact/continuous Olympic sparring, we have chosen the latter. I hate when I see people sparring with their hands at their sides and teach my folks to kick them in the head. :)
