 |
[-] |
|
Tag: Self
Viewing 1 - 5 out of 5 Blogs.
So I have now finished my years work experience; and as such my training in manchester. When I started up there I had just gained my Green tag (7th Kup) and the week after next I am travelling up by train to Hopefully get my red tag (3rd Kup), so i'm pretty pleased with my progress, I'm still not the fittest person, but I've improved a lot. Especially technique wise. Unfortunately this means that I will be training for my grading alone; not brilliant for things like set sparring... Read More
As I watched the TKD competition what I saw mot only saddened me but angered me as well. All the fist pumping was idiotic to say the least. If you saw all the kicks being thrown it was only all to apparent that not even 5% of the kicks scored. But everytime there was a kick in which the competitor thought there was a score the first thing that happened was his/her fist went up in the air and was a look at the score board. Now when I started to train for tournys my master made it clear that th... Read More
A Martial Art ceases to be an art when its application results in brutality and a consistent use of excessive force when unwarranted based on its inability to adjust or modify technique as necessary due to the varying differences of the practitioner's characteristics and the ever changing purpose for which it is applied. ... Read More
I see on every martial arts forum including this one the debate about martial art versus sport. I must say that it is handled much more pleasantly and in more a spirit of discussion on this forum than I've seen anywhere else. But why do we care? I see MMA guys trash talk TMA guys and make statements about how TMA doesn't work in the ring, all fights go to the ground (I disagree) and other such commentary. Then I see guys within TMA look down their noses at the... Read More
So I'm coming back from training and my Master's wife recognizes that I've been improving in my skills quite rapidly. And she brought up the topic of when I would go for my next promotion test. Just to set the background for this blog, here's my opinion on this topic. And I stress that this is just my opinion and I do not mean to offend anybody with this. In my years of training, I've been to several schools and went through several training methods. So I've had time to guage the streng... Read More
|
