• ITA Tae Kwon Do
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[QUOTE=ChestyMcGee;20288057] On the other hand, a bunch of us went down to a karate tournament and beat the shit out of them all because they're crap with their legs and don't know what to do when they can't get close with their hands.[/QUOTE] Then I should probably be doing Tae Kwon Do, because 90% of my attacks are kicks. I use punches to distract until I get a good kick The karate I do is more aimed at Self Defense than any tournaments, so I figured that most 'bad guys' wouldn't see a kick coming (I'm good enough at blocking punches) Though If I ever wanted to do another style once I'm finished, I'd probably do one with grappling and take downs. This is something my style does nothing of.
[QUOTE=ChestyMcGee;20301813]It's being taught wrong then. There's nothing flashy about a single side-kick to the ribs. [/quote] A side kick to the ribs requires a ridiculous amount of buildup and a very specific distance. It is easy to dodge and is highly ineffectual. Congratulations, you just kicked your opponent in a CAGE OF BONE DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE MOST IMPORTANT ORGANS FROM BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA. During the time you are telegraphing your attack, he can either close distance and decrease the force of the impact (Similar to leaning into a punch you cannot dodge) or gain distance and dodge the kick entirely. [quote] Tae Kwon Do isn't taught as a martial art to win all fights in all situations. Why do people constantly compare martial arts like they're all in some competition to beat each other? Good instructors should teach proper self-defence on top of standard TKD training if they expect any of their students to survive an attack in the streets. [/quote] Because other real combat arts are designed to win regardless of the situation. So why waste your time on one of the most useless. [quote] The point is, you shouldn't be letting a guy get that close to you. If you do then you're doing something wrong as a TKD student. Sure, when people want to start fights with you they're going to be up in your face, being arrogant and rude - in this situation, don't use TKD. It's as simple as that. Knee that fucker in his balls or nut him right in the bridge of the nose. Fuck rules, this is the street not the classroom. But when some muppet runs at you, trying to use all his body weight to smash a punch into you, this is when a well-timed kick is going to drop the fool in one, easily. You don't have to be a master to break all this guy's ribs.[/quote] So when shit goes down, you just abandon the training and fight like he does. Great fighting style. Wonderful. Hitting someone in the testicles is more difficult than you think. Having reproductive organs exposed for the past hundred thousand years has given us the ability to relatively effectively avoid damage to them in a fight. You are GOING TO BE FIGHTING AT POINT BLANK. If the other guy is letting you maintain distance it is because he has a GUN.
[QUOTE=GunFox;20308768] Because other real combat arts are designed to win regardless of the situation. So why waste your time on one of the most useless. [/QUOTE] I'm not doing Tae Kwon Do to be an unstoppable fighting machine capable of taking on a bunch of thugs in an alleyway. The fact of the matter is if a bunch of guys come up to me and say "give me your phone" I'm going to fucking give it to them instead of dying and early death from multiple stab wounds. And if it some drunk fuck who just wants a fight, I'll talk my way out of it or run. The only time I'm ever going to fight is if I have no other option. I'm doing TKD for fun and to keep fit. It certainly beats sitting on a forum and talking about hypothetical situations and the pros and cons of fighting styles I don't know shit about. As I said earlier in the thread, why does any discussion about a single martial art always turn into an argument about which martial art is the best and why all others suck? That isn't the thread title the last time I checked.
I was sparring at Kuk Sool Won, I let my guard down and got hit on the jaw, now it hurts :saddowns:
My girlfriend is a 2nd degree blackbelt and i do MMA and since i feel mma is badass i challenged her...... grappling can only get you so far before your girlfriend knocks your ass out with a kick to the head. She is testing this summer for her 3rd level wish her luck!
id love to learn a nerdy impractical form of "self defense"
I got to red, quit when I was twelve, was in it for four years, and I think it taught me how to hold my own in a fight.
[QUOTE=AteBitLord;20273974]* Red 1 - 6th Level, needs to surpass Senior Level to advance to Black. Students first break boards at testing when they reach this level. (Red 1, Red 2, and Red 3) o Red 3 - needed to advance to Red 3. o Red 3 - needed to advance to black. Students start their testing interviews at their school to prepare them for high-rank interviews at national tournaments when they test for 4th degree and above. [/QUOTE] Red 3 then they go to Red 3?
I'm a yellow belt and I'm taking my green belt in june
All those people saying kicking above the waist is a waste of time: Push kicks. A push kick to the chest is very effective at winding someone and pushing them a few metres back from you, if not to the ground. I'm not sure what the proper term is, but My shihan (I think it means Teacher of Teachers) and my Sensei call it that [editline]10:48AM[/editline] Its a kick where you bring your knee to you chest, then kick them in the chest with the whole of your sole, and push Also round house kicks. Round house kicks are supposed to go into just below the hanging ribs. And a kick to the face is also taught at Ju Jitsu, but we are supposed to only use it when the other person is not in a position to block it. For the most part though, our kicks are aimed elsewhere than the head. FYI, Ju Jitsu is not a kick based art, it teaches you how to defend against anyone in any situation. Basically, they teach defense from a fight, defense from close up clinches, chockes ect. and on the ground, which is my favourite.
I did TKD when I was 5 and then again when I was 14. It's hard to find a good place though, because some places just hand out belts, and you hardly earn them.
Bumped to say that this Saturday I will be testing to be a Green Level 3
Well, i've done TKD in WTF form and ITF form. I find the forms from WTF a lot easier to learn, but ITF has more stuff in it and is longer. The stuff you learn from ITF form is like a belt or two behind the stuff you would learn in WTF form. When i did taekwondo at this school i went to in my town. They praised me because of how fast i was with my sparring and how well i executed my moves. I beat out a black belt that was a 2nd degree when i was at my red belt. The instructors there taught me a lot with kicks but also a lot with hands. Taekwondo isn't mostly just kicking, you can use your hands too to grab and throw, block, and even to punch. But in sparring, if you punch doesn't count as a point. You punch them, to have them lose their balance and focus long enough for you to place a good hard kick. I did full contact sparring with all the gear, headgear, body, shins, legs, arms, and the cup. If you learn from a good enough school, you will learn a lot to defend yourself well enough. I got my black belt and then had to quit cause my parents couldn't afford to keep on sending me. I got to be an instructor at my jr black belt and got paid to teach classes. Taekwondo is all about how you apply what you learned and making up your own stuff with it. I remember that this kid flipped out on my because i dodged his kick and swiped under his legs and then kicked him on his way down to the ground. The instructor said i pulled a good fast move that was unexpected. :] to say the least, they thought i was a monster at sparring. I went to like 5 sparring competitions and got 1st place for all of them. [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cDpxhrIvL8[/url] theres an example of how much damage one well timed kick can do
I use to be in the ITA, up untill I was a 2nd degree...then we quite and made our own organization. Had a lot of steam with ITA!
I hated how they had schedules and stuff. They kept on using me to teach classes and stuff without paying me and kept calling me like everyday to get me to teach for free. It pissed me off so much.
I can see Jackie Chan having a say in this! :razz:
I've done tae kwon do since I was around 9. Me and my Family were stationed in Korea and I got to do some real Tae kwon do. Then, I eventually got to 2nd Degree Black Belt. Then I was like "I'm tired of this shit, I'm gonna take guitar lessons."
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