Tae Kwon Do

[stoneagedinosaur]

How do folks

Anyone else do Tae Kwon Do here? I am hopefully going for my black belt in a month (as long as my injury from pre-grading clears up!)

I practise ITF style (as opposed to the w style like they do in the olympics) with the TAGB in the UK. Would be good to know if there are any other TAGB members on here

 

[kizno1]

my 9 year old bro does it her a red and black belt and should get his black belt this year.

 

[Ace Of Spades]

I would like to start a martial art, but I do not know which.

 

[Ian H]

My mate is a black belt in it, not sure on the structure of the belts. Think its first dan black belt so black belt red tag maybe? all i know is hes black belt and has a different gi to everyone else because of it (well except other black belts obviously!)

I went once and absolutely hated it, think part of the reason was we were in with the kids doing the training and stuff, felt a bit of an idiot tbh. Been doing aikido since novemeber though and love it. Fancy giving another martial art a go though, just not sure what.

 

[Ben M]

i wish i had started a martial art when i was younger, but at 14 i'm too old to start now.

cheers

 

[stoneagedinosaur]

i wish i had started a martial art when i was younger, but at 14 i'm too old to start now.

cheers

Ha! I started TKD at the ripe old age of 36 and I'm got fitter and slimmer than when I was 14 because of it... Age is no barrier - DO IT!

 

[shelaghfishface]

i wish i had started a martial art when i was younger, but at 14 i'm too old to start now.

cheers

you are kidding..right?

if youre too old, where the heck does that leave me

not that i intended to take up tae kwon do anytime soon.. my dad was a black belt and it looked like too much hard work for me


you`re never too old too do anything that you want to do.. certainly not at your age

 

[onebto]

Go for it if you get into it, it will change your life so much

You are definitely not to old.

Good luck

Onebto

 

[raptorrex]

i wish i had started a martial art when i was younger, but at 14 i'm too old to start now.

cheers

lol, man. that's the daftest thing i have ever heard. i started Judo at 20. two years later, and my biggest achievement in judo, i took third in the over 95kg at the Juresy OPEN championships. (BJA) beating two black belts on the way, as i recall, i was a yellow belt. (i never saw the point of doing gradings, i was there for the fight/competition. oh yeah, and the booze after training).

imo, if you take up tae Kwon Do at 50. you will still benefit immeasurably.

 

[stoneagedinosaur]

I would like to start a martial art, but I do not know which.

It all depends on what you want to get from it...

fitness, flexibility, stronger, confidence, kudos...

 

[Ben M]

thanks, my dad did judo, and he said that you need to start younger than i am to get any good. only problem at the minute is that i've got a tumour in my neck, so i have to be careful.

cheers

 

[stoneagedinosaur]

Bummer dude. Judo is my next martial art. I'm pretty confident that I could win most confrontations on my feet, but when it goes to the floor - I'm in trouble. You should look into tai chi. It looks a bit naff but I've seen it applied in combat and it's AWESOME!

 

[Ben M]

cool, i was thinking of something more like karate, as it looks pretty cool, but i don't think punching things too often is a good idea as i play piano and violin. and i broke my hand last year, so i don't want to damage it again. it would be really good to do a martial art, but i don't think that my parents will pay for lessons.

cheers

 

[kizno1]

14 isnt to old to get any good my mate started judo about 3 months ago i think hes a yellow belt and he went to a comp in belgium a few days ago and came 2nd and he was fighting against black belts.

 

[Ben M]

cool, i think i'll ask my dad if i can start something. i might have a chance, as he did judo, so he must like martial arts. once he was teaching me and my brother how to brake each others arms lol. we didn't try it properly though.

cheers