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eXcessiveForce · 09-07-2004, 11:20 PM

Let me help, correct me if i'm wrong though,

It is not usually helpful to start teaching other systems of martial arts to students who are not proficient in their first art.

Master one and move on. A white belt in 12 arts is useless, but higher levels in 2 or 3 arts can be very effective.

A TKD school teaching aikido is not a good match unless they are separate programs. The fundamentals are different and it is a very slow system to learn. Boxing is a good addition to TKD, it is quick to learn although mastery may take some time, it also has similar fundamentals of body movement and timing. Judo is another system that takes a long time to learn. While cross training can be done training in several systems outside the instructors specialty can result in poor results.

Most TKD instructors do not teach Aikido, or Judo. TKD is korean for one, Judo and Aikido are Japanese. (some historical aspects may say TKD is japanese as well) So unless they are trained in these areas they may simply be passing on a little of what they learned which can be quite poor compared to those schools that are teaching Aikido or Judo by themselves.

so it can be somewhat suspicious when a school starts teaching mulitple arts since many diciplines can take several years to develop and a very long time to master. However other schools may have different instructors for the different arts.
I teach TKD, We have an instructor that teaches BJJ, We have another who teach JKD. I train in all three but will defer to those who have trained longer in each system on matters of technique and teaching.

09-07-2004, 11:20 PM	#17 (permalink)
eXcessiveForce Excessive Moderator Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Missouri Posts: 2,835 Groans: 0 Groaned at 1 Time in 1 Post	Let me help, correct me if i'm wrong though, It is not usually helpful to start teaching other systems of martial arts to students who are not proficient in their first art. Master one and move on. A white belt in 12 arts is useless, but higher levels in 2 or 3 arts can be very effective. A TKD school teaching aikido is not a good match unless they are separate programs. The fundamentals are different and it is a very slow system to learn. Boxing is a good addition to TKD, it is quick to learn although mastery may take some time, it also has similar fundamentals of body movement and timing. Judo is another system that takes a long time to learn. While cross training can be done training in several systems outside the instructors specialty can result in poor results. Most TKD instructors do not teach Aikido, or Judo. TKD is korean for one, Judo and Aikido are Japanese. (some historical aspects may say TKD is japanese as well) So unless they are trained in these areas they may simply be passing on a little of what they learned which can be quite poor compared to those schools that are teaching Aikido or Judo by themselves. so it can be somewhat suspicious when a school starts teaching mulitple arts since many diciplines can take several years to develop and a very long time to master. However other schools may have different instructors for the different arts. I teach TKD, We have an instructor that teaches BJJ, We have another who teach JKD. I train in all three but will defer to those who have trained longer in each system on matters of technique and teaching. __________________ eXcessiveFORCE. If you must use force, make it excessive.