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Kirves · 02-19-2003, 02:00 AM

As seen, there are lots of opinions on tkd. What I have noticed is this:

1. I have never ever met a tkd student or teacher who knew how to fight (some tell me rumours that someone with 20 years of tkd training are good, but many of us never see them, and many of us don't want to wait 20 years to be any good)

2. Tkd dojangs often give belt ranks very fast, it is normal to meet an underage student who studied 2-4 years and has black belt. Usually he knows just about nothing about real fighting, but that's not something that's asked for a black belt, they have to know some solo forms and know how to fight with the tkd rules (which recommend kicking over punching, high kicks over low kicks and so on).

02-19-2003, 02:00 AM	#13 (permalink)
Kirves Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Finland Posts: 143 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	As seen, there are lots of opinions on tkd. What I have noticed is this: 1. I have never ever met a tkd student or teacher who knew how to fight (some tell me rumours that someone with 20 years of tkd training are good, but many of us never see them, and many of us don't want to wait 20 years to be any good) 2. Tkd dojangs often give belt ranks very fast, it is normal to meet an underage student who studied 2-4 years and has black belt. Usually he knows just about nothing about real fighting, but that's not something that's asked for a black belt, they have to know some solo forms and know how to fight with the tkd rules (which recommend kicking over punching, high kicks over low kicks and so on). __________________ Why men are men, and rats are rats? Because rats got to choose first.