What are the Advantages of learning TKD?? - Page 2

Andrew WA · 05-11-2005, 07:47 PM

You mean poomse not katas!

zhorner · 05-11-2005, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Andrew WA

You mean poomse not katas!

my instructor called them kata...

he also called his type of tkd..."dirty tkd"

they wear black gi and everything

Damian Mavis · 05-12-2005, 03:09 AM

Zhorner, its not a big deal.... but North American instructors often use the wrong terminology, but like I said its no big deal really. Kata is Japanese.... its a karate term and the Japanese and Koreans dont like each other much so to them that would be a big no no. Someone TEACHING TKD is supposed to know that but I've seen worse things said or done heh. Even in my school, my students call me SENSEI..... they are supposed to call me Sabum, but they are all Japanese and barely speak english let alone Korean and Sensei just means Teacher, which I am, so I let them do it.

Damian Mavis
Honour TKD

electrorok · 05-12-2005, 04:28 AM

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Originally Posted by zhorner

my instructor called them kata...

he also called his type of tkd..."dirty tkd"

they wear black gi and everything

hahaha dirty tkd!!! what a idiot. and the black gi's?? where do i begin!
zhorner, im glad you got out!
he didnt by any chance have a huge cobra symbol on his back??

TKDTyger · 05-12-2005, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by electrorok

hahaha dirty tkd!!! what a idiot. and the black gi's?? where do i begin!
zhorner, im glad you got out!
he didnt by any chance have a huge cobra symbol on his back??

LOL
Cobra Kai!!! Do or DIE!!!

zhorner · 05-12-2005, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by electrorok

hahaha dirty tkd!!! what a idiot. and the black gi's?? where do i begin!
zhorner, im glad you got out!
he didnt by any chance have a huge cobra symbol on his back??

hahahahahahahaha...thats a good one...

no cobra... but he did look as if he drank a 6-pack before and after class.

i remember the first day of class when he said..."alot of schools dont like us, because we mix in a little of other stuff with our tkd...so we call it dirty tkd, thats why we wear black gis to symbolize that its dirty..."

ha

Andrew WA · 05-12-2005, 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zhorner

my instructor called them kata...

he also called his type of tkd..."dirty tkd"

they wear black gi and everything

Your instructor sounds like an idiot. Im sick of people claiming to practice a Korean martial art yet they still call everything in japanese. IDIOTS!! Like those schools that have Karate on their sign but its really Taekwondo or Kung Fu.
Black gis? Whatever...

Andrew WA · 05-12-2005, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Damian Mavis

Zhorner, its not a big deal.... but North American instructors often use the wrong terminology, but like I said its no big deal really. Kata is Japanese.... its a karate term and the Japanese and Koreans dont like each other much so to them that would be a big no no. Someone TEACHING TKD is supposed to know that but I've seen worse things said or done heh. Even in my school, my students call me SENSEI..... they are supposed to call me Sabum, but they are all Japanese and barely speak english let alone Korean and Sensei just means Teacher, which I am, so I let them do it.

Damian Mavis
Honour TKD

I think it depends on what country you are training in. If you happen to be in Japan and teach TKD then its okay for them to speak Japanese to you, after all your their country. Its like that for any country they have a native language so they use it. But they are also suppossed to know the basic Korean terms as well.

Andrew WA · 05-12-2005, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zhorner

hahahahahahahaha...thats a good one...

no cobra... but he did look as if he drank a 6-pack before and after class.

i remember the first day of class when he said..."alot of schools dont like us, because we mix in a little of other stuff with our tkd...so we call it dirty tkd, thats why we wear black gis to symbolize that its dirty..."

ha

I hate it when people ruin the purity of an art. But allowing new techniques in doesnt make something dirty.

Damian Mavis · 05-12-2005, 02:32 PM

Andrew Wa, actually I visit Japan fairly regularly these days and the TKD schools of course are taught in the native language of Japan, Japanese. But the counting and commands are in Korean and Sabum is a basic Korean TKD term and the Japanese call their instructor Sabum. I should probably fix that in my school, it's on the "to do" list. Right now I teach TKD (in Thailand) predominantly in Japanese since most of my students speak only Japanese but of course use Korean for the commands. The rest of the time I mix in English and Thai and for awhile had to throw in some french for a french student... it gets confusing!

Zhorner... that instructor has the mentality and imagination of a adolescent boy..... yeesh. Black Doboks to signify they are dirty? So silly.

Damian Mavis
Honour TKD

zhorner · 05-12-2005, 03:14 PM

yeah...he cracked me up.

but man their were some good lookin girls in that class...

this one girl would wear these gray sweat pants and her butt would jiggle when she kicked...

damn i need to get my ugly ass another girlfriend

Damian Mavis · 05-12-2005, 05:50 PM

Need a girlfriend? Come to Thailand.

Damian Mavis
Honour TKD

Tom Yum · 05-12-2005, 07:30 PM

LOL....Damian, that's a terrible reason to got to Thailand. The more you try to get a girlfriend, the less likely its gonna happen.

It has to come naturally and when it does, its all good.

Here are some other reasons for going to Thailand (G-rated version)

Low cost tailoring, high quality (WOO HOO!)
Thai Cuisine (UH HUH!)
Beaches (WHITE SAND, CRYSTAL BLUE WATER!!)

last but not least...

muay thai, krabi krabbong!

Damian Mavis · 05-13-2005, 02:26 AM

Nah its not a terrible reason, and I didnt mean anything naughty. Its just that I have friends in Canada that are either miserably alone or in a relationship with satans spawn and they would be much better off coming here and meeting a good girl with a good heart. Anyway, its not just the Thai cuisine that is good here, the beautiful thing about Thailand is
ALL the food is awesome and cheap. They have the best food from so many countries here. Many people come here and set up restaurants, if you eat at an Italian restaurant for example it will be some Italian dude that barely speaks english, cooking or watching over your meals, it tastes truly authentic.
Another bonus about Thailand is movie theatres, they cost only about $4 Canadian and they are nicer theatres than North America, theres never a line and when you buy your tickets you are buying and reserving your seat so no one else can take it, they let you in 2 minutes before the show starts since your seat is already bought.... I love not having to wait in line for the new STAR WARS on the 18th!

Damian Mavis
Honour TKD

Ironfist1989 · 05-13-2005, 03:56 PM

I'm Glad i live in the UK and belong to the TAGB which does its best to keep TKD purely a Korean Art everything where told to do is either told or yelled at us in Korean pending on Grade and experience, America sounds as if it's taken the art for granted and ism using it to get loads of money, pretty much like waht they've done with Muay Tai and turned it into Kickboxing which doesn't have noting on Muay Tai!!!!!!! all i can say from waht i've read i'm glad my instructer actually knows what he's doing and an Organisation that is trying to keep the art as pure to its roots as possible

05-11-2005, 07:47 PM	#16 (permalink)
Andrew WA Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Louisville, Kentucky, USA Posts: 254 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	You mean poomse not katas! __________________ Zin-ji! Why are you so stupid?...If you hadn't let him escape...You will be executed now. Six months hard labor!

05-12-2005, 07:30 PM	#28 (permalink)
Tom Yum Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Here and there. Posts: 11,307 Groans: 1 Groaned at 4 Times in 4 Posts	LOL....Damian, that's a terrible reason to got to Thailand. The more you try to get a girlfriend, the less likely its gonna happen. It has to come naturally and when it does, its all good. Here are some other reasons for going to Thailand (G-rated version) Low cost tailoring, high quality (WOO HOO!) Thai Cuisine (UH HUH!) Beaches (WHITE SAND, CRYSTAL BLUE WATER!!) last but not least... muay thai, krabi krabbong! __________________ Love it, leave it or fix it.

05-13-2005, 03:56 PM	#30 (permalink)
Ironfist1989 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Telford, United Kingdom Posts: 32 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	I'm Glad i live in the UK and belong to the TAGB which does its best to keep TKD purely a Korean Art everything where told to do is either told or yelled at us in Korean pending on Grade and experience, America sounds as if it's taken the art for granted and ism using it to get loads of money, pretty much like waht they've done with Muay Tai and turned it into Kickboxing which doesn't have noting on Muay Tai!!!!!!! all i can say from waht i've read i'm glad my instructer actually knows what he's doing and an Organisation that is trying to keep the art as pure to its roots as possible __________________ Be like Water, and Flow

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05-12-2005, 03:09 AM	#18 (permalink)
Damian Mavis Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 669 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Zhorner, its not a big deal.... but North American instructors often use the wrong terminology, but like I said its no big deal really. Kata is Japanese.... its a karate term and the Japanese and Koreans dont like each other much so to them that would be a big no no. Someone TEACHING TKD is supposed to know that but I've seen worse things said or done heh. Even in my school, my students call me SENSEI..... they are supposed to call me Sabum, but they are all Japanese and barely speak english let alone Korean and Sensei just means Teacher, which I am, so I let them do it. Damian Mavis Honour TKD

05-12-2005, 02:32 PM	#25 (permalink)
Damian Mavis Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 669 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Andrew Wa, actually I visit Japan fairly regularly these days and the TKD schools of course are taught in the native language of Japan, Japanese. But the counting and commands are in Korean and Sabum is a basic Korean TKD term and the Japanese call their instructor Sabum. I should probably fix that in my school, it's on the "to do" list. Right now I teach TKD (in Thailand) predominantly in Japanese since most of my students speak only Japanese but of course use Korean for the commands. The rest of the time I mix in English and Thai and for awhile had to throw in some french for a french student... it gets confusing! Zhorner... that instructor has the mentality and imagination of a adolescent boy..... yeesh. Black Doboks to signify they are dirty? So silly. Damian Mavis Honour TKD

05-12-2005, 03:14 PM	#26 (permalink)
zhorner Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 196 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	yeah...he cracked me up. but man their were some good lookin girls in that class... this one girl would wear these gray sweat pants and her butt would jiggle when she kicked... damn i need to get my ugly ass another girlfriend

05-12-2005, 05:50 PM	#27 (permalink)
Damian Mavis Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 669 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Need a girlfriend? Come to Thailand. Damian Mavis Honour TKD

05-13-2005, 02:26 AM	#29 (permalink)
Damian Mavis Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 669 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Nah its not a terrible reason, and I didnt mean anything naughty. Its just that I have friends in Canada that are either miserably alone or in a relationship with satans spawn and they would be much better off coming here and meeting a good girl with a good heart. Anyway, its not just the Thai cuisine that is good here, the beautiful thing about Thailand is ALL the food is awesome and cheap. They have the best food from so many countries here. Many people come here and set up restaurants, if you eat at an Italian restaurant for example it will be some Italian dude that barely speaks english, cooking or watching over your meals, it tastes truly authentic. Another bonus about Thailand is movie theatres, they cost only about $4 Canadian and they are nicer theatres than North America, theres never a line and when you buy your tickets you are buying and reserving your seat so no one else can take it, they let you in 2 minutes before the show starts since your seat is already bought.... I love not having to wait in line for the new STAR WARS on the 18th! Damian Mavis Honour TKD

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