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TKD is White boy's martial art. Enough said.

The funniest I've seen was a korean school teaching Kung-fu with the rigid snapping movements of TKD in it and claiming it as Kung-fu.

Wu-shu is another joke where the practioner is doing flips and flops and exhasting themselves doing fancy hand and leg movements before even landing a single blow. It's a fight not a gymnastic match where they give you points on how good it looks.

BJJ or Brazilian Jujitsu is another one. If you are in a one on one competition like the UFC or wrestling match then maybe you have a chance but even so an average trained High school wrestler would probably have more if not better skills in the wrestling arena than the tricks taught in BJJ. Besides when in a real encounter you don't fall down and spread your legs out in a come F##k me position like they do in BJJ, you'd get grabbed and kicked and if the bud has friends they would probably join in and kick also and when you are on the ground your mobility is limited.

Kicking and Punching is still the best form of self-defense for anyone. Grabbling is the next but if you are in that situation you are probably dead by then. You have to kick and punch your way out of a situation and then know how to run fast enought to get away from trouble.

So get into an art that doesn't emphasizes any of the above arts and you have a much better martial art in which to train from.
RJA Thursday, March 21, 2002 at 23:02:22 (PST)

Some other good fight songs are Mobb Deep's Survival of the Fittest, and Eazy E's Real MF*n G's.
TSJ Eric@KristinKreuk.net Thursday, March 21, 2002 at 20:38:52 (PST)

Akido girl,

Good luck with that and I hope enjoy. I think that styles like akido and hapkido are more self-defensive techniques, which, depending on where you learn, probably teaches very little if any offensive techniques. I believe that a person should be to utilize both defensive and offensive styles to be totally successful in defending one's self.

Simulacrum(and for everyone else),

Your probably right for the most part, alot of centers (Not just Tae Kwon Do) are commecialized, but a person should not exclude training at a center because of these people trying to make a dollar. If you are serious about joining a club, make sure you look into it clearly. And people have to understand that not everyone who holds a blackbelt is god. It's the effort and dedication you put forth and setting a goal and reaching and exceding that goal, that makes a good martial artist no matter their skill level.

bigsquill bigsquill@yahoo.com Thursday, March 21, 2002 at 14:41:01 (PST)

TSJ,

Funny the mention that fight song thing. Must be a very American thing. The National Champ in TKD like that Rocky theme song. He play it when he trained for a big competition.

I never really had one. I just find music to be distrating when you train. Because it is on 4/4 beat. One thing I would train for is to find the rythm or beat of my opponent. Making it easier to set the timing to counter for clean points. Hence, listening to music only set people on a 4/4 beat thus make the excercise useless.

But if I had to choose a fight song. The theme to "Once upon a China" (mandarin or cantonese) wouldn't be bad.
AC Dropout Thursday, March 21, 2002 at 10:12:59 (PST)

happy clam,

if you see any 8-year old black belts at the TKD schools, don't bring your son there. These places are just in it for the money. Do you know how much they charge for belt tests? I think starts at about $20 for a yellow and goes up to $200 for a black belt. plus, if your son happens to be sick the day of a test, they charge DOUBLE on a make-up test day. this might not be everyone's experience, but it happens alot at these
simulacrum Wednesday, March 20, 2002 at 13:13:14 (PST)

"I studied 10 years under a Wu Tang school for long fist and praying mantis; then spent 4 years studying with an Bronze medalist olympian and USA national champ in TKD."

Wu Tang Clan ain't nothing to f%*$ with! Haha... sorry, I just had to say that. Anyways, speaking of which, how many people have "fight songs," songs that really pump you up when training?

For me, it's Wu Tang's Victory. That really gets me going. Mad Lion's Take It Easy is another good one.
TSJ Eric@KristinKreuk.net Wednesday, March 20, 2002 at 11:42:24 (PST)

bigsquill,

I studied 10 years under a Wu Tang school for long fist and praying mantis; then spent 4 years studying with an Bronze medalist olympian and USA national champ in TKD.

All depends, I do not deny the aspect of martial arts which teaches self discpline. Nor do I deny the aspect of martial arts for constant improvement through struggle.
AC Dropout Tuesday, March 19, 2002 at 12:22:03 (PST)

Happy Clam,

Well if expense plays a factor you should see if the school has promotion belts. TKD make a huge sum of money off the 3, 4 promotions fee they have each year.
Then competitions are also pretty expensive. Equipement and tournament fees.
AC Dropout Tuesday, March 19, 2002 at 12:14:58 (PST)

Hi Bigsquill,

Thanks for that martial arts clarification! I think many people don't know that martial arts is used for the buildup of the mind and body, not used to "kick the crap out of someone." I would like to learn aikido sometime. It seems to me the most graceful and the most mindful martial arts since it gives the weak the power to defeat the more powerful by offsetting the more powerful's mind and balance. Wish me luck!
aikido girl Tuesday, March 19, 2002 at 11:51:26 (PST)

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