Went to a (mostly) taekwondo tournament, filmed some sparring

**Permalost** · Posted On: 10/03/2010 11:59am

**korean dragon** · Posted On: 10/03/2010 10:58pm

Looks like fun. Which one was your friend

**Permalost** · Posted On: 10/04/2010 4:44pm

Originally Posted by korean dragon

Looks like fun. Which one was your friend

Actually I didn't post any videos of him in this thread yet. Here's some (he's in the black gi):
YouTube - Allan sparring at Ocean Beach martial arts tournament 2010 (11)
YouTube - Allan sparring at Ocean Beach martial arts tournament 2010 (10)
YouTube - Allan Sparring at Ocean Beach martial arts tournament, 2010 (6)
YouTube - Allan sparring at Ocean Beach martial arts tournament, 2010 (2)

Note: he's a yellow belt in judo, and his instructor also runs a taekwondo club at SDSU, so that's how he got into it. He had like 15 minutes of instruction on how their sparring works and he borrowed the sparring gear from me. I think he did outstandingly well considering that he's a judo guy.

**ssj10hey** · Posted On: 10/12/2010 11:20pm

This is interesting but there all so flat footed. Not only that but they seem to be so stiff. A serious Taekwondo Black belt would win hands down.

**twisted mind** · Posted On: 10/22/2010 9:02am

I hope your friend had a good time (it appears that he did) and he performed well for having no experience, my hats off to him. We used to have some well mixed sparring tournaments many years ago in this area, but that has kind of become a thing of the past. There is only a couple of tournaments a year around this area and it is mainly a few TKD and Goju Ryu guys. Enjoy yourselves and enjoy the competition.

**Permalost** · Posted On: 10/22/2010 9:06am

Originally Posted by ssj10hey

This is interesting but there all so flat footed. Not only that but they seem to be so stiff. A serious Taekwondo Black belt would win hands down.

Note that in almost all the first videos, those are taekwondo black belts, from a number of different schools.

also, LOL @ tkd black belt winning "hands down".

**babybull** · Posted On: 10/22/2010 10:37am

Those guys shouldnt be black belts in any striking art!

Surely a serious legit TKD black belt has a bit more to offer in terms of footwork, using angles, putting combations together and some kind of defence.

**Permalost** · Posted On: 10/22/2010 11:10am

Originally Posted by babybull

Those guys shouldnt be black belts in any striking art!

Whether or not they should be black belts in a striking art, they are, and represent different schools. You can say “not in my dojo!” all day, but the fact is that this was the face of BB sparring one day in San Diego.

**BackFistMonkey** · Posted On: 10/22/2010 11:44am

Originally Posted by ssj10hey

This is interesting but there all so flat footed. Not only that but they seem to be so stiff. A serious Taekwondo Black belt would win hands down.

...in a TKD match ....

woo hoo way to go ... a real TKD black belt would win a TKD match against lower less skilled colored belts? No **** really ?

Wow.

Fucking Genius level observation there buddy. Your whole family must be so proud of you.

Originally Posted by CodosDePiedra

Whether or not they should be black belts in a striking art, they are, and represent different schools. You can say “not in my dojo!” all day, but the fact is that this was the face of BB sparring one day in San Diego.

Agreed this is about what one can expect from an average strip mall MA school anywhere in the country.

**goodlun** · Posted On: 10/22/2010 11:54am

Originally Posted by Backfistmonkey

Agreed this is about what one can expect from an average strip mall MA school anywhere in the country.

Yes but in a metropolitan area the size of San Diego you should have a at least a few above average schools around. If they where there that day or not I have no idea.