Certified ATA instructor

***JohnnyCache*** · Posted On: 7/14/2005 3:35am

there's links to other threads on it in this one.

**Locu5** · Posted On: 7/14/2005 3:51am

Please do come to the Atlanta MegaThrowdown. I will gladly let you beat me into submission on video.

**VikingPower** · Posted On: 7/14/2005 7:00am

Originally Posted by JKDChick

Oh, you have got to be kidding me. That means they have kids who are younger than 16 as 2nd and 3rd degrees, you know.

Unbelieveable....

**MaverickZ** · Posted On: 7/14/2005 8:10am

Originally Posted by Nii

Wow looks like people dislike ATA more than the other exponents of TKD. This is the first time I found any real mention of ATA on bullshido though.

as someone said "the butt end of the butt end of the martial arts", sigh.

**MEGALEF** · Posted On: 7/14/2005 8:36am

I don't mind Songahm Taekwondo. They do teach people to keep their hands up. I've sparred a little with my new sport jiujitsu friends and the basic kicks I learned in taekwondo (roundhouse, sidekick and front kick) have been useful to me.

KhorneliusPraxx · Posted On: 7/14/2005 9:08am

I repeat...

Originally Posted by KhorneliusPraxx

To be a certified instructor for the ATA, you need:
1. to be able to drink tea.
2. to be able to light a candle.
3. to be able to fold your clothes.
4. to have an inner ear infection.

**daGorilla** · Posted On: 7/14/2005 9:11am

Originally Posted by SARS_Attacks

Ok folks, I'm not super keen on the ATA save for what I've read here....but from this person and the footage he posted, its starting to seem like a cult organization.

Am I just reading too much into it or do they come off as cultish?

It's not a cult. McDojo of the highest order, yes. Cult, no.

-daGorilla