Taekwondo one step

**No Name** · Posted On: 7/24/2009 4:44pm

[quote=Kilbourn;2176978]
This goes along with what Der was saying about Taekwondo being dead and stagnant, it spends so much time with step sparing, board breaking, and forms that little time is spent where it matters the most. Free sparring.

You said it perfectly

**Mesteren** · Posted On: 7/24/2009 5:24pm

Thanks for enlightening me.

(Feeling so stupid i am going to slap myself in the face the rest of the day)

***DerAuslander*** · Posted On: 7/24/2009 5:33pm

Just remember to properly telegraph that slap & select the proper block & counter for it.

**Vieux Normand** · Posted On: 7/24/2009 5:47pm

Originally Posted by DerAuslander108

Just remember to properly telegraph that slap & select the proper block & counter for it.

It's all in the selection:

If he comes at you with a mom-tong ji-lu-ki, then close the distance, pick him up and slam him headfirst on the dojang floor.

On the other hand, if the attack is, say, an up-chuck-ee, then close the distance, pick him up and slam him headfirst on the dojang floor.

See? The variations are endless.

***DerAuslander*** · Posted On: 7/24/2009 5:54pm

Up-chuck-ee?

**Mesteren** · Posted On: 7/24/2009 5:57pm

One more thing: I actually dont like our sparring. I feel i am learning to pull my techniques and they become powerless. Luckily i dont listen to my instructor 'bout that, but then again... nobody wants to spar me either.

Im thinking once i get my black belt i'll go train ju jitsu instead. Sounds like a good plan right?

**Kilbourn** · Posted On: 7/24/2009 7:39pm

Originally Posted by DerAuslander108

Up-chuck-ee?

I believe it's correctly spelled 'Ap cha gi' or front kick.

Originally Posted by Mesteren

Im thinking once i get my black belt i'll go train ju jitsu instead. Sounds like a good plan right?

If jiu jitsu interests you and if you have the motivation to learn it than yes. If you’re doing so because JJ is one of the popular martial arts on this forum and you think taking it will make you a “kewl kid” than no.

***DerAuslander*** · Posted On: 7/24/2009 7:44pm

Originally Posted by Mesteren

Im thinking once i get my black belt i'll go train ju jitsu instead. Sounds like a good plan right?

Sounds like a waste of your time and money.

If you are not in a Taekwondo school that is teaching you pragmatic fighting skills based on alive methodology, leave it for a school that will, no matter what art it is.

***DerAuslander*** · Posted On: 7/24/2009 7:44pm

Originally Posted by Kilbourn

I believe it's correctly spelled 'Ap cha gi' or front kick.

No ****, Sherlock.

I recommend ceremonial disembowelment.

**Mesteren** · Posted On: 7/24/2009 7:56pm

Originally Posted by Kilbourn

If jiu jitsu interests you and if you have the motivation to learn it than yes. If you’re doing so because JJ is one of the popular martial arts on this forum and you think taking it will make you a “kewl kid” than no.

No, i was in one class and found it really interessting. And by the way i think i need some submission and grappling training too

Originally Posted by DerAuslander108

Sounds like a waste of your time and money.

Actually its free for me. Yay