13 year old girl is top TKD competitor in the USA... somehow

[Captain Spaulding]

The article and video I find funny. The only really annoying this is that they never say what she's competing in or where or what points they're talking about. Does anyone know anything about this?

From: http://www.volunteertv.com/home/headlines/19673514.html

[DerAuslander]

It's not Olympic TKD, so who gives a fuck.

[Ke?poFist]

My guess is it's competitive kata. Maybe weapons kata.

[cuatro76]

Well, she's not competing in Beijing.
http://www.usa-taekwondo.us/

Just a community fluff piece on the local news.

[DerAuslander]

*Bitch slaps Cpt. Spaulding.8 Go play with Gopher & Dot.

[Captain Spaulding]

Just a community fluff piece on the local news.

I know. I just thought someone here might find it amusing.

At least it's better than this:

http://ca.YouTube - Boca ATA Black Belt Test, October 5, 2007: Group 2

[tkdmantis]

It's not Olympic TKD, so who gives a fuck.

thank you, that is just what I was thinking when I watched the car wreck of a vid.

[tkdmantis]

I know. I just thought someone here might find it amusing.

At least it's better than this:

http://ca.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXP6FtTXZI4

I think my eyes are bleading after watching that. How is that TKD?

:eusa_wall

[cuatro76]

If I had a kid in a TKD class, I'd beat the instructor for wasting my money on a song and dance routine.

[M.C.]

O M G
What was that? Seriously what was that? And don't say TKD...
I am happy I changed my style field today, I don't wana be associated with that shitfest

[Hooded Justice]

Words can not express the level of fail that is contained in that video. That someone considers that a test of black belt skill says too much about TKD in america. I think the amount of people in that school during the vidwas the most disturbing thing. That means they watched that shit and said "Yeah that looks like those girls can handle themselves, I'll go here!" Though I did start to laugh when I noticed that the demo consisted of 1 girl at a time breaking a board and the rest wandering around punching and kicking air...poorly.

I don't even want to know what kind of horrible bullshit that 13 year old champion practices.

[M.C.]

I think the amount of people in that school during the vidwas the most disturbing thing. That means they watched that shit and said "Yeah that looks like those girls can handle themselves

This is what I don't get, are people so retarded to not notice when something is off?
I don't have to be a BJJ BB in order to notice when something is stupid and you don't have to be a TKD BB to notice that, what they might call a kick, is total bullshit.
And for the board breaking, what kind of cosmic joke was that, you could break that thing by putting a can of coke on it.
I have seen people breaking toes/fists trying to break boards in my school because this is what is supposed to happen if you lack proper technique but that won't happen if you use like 1 cm thick boards.

*rant on ... still ... still ... slowly calm down*

[Mister X]

I know. I just thought someone here might find it amusing.

At least it's better than this:

http://ca.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXP6FtTXZI4

Holy lol

[Horus]

Yeah, but if you guys ever need a flimsy piece of wood broken, you know you'll be calling them.

[IHZ]

Back in my days, Black Belt tests consisted of flexibility and endurance test with lots and lots of push ups and sit-ups followed by a demonstration of every techniques contained in the belt book and finished with a 5 minute round of full contact sparring. There were no breaking 1 cm thick presswood boards with patehtically weak kicks!

So...what is that? Some kind of joke? Some kind of scam? I can hardly believe THAT is a school of martial arts!!