I’ve always wanted to try taekwondo.
I started with karate. Then boxing. Then muay thai and I just started getting into krav maga. I also have a Tai chi practice.
Discussion
That’s great, I’m in a small town and Taekwondo is all that is here. But I am lucky that my instructor has been involved with Taekwondo for 40+ years. While things change with age, he has never compromised on the art. Not the pop up buy your black belt kind of place like so many seem to be now. I see more places that are designed to babysit and serve as after school care, than teaching martial arts.
NO SHIT!! We put my nephew in an ‘acclaimed’ school. 30 kids to 2 instructors. They didn’t learn anything
Yes it’s sad that so many schools are “sign this contract, pay your money, and you will get a back belt in x years.” We each more kids than adults. All students must learn in order to advance. We hold tests with multiple test board members and they must sign off on the tester for them to advance in rank. Our black belt exam is roughly 4-6 hours and is an old school test. You pay some dues to were a black belt from our school if you know what I mean. No one gets to observe any tests and must be a black belt to participate in giving tests.🤙🏻🥋👊🏻
