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Post by MasterH on Nov 23, 2005 14:38:41 GMT
Has anyone here studdied any Korean MA's? What was your favorite and why? I have studdied Taekwondo for over 21 years now, I love the kicking!  |
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Post by miffersy on Nov 23, 2005 15:55:28 GMT
Hi,
I have never trained in Korean Arts but for many years I have been amazed at the kicking ability of the TKD practitioners.
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Post by MasterH on Nov 23, 2005 17:24:22 GMT
I feel like a Korean invading Japan on this forum..........just a bit odd.
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Post by random on Nov 23, 2005 17:29:52 GMT
I know a TKD teacher, his kicking is something else.
If you feel odd you should fit in well ;D
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Post by AngelaG on Nov 23, 2005 17:33:20 GMT
I feel like a Korean invading Japan on this forum..........just a bit odd. Get some mates here than. After all is TKD really that much different from karate??  |
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Post by tommarker on Nov 23, 2005 18:11:39 GMT
Tang Soo Do guy right here! Yay Korea! |
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Post by MasterH on Nov 23, 2005 18:14:28 GMT
As a matter of fact modern TKD has it's root thru Japan. I'm looking forward to comparing the two styles. In the states, for years back in the 70' and 80's TKD was known as Korean Karate. It's only sense the Olympics have included sport TKD that we have been able to commercially use the word "Taekwondo". I have a few friends I'll invite on.
Looks like I'm going to have to find an avatar.
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Post by MasterH on Nov 23, 2005 18:15:32 GMT
Tang Soo Do guy right here! Yay Korea! Tang-Soo! I just got creamed by one of you guys last month..........it was a great time! |
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Post by maskedman on Nov 23, 2005 20:50:02 GMT
TKD has its roots in Shotokan I believe, I am a practitioner of military style Hapkido!!
*bows respectfully*
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Post by MasterH on Nov 23, 2005 21:01:30 GMT
TKD has its roots in Shotokan I believe, I am a practitioner of military style Hapkido!! *bows respectfully* I've practiced some of the joint locks and pressure points of Hapkido. GM West out of the southern US has some great material on video. General Choi was an Shotokan 1st or 2nd Dan when he was asked to create what is now Taekwondo. Just watch some of the WTF forms, the stances and hand teq's are very similar to Karate. |
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Post by maskedman on Nov 23, 2005 21:18:27 GMT
I have never heard of GM west, how old is he? What lineage does his school come from? I am not being rude, just geniuenly interested...maybe a link to his site! I am finding that the HKD we study and the ones in aust,NZ, Europe, and the US are radically different from ours as they incorporate TKD and other arts....ours is traditional, like right from one of the oldest HKD families of Korea.
Another way that TKD and shotokan are similar is the long stances, as compared to Goju, with short stances!
*bows respectfully*
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Post by MasterH on Nov 23, 2005 21:59:34 GMT
I would say GM West is in his mid to late 50's. I'll look up his lineage for you, I'm at work, and my instructor GM Jack Pierce has the video's.
I have a few friends who have made the leap from Shotokan to TKD.
My lineage from my instructor, and I have had one major instructor my entire career, is through Tang Soo Do to Taekwon-do (ITF), then into Songahm Taekwondo (ATA) and now Hwa-Rang Taekwondo (HTF)
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Post by maskedman on Nov 23, 2005 22:13:37 GMT
I would say GM West is in his mid to late 50's. I'll look up his lineage for you, I'm at work, and my instructor GM Jack Pierce has the video's. I have a few friends who have made the leap from Shotokan to TKD. My lineage from my instructor, and I have had one major instructor my entire career, is through Tang Soo Do to Taekwon-do (ITF), then into Songahm Taekwondo (ATA) and now Hwa-Rang Taekwondo (HTF) By GM you mean grand master right? There seems to be so many! What rank are they? By lineage I mean who was your instructors, instructor and so on, not what association you are affiliated with? It is hard to keep track of these things, but I feel is something of importance, dont you? *bows respectfully* |
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Post by thingy on Nov 24, 2005 10:45:32 GMT
General Choi was an Shotokan 1st or 2nd Dan when he was asked to create what is now Taekwondo. Just watch some of the WTF forms, the stances and hand teq's are very similar to Karate. Hello. I'd say it's the ITF forms that are the closer to the shotokan forms. As you say, General Choi was a Shotokan black belt, and he went on to create the ITF patterns (blatently ripping off huge amounts from the Shotokan kata). I don't think he had anything to do with the WTF forms, which I get the feeling are more atheletic than the ITF set. |
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Post by Aefibird on Nov 24, 2005 23:37:30 GMT
The WTF beginner patterns (the Taegueks) are similar to karate, although the ITF TKD patterns and those used by many Tang Soo Do schools are often identical to those used by karateka (such as Sip Soo/Jitte).
The Taegueks are very very similar to many Japanese/Okinawan kata, apart from the use of the walking stance.
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