Several months ago I stumbled upon a martial arts class at a local recreation center, little did I know at the time that soon martial arts would become one of my biggest passions in life. I've been studying Tae-Kwon-Do ever since then, and I love it. I looked around the forum for a thread where I could talk to fellow martial artists about their experiences with martial arts but the closest thing I could find was an MMA thread so I figured martial arts deserve their own separate discussion. I would love it if this thread was a place were martial artists could share ideas and experiences without it turning it to a "if x martial art fought y martial art x would totally kick y's ass". So lets have some fun talking about martial arts.
A little about my self, at the beginning of May I began training at the local rec center. I trained in Tae-Kwon-Do, more specifically Olympic style Tae-Kwon-Do (I'll abbreviate it to TKD from now on). I really enjoyed practicing it, the emphasis on speed and foot work was really interesting for me, not to mention I really wanted to get into a martial art where I would be using my legs a lot. So I stayed there until September, when I left the city for a college in a neighboring town. Once I got here I really wanted to continue my training so I found myself an instructor, the only problem was he was a traditional TKD teacher. There was so little emphasis on the hands in Olympic style, I had a rough time transitioning to traditional style. For example during Olympic sparring it is totally okay to keep your hands down, but when I started here it was a completely different story.
I'll leave some story for later though...
So yeah guys, feel free to share your thoughts and experiences with us. Hopefully we can have a good time talking about our martial arts!
A little about my self, at the beginning of May I began training at the local rec center. I trained in Tae-Kwon-Do, more specifically Olympic style Tae-Kwon-Do (I'll abbreviate it to TKD from now on). I really enjoyed practicing it, the emphasis on speed and foot work was really interesting for me, not to mention I really wanted to get into a martial art where I would be using my legs a lot. So I stayed there until September, when I left the city for a college in a neighboring town. Once I got here I really wanted to continue my training so I found myself an instructor, the only problem was he was a traditional TKD teacher. There was so little emphasis on the hands in Olympic style, I had a rough time transitioning to traditional style. For example during Olympic sparring it is totally okay to keep your hands down, but when I started here it was a completely different story.
I'll leave some story for later though...
So yeah guys, feel free to share your thoughts and experiences with us. Hopefully we can have a good time talking about our martial arts!