Taekwondo anyone?

expertc · Mar 13, 2011

Continuing fitness thread…

A good friend of mine runs a taekwondo school. Groups for kids from 5 y.o. and for adults. He is doing a promotion these days – one month free trial. Classes are in Greenford, Southampton, Lewisham (Catford) and Millbrook. If interested check his site.

P.S. I am not affiliated, associated, etc. or make anything out of this. I know school’s Master for years and just want to add few words about him. He is 9 times unbeaten UK Taekwondo champion, 7th Dan (who knows about Martial Arts would understand). Two of latest UK champions are from his classes. And, most importantly, he is a very nice and honest person.

retired_member13 · Mar 13, 2011

Is the idea now that we can spam anything we want in the general forum - even if it's an MOT garage in Inverness?

expertc · Mar 13, 2011

Ty_ said:
Is the idea now that we can spam anything we want in the general forum - even if it's an MOT garage in Inverness?

I don’t think this is a fair comment. First of all, I don’t spam. Second, I give info that can be useful for some. And third, I don’t advertise anything, as you can see it is a clean, not even keyworded link…

retired_member13 · Mar 13, 2011

expertc said:
Second, I give info that can be useful for some

Martial arts classes in Greenford, Southampton, Lewisham (Catford) and Millbrook?

Right.

expertc · Mar 13, 2011

Ty_ said:
Martial arts classes in Greenford, Southampton, Lewisham (Catford) and Millbrook?

Right.

Yep, just to let people know, where they are... Look, honest, I know at least 4 acorn regulars with interest in martial arts... What is wrong with it?

And he is my friend not business partner. I am not even doing this to help him, he doesn't know about this post. Anyone who knows about martial arts would understand that 7th Dan Master doesn't need advertising. If only one or two kids get into sport based on this - isn't it enough?

expertc · Mar 13, 2011

Oh, thanks for the red rep! If you are not interested, doesn't mean that it is not useful for others. :-|

max99x · Mar 13, 2011

to be honest, if this was near me i'd probs be interested and look into it.

BREWSTERS · Mar 13, 2011

I did a couple of years at taekwondo - my two youngest still go.

expertc · Mar 13, 2011

BREWSTERS said:
I did a couple of years at taekwondo - my two youngest still go.

My eldest did 1.5 years. I did 7 yeras at kungfu, but many-many years ago.

doodlebug · Mar 14, 2011

I love Taekwondo and recommend anyone tries it

expertc · Mar 14, 2011

doodlebug said:
I love Taekwondo and recommend anyone tries it

I had couple of spars with TKD fighters. What can I say... Our (kugnfu) hand technique is the best

but TKD high kicks - well, I was impressed. I wish I could do more of (any!) Martial Arts though

davedevelopment · Mar 14, 2011

I've trained jujitsu on and off for about 12 years, mainly japanese but some brazilian along the way, plus I spent a bit of time training submission wrestling about 8 years go with some guys at my uni. Great for fitness, wrestling on a mat for half an hour is enough to make anyone ache the next day.

expertc · Mar 14, 2011

davedevelopment said:
I've trained jujitsu on and off for about 12 years, mainly japanese but some brazilian along the way...

You, jujitsu people, like twisting other people's arms way too much

When we had cross-school spars, our Shifu always said: just keep their hands away from you arms as much as you can...

doodlebug · Mar 15, 2011

expertc said:
You, jujitsu people, like twisting other people's arms way too much When we had cross-school spars, our Shifu always said: just keep their hands away from you arms as much as you can...

You want to try Aikido mate, you need to be seriously flexible to survive some of the stuff they do, 1 move we learned would snap your arm in 3 places in a single move :shock:

Aikido is derived from Jujitsu.

expertc · Mar 15, 2011

doodlebug said:
You want to try Aikido mate, you need to be seriously flexible to survive some of the stuff they do, 1 move we learned would snap your arm in 3 places in a single move :shock:

Aikido is derived from Jujitsu.

No way, mate

When we had cross-style tournaments, my Master was putting me against 'easier' (for me) styles. They went like this:

1. Kickboxing (easiest for kungfu because of very limited blocking techn.)
2. Aikido (very easy to fight if you use lower-body kicks, e.g. knee-high)
3. Shotokan Karate (kick or punch depends on the stance, so when you see the stance you know what's next)

Jujitsu was in the difficult range. And one of the most difficult was "Russian Style".