TKD groundfighting????

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[Fozzy1]

It will probably be some Judo/TMA type drills that they will do and that's about it.


TKD instructer: Place your arm on his chest and hit his arm down.

Children: KIA!

TKD instructer: Ok...ok...now I want you to grab the arm and turn around and pretend to break his arm before he falls to the ground. Please do not do this hard.




Child 1: Ok, I think this is right....

Child 2: *falls on ground on purpose*

Child 1: Ok, now you try.

omg man that is so funny. lol

I remember when I used to do karate, we were doing "takedowns" and I got a mark on my grading sheet which said "do not fall over unless he makes you" so next grading I stood up and the guy I was working with (same guy as last grading) couldnt take me down, so I turned to the blackbelts at the grading desk and said 'theres no way he's going to get me down...' and he couldnt... it was ridiculous.

~Foz

 

[hando]

that sounds really new TKD incoprating groundfighting, iwould definitely like to take a look given an oppurtunity.

 

[hando]

well i bet its just basic of groundworks or perhaps pinning ur opponent!

 

[dutchmasterj3]

TKD's great to know for standup, but to be the complete fighter, she will need to learn Gracie Jiu Jitsu

 

[possenti]

So how long did you belong to it when you were a kid? You don't seem to respect the art that much for someone who practiced it.

No, you're misunderstanding me. I'm not dis'ing TKD. I'm just saying that it's not for me anymore. I'm behind my daughter 100%, and I hope she at least gains more interest in the "ground game" from this.

I got to my red belt - about 6 months away from testing for my black. I would have gone for it, but I graduated high school and started working two jobs. Just didn't have time. It's great to see my girl doing something I was not able to.

 

[infamous mattyd]

TKD's great to know for standup, but to be the complete fighter, she will need to learn Gracie Jiu Jitsu

not really great for stand up either...

 

[aaron_mag]

No, you're misunderstanding me. I'm not dis'ing TKD. I'm just saying that it's not for me anymore. I'm behind my daughter 100%, and I hope she at least gains more interest in the "ground game" from this.

I got to my red belt - about 6 months away from testing for my black. I would have gone for it, but I graduated high school and started working two jobs. Just didn't have time. It's great to see my girl doing something I was not able to.

Ha ha...I'm sure she will. Once I started Sambo I fell in love with it rather quickly. But I still love throwing a 360 hook kick and other stuff. Yeah, its impractical, i'll never use it to defend myself, but that is why it is a damn art.

I'm sure your daughter had something to do with you working two jobs as well. She is lucky to have a supportive parent. There are some kids in my class who just walk to the school and you never see their parent. Some of them are really good too and you just want to call their parents and say, "Will you come around and watch your daughter for a bit? She's fricken awesome!"

I'm due to have a daughter myself. And I hope she shows an interest in martial arts at all. But if they don't like it they don't like it. I've seen too many instructors try to force their kid and it just doesn't work out. I'd like my daughter to learn a grappling art like Sambo as well as TKD, but I'm not sure how I feel about her rolling with boys!!! In 12 years I might have to come for you for advice on how to get past that idea...

Take care

 

[nopardaid]

The last ADCC had 3 winners from a Karate school, I read in Grappling magazine, I doubt they "just looked at some tapes". Some schools are changing for the better.

 

[serima]

In few TKD schools they are training ground fighting

 

[kimurense]

I just got back from watching my daughter's Tae Kwon Do class. She's taking the black belt class in preparation to test for hers in October. The instructor was speaking to the black belts about some "changes" in the school. She went over a few minor time changes and other things, then she said, "We'll also be adding some groundfighting drills and techniques to our regular classes for all belts."

WTF? My ears perked up at hearing this, and my daughter glanced at me and smiled. I'm not sure how to take this news. There's several outcomes:

This TKD school is a major McDojo, with many "franchises" around the country. Perhaps the Masters at the top realized that they just can't get by by flailing arms and legs into the air anymore? Good. Hopefully, they'll teach some solid techniques geared more towards self-defense than sport - and I hope they spar alot.

I have no idea who will teach this. Will they bring in some BJJ guys, or just send some high-ranking black belts to a weekend crash-course seminar? Then they come back and teach their new magical skills to everyone else?

Perhaps, "ground fighting" isn't grappling at all. Maybe it's the same as TKD stand-up, but only the kicks/punches/blocks will be directed upwards? Uggh. I hope they don't make forms (katas) out of this...

I didn't have a chance to ask anyone afterwards, but I will find out soon. My daughter's 12, and I tolerate her taking TKD classes because she loves it so much. I don't bash it in front of her, but I have explained to her that she needs to learn grappling, and I'm starting to ease her into it. I plan on taking her to a BJJ club that I just joined in a couple of months.
There's a girl there she could learn a lot from.

So, had anyone ever heard of TKD teaching grappling? Of course, I've trained in BJJ off-hours at places that were TKD schools, but never heard of it being incorporated into TKD itself.

Opinions?

is that TKD sogham? what is the federation?

the TKD I used to do used to have some basic grappling techniques (some armbars and stuff), very, very, very, VERY basic. they tought it once in a while when the head instructor whent by the class. not very inlightning at all. totaly McDojo shit. just so the kids can brag saying they know some BJJ mooves