That's how long it takes in Korea, but in Korea, they train 5x a week, for a couple of hours. There is something fishy there.DarthTex said:We only have class 2 times a week for 45 min each class and my instructor said that it takes 1 in a half to get the black belt 2 for really slow people.
The question is whether their kicks have snap, whether they kick with power, whether they can use combinations and footwork to beat their opponent, that sort of stuff.What's the different between me and the black belt, they know more pattern can do few more push ups and know my fancy kicks and kicks faster. I usually come to class really early to see the class ahead of me doing which isn't too much a big of difference.
Well, TKD will not teach your sprawling and grappling. It's not meant to either. You need to supplement it in order to learn that.And no I do not see my self in the black belt rank it's just not worth it, I was originally going to take BJJ but couldn't found the school near me. So I took TKD just for fun little did I don't think I have progress at all
I see many TKD people in my school sparring all ranging from low color belt to high color belt they have a bad habit of leaving there hands down. If I was allow to punch the head I would have given them a 1,2 punch .
I have been cross training in Boxing, MT and little bit of grappling from my college. I see allot of opening when I spar with people in my class in TKD that I can shoot for a take down and just go for a GNP. Over all I am very frustrated with how the instructor is teaching. I got dupe into a 1 year contract so I may as well finish it.
Forms are not meant to be "useful". They may give you crispness and proper hip usage over very long periods of time, but their purpose is to preserve tradition.DarthTex said:It has given me better kicking techniques other then that the pattern is useless.
DarthTex said:Spar with black belt, they don't allow that due to gap in ranks difference
Evil Eye Gouger said:In TKD, a black belt doesn't make you a "master" like in other arts. It makes you a beginner. In a regular western Dojang, with 2-4 trainings a week, it should take you between 3-5 years to black belt if you train properly.
DarthTex said:We don't have sparring gear because of our belt levels we have to wait until we get a higher level. When we do spar but we have to spar with a blocker and we do all king of sissy kicks for less then a minute each spar. We can't do much in sparring can't kick bellow the belt, no punching, can't kick with full power.
Spar with black belt, they don't allow that due to gap in ranks difference, but to be honest I don't mean to sound like a narcissi. I would own 1/3 of the black belt class if I had full gear own.
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This is true, but beginners' time is better spent learning the technique. Sure, sparring should be introduced very early, but not letting yellow belts spar, or not letting them spar full contact may not be such a bad idea. Practicing bad technique against other people with bad technique will only give you bad habits.cbdk said:That "not sparring until you are a certain level" is horse shit. THat is how you become better is by sparring peole that are better than you.
I'd like to clear up the confusion here.Plus I hope you are taking ITF TKD and not the sport WTF TKD.