Martial Arts Belts : Tae Kwon Do Black Belt Requirements

[Fr1ction]

That was the exact reason why I quit training after I received my 1st Dan. There was bugger all left to learn.

[Sonkaldo27]

Thank you for posting - I look forward to developing as a martial artist and really appreciate insights and different inputs. My sincere respect, TaeKwon

[Sonkaldo27]

So really, I guess my experience of TKD is one of a funnel shape. The beginner phase expands slightly but seems essentially even in the building of new knowledge through the grades. At my point now it is getting a lot wider, but the emphasis is also on conditioning. I feel I'm learning and developing a lot. As an adult that level of demand is fine, perhaps children have a different experience. But as a beginner (or perhaps slightly beyond) I personally find the scheme well paced. Thank you for..

[Sonkaldo27]

I've attended a class where no breaking is done and the students swing their legs with pointed toes and there is no clarity about whether your aim is to score points or to actually demolish with one blow. This helped me to develop quite a profound physical understanding of how breaking is beneficial to my understanding of the art as real self defence. Some associations introduce it later, but it takes time...

[Sonkaldo27]

I'm just a 3rd Kup TKD student and what you said at the start of this video reflects the training that we receive. We are following the same path set up by General Choi and it matches the requirements of North Korean ITF TKD. I have to put that first because I bow to you as senior martial artist with infinitely more experience. From a students perspective I feel that the curriculum we follow is highly disciplined and my understanding of technique comes directly from different uses of it....