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Black Belt Style
04/21/09
Black Belt Style
We don't do poomse often at this school. We've only done pal jang a few times and every time I've ended up confused. I've been assuming it's me.
Nope.
Today I finally realized that while I step forward into the first back stance, everyone else at our school steps back. Ahhhh.
After school I asked Special Forces how we're supposed to do a lower block. I've been to too many schools and learned too many ways. He showed me. It is—no surprise—different than how I do it.
I looked at him. "I will try to change."
"No," Special Forces said, "every school is different. You have your black belt style. You don't need to change it."
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Comment from: Terry [Visitor]
I am training at another Dojang, since I moved to a different city (여수). And I am surprised how often I hear "basic taekwondo" and it slightly different then the way I learned it. Special Forces seems like a nice guy. In June I will be taking the 2 단 test.
04/22/09 @ 02:56
Comment from: admin [Member] 
Terry, congrats on 2nd dan!!
Yeah, I've come to learn that there's no such thing as "basic taekwondo." Even the most basic moves (for the forms you learn before Il Jang) are all different. And the whole history of taekwondo? Yeah, that depends on who you talk to...
Special Forces is a nice guy. I like him.
Yeah, I've come to learn that there's no such thing as "basic taekwondo." Even the most basic moves (for the forms you learn before Il Jang) are all different. And the whole history of taekwondo? Yeah, that depends on who you talk to...
Special Forces is a nice guy. I like him.
04/22/09 @ 06:58
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