WildWop
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Thread Topic Part I: "My Martial Arts History"
I've trained in various "fast food" Taekwondo schools off-and-on for the last 13 years, the bulk of the time from age 9 to 16. I supersized my value meal with a 2nd Dan, acheived when I was 14 or 15, I can't really remember when exactly since I don't hold it in high esteem at this point.
In college I decided to give it another go, after about 4 years off (a hiatus caused by playing football and working throughout the latter stages of HS). I joined a club practicing a style called Jung Sim Do, which is an amalgam of Taekwondo, Hapkido, Yudo (Korean Judo), and a smattering of weapons. What drew me to JSD was the fact that their instructors, by rule, cannot be paid. The federation foots the bills, and the instructors are there because they truly want to teach rather then make money. Coming from a "fast food" martial arts background, this looked great and did not disappoint. It was the kind of hard-nosed training I had been looking for.
[on a side note, there is nothing more exhilarating then shattering a stack of masonry bricks (concrete). My instructor did not let us practice before doing the break itself, so the adrenaline rush was something I grin about now, 3 years later. Looking down at where 5 bricks once were and seeing the cloud of smoke rising up from their remains was something I'll never forget]
Sadly, all things come to an end, and I graduated. Since then I've found a similar type of solace in weightlifting, but can't shake the need to get back into martial arts.
Into MA? Post your history here!
Thread Topic Part II: "Active MA message boards?"
I've poked around a bit, and the only good MA board I've found was at budoseek.net, but that one isn't terribly active. Anyone know of a good one that I can try out?
I've trained in various "fast food" Taekwondo schools off-and-on for the last 13 years, the bulk of the time from age 9 to 16. I supersized my value meal with a 2nd Dan, acheived when I was 14 or 15, I can't really remember when exactly since I don't hold it in high esteem at this point.
In college I decided to give it another go, after about 4 years off (a hiatus caused by playing football and working throughout the latter stages of HS). I joined a club practicing a style called Jung Sim Do, which is an amalgam of Taekwondo, Hapkido, Yudo (Korean Judo), and a smattering of weapons. What drew me to JSD was the fact that their instructors, by rule, cannot be paid. The federation foots the bills, and the instructors are there because they truly want to teach rather then make money. Coming from a "fast food" martial arts background, this looked great and did not disappoint. It was the kind of hard-nosed training I had been looking for.
[on a side note, there is nothing more exhilarating then shattering a stack of masonry bricks (concrete). My instructor did not let us practice before doing the break itself, so the adrenaline rush was something I grin about now, 3 years later. Looking down at where 5 bricks once were and seeing the cloud of smoke rising up from their remains was something I'll never forget]
Sadly, all things come to an end, and I graduated. Since then I've found a similar type of solace in weightlifting, but can't shake the need to get back into martial arts.
Into MA? Post your history here!
Thread Topic Part II: "Active MA message boards?"
I've poked around a bit, and the only good MA board I've found was at budoseek.net, but that one isn't terribly active. Anyone know of a good one that I can try out?