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flakfizer
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caniff
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This an absolute fucking travesty and I hope those responsible will be promptly sanctioned.
I mean, c'mon!! A GREEN Belt? Pwahh!!! (Insert Korean teeth-sucking sound here.) |
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Temporary
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| To bad taekwondo is bullshit and stupid monkey limb flaling sport. |
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TheUrbanMyth
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Adventurer
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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| Actually, I think they have a point. Someone messed up. If you are promoting a Taekwondo park, then how hard is it to get people wearing the proper Taekwondo attire? If you're a Taekwondo enthusiast I can see you objecting somewhat to it. I am sure whoever was responsible wasn't trying to offend anyone. It's obvious that someone responsible for the brochure goofed-up big time. |
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seosan08
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How about "Dokdo Island Karate Gi Company" here in Korea?!? 
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Frankly Mr Shankly
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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| has sparked patriotic ire |
Is there anything more obnoxious, particularly that which emanates from this neck of the woods? |
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flakfizer
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 6:03 pm Post subject: Re: Koreans irate over karate-esque taekwondo outfits |
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I had actually considered that one might be capitalized and the other not, so I looked them both up in the dictionary, which had them both lowercase. Ah well. |
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ytuque
Joined: 29 Jan 2008
Location: I drink therefore I am!
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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| notice they put the blonde kid in the middle. |
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greek buddha
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Are you guys serious? you don't see anything wrong with that? Did anyone read this part? "Will you promote the spirit and culture of Korea in a brochure with kimono-clad models?" doesn't this make sense. You don't promote soccer wearing basketball uniforms. Are you telling me that you wouldn't be upset if something like that happend about your sport or whatever? |
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bobranger
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Are you guys serious? you don't see anything wrong with that? Did anyone read this part? "Will you promote the spirit and culture of Korea in a brochure with kimono-clad models?" doesn't this make sense. You don't promote soccer wearing basketball uniforms. Are you telling me that you wouldn't be upset if something like that happend about your sport or whatever? |
Greek Buddha.. Very Funny Love the avatar |
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sunnyvale
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| Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 12:01 am Post subject: |
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| I agree with the article. Wouldn't it be a little strange if you saw a sign promoting a soccer league and all the models were wearing baseball uniforms? |
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anjinsan
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Folks, NEWS FLASH!!!!! Taekwondo IS karate--with a few changes
(like K. nationalism in the poomsae: "Koryo" "Kumgang" hell the 8 basic
are based on the f'ing korean flag, which they stole from the Chinese; as well as making "rules" for Olympic/tournament purposes)
Don't buy this b.s. that it is an ancient Korean MA practiced by the Hwarang, blah blah blah. Check out the history of it, particularly TKD's "founders": where they went to school, where they lived,
what MA they practiced; you'll see. (Further, don't buy the b.s. about TKD
simply being a K. form of "tang su do"--guess what: karate was called
the same thing (in kanji/hanja) by the Japanese, until Funakoshi switched
"kara"-Tang (China) to "kara"-empty.
The uniform (copied from karate, which itself was copied from Judo);
the belts (also copied from karate, which took it from judo--Kano's idea actually). The forms, the mass training methods, etc. etc. It all was taken from karate.
I think the ad is funny--consider it a visual Freudian slip of sorts;
or, giving credit where credit is due. |
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aboxofchocolates
Joined: 21 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 3:58 am Post subject: |
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| greek buddha wrote: |
| You don't promote soccer wearing basketball uniforms. |
No, you promote soccer using your avatar. Lee Hyo Ri in nothing but a blackbelt would have been extremely Korean.
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Adventurer
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| Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 4:00 am Post subject: |
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| anjinsan wrote: |
Folks, NEWS FLASH!!!!! Taekwondo IS karate--with a few changes
(like K. nationalism in the poomsae: "Koryo" "Kumgang" hell the 8 basic
are based on the f'ing korean flag, which they stole from the Chinese; as well as making "rules" for Olympic/tournament purposes)
Don't buy this b.s. that it is an ancient Korean MA practiced by the Hwarang, blah blah blah. Check out the history of it, particularly TKD's "founders": where they went to school, where they lived,
what MA they practiced; you'll see. (Further, don't buy the b.s. about TKD
simply being a K. form of "tang su do"--guess what: karate was called
the same thing (in kanji/hanja) by the Japanese, until Funakoshi switched
"kara"-Tang (China) to "kara"-empty.
The uniform (copied from karate, which itself was copied from Judo);
the belts (also copied from karate, which took it from judo--Kano's idea actually). The forms, the mass training methods, etc. etc. It all was taken from karate.
I think the ad is funny--consider it a visual Freudian slip of sorts;
or, giving credit where credit is due. |
There is no conclusive proof that Taekwondo came from Karate. However, some say many Taekwondo schools were heavily influenced by Japanese martial arts during the occupation period, but that is not to say that Taekwondo and Karate are very similar. Anyway, it's very idiotic for those people responsible for the brochure from the Korean side not to notice the kids were not wearing the right stuff. Were they drinking soju when they approved the thing? I wouldn't be happy if some government people trying to promote tourism or my culture screwed up big time like that, and I am not Korean. I wouldn't be impressed. Why are you guys ridiculing those folks for being upset about it? |
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