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hugekebab
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skconqueror
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 Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 8:51 am Post subject: Re: For those of you who shove the ajummas back... |
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So they have black belts.. that means nothing in Korea. There are 7 yr old kids with black belts  |
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Kikomom
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Location: them thar hills--Penna, USA--Zippy is my kid, the teacher in ROK. You can call me Kiko
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Now really, why would the ones doing the shoving be skilled in any martial art, considering that these are the traits they strive for...
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| Respect, Courtesy, Goodness, Trustworthiness, Loyalty, Humility, Courage, Patience, Integrity, Perseverance, Self-control, an Indomitable Spirit and a sense of responsibility to help and respect all forms of life. |
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Passions
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Taekwondo is one of the biggest scams out there. Take a bunch of overrated losers who are only interested in making money through 1 yr contracts, belt tests, uniform, gear, etc, and force a class to do silly kicks, punches, and forms.
In a street fight, any normal Joe could whip on a Taekwondo "fighter." |
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Cheonmunka
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My son is nearly black belt. He gets the kids' version of it with the red stripe, soon. TKD practice has made him straighter and stonger. It's inexpensive as well, only 70k per month for nearly everyday for two hours where we are.
However, I recommended to him boxing, but he asks, 'Where can kids do boxing in Korea?' to which I had no answer to give him. I'd much rather he did boxing in terms of actually fighting.
It seems to me these blocks aren't really going to do defend well if a boxer comes within your circle. |
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Faunaki
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| Even if an ajumma didn't do taekwondo I'd still say be careful. One time I was joking around with my MIL and she gave me the most evil cat claw pinch ever. She was just joking but damn did it hurt. I felt at that time that ajummas are capable of serious ass kickings. |
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Bryan
Joined: 29 Oct 2007
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| Cheonmunka wrote: |
However, I recommended to him boxing, but he asks, 'Where can kids do boxing in Korea?' to which I had no answer to give him. I'd much rather he did boxing in terms of actually fighting.
It seems to me these blocks aren't really going to do defend well if a boxer comes within your circle. |
I'm not sure where the boxing academies are, but Korea has produced some great Olympian boxers. You have to start young to be that good, so there must be some.
Also, you could get him into Judo which is a real workout similar to the wrestling we do back home. It may be even cheaper than TKD. |
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nuthatch
Joined: 21 Feb 2008
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| I was at a main bus terminal in a large city last week______was my turn at the counter to purchase the ticket____as I started communicating with the clerk an ajumma threw her purse on the counter right next to me...breathing on my side ___I became instantly angry_shoved her purse back very hard with my elbow so she got the picture___ and turned around and said that I was an "ajumma"__i turned back to communicate with the clerk and the ajumma disappeared to the back of the line.... |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Passions wrote: |
| In a street fight, any normal Joe could whip on a Taekwondo "fighter." |
Kurt Russell had it right in Tango and Cash(?). Martil Arts guy comes at him with fancy kicks and spins, so Kurt decks him with one punch: "I hate you karate assholes". |
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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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| I hate getting shoved on the subway too, but I think it's unfair to make fun of these women who have found a hobby and a great way to stay in shape. I can't comment on the effectiveness of TKD in a real combat situation, but that's probably not why they're doing it anyway. |
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A2Steve
Joined: 10 Nov 2007
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| Young FRANKenstein wrote: |
| Passions wrote: |
| In a street fight, any normal Joe could whip on a Taekwondo "fighter." |
Kurt Russell had it right in Tango and Cash(?). Martil Arts guy comes at him with fancy kicks and spins, so Kurt decks him with one punch: "I hate you karate assholes". |
that reminds me of seeing a rerun of the OLD Punisher movie, from the 90s with dolph lungrend.
he goes to the villain's office building, and after taking the elevator up, gets off in a room with ninjas, and opens fire. To which my friend comments, "that's why you don't build your ninja training room next to the elevator."
Truer words were never spoken! |
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Location: Goseong
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Young FRANKenstein wrote: |
| Passions wrote: |
| In a street fight, any normal Joe could whip on a Taekwondo "fighter." |
Kurt Russell had it right in Tango and Cash(?). Martil Arts guy comes at him with fancy kicks and spins, so Kurt decks him with one punch: "I hate you karate assholes". |
YF,
Funny quote, good movie. That was on tv not too long ago. |
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Hobophobic
Joined: 16 Aug 2004
Location: Sinjeong negorie mokdong oh ga ri samgyup sal fighting
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[quote="Cheonmunka"]My son is nearly black belt. He gets the kids' version of it with the red stripe, soon. TKD practice has made him straighter and stonger. It's inexpensive as well, only 70k per month for nearly everyday for two hours where we are.
However, I recommended to him boxing, but he asks, 'Where can kids do boxing in Korea?' to which I had no answer to give him. I'd much rather he did boxing in terms of actually fighting.quote]
There are kids at the boxing club I go to(Sinjeongnegorie / Line 2 - next to Mokdong)...it is also about 2 hours everyday except Sundays for 80k per month...not sure how old your son is, but there are a couple of 7 year olds (korean age) there... |
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ryan.ayre
Joined: 22 Apr 2008
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 8:24 pm Post subject: Re: For those of you who shove the ajummas back... |
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| skconqueror wrote: |
| So they have black belts.. that means nothing in Korea. There are 7 yr old kids with black belts |
There's a difference between a 7 year old Black belt and an adult blackbelt. The 7 year old black belts are called pum (read and black) whereas the adult blackbelts are regarded as dan (solid black). Even if you see the kids wearing a blackbelt they just do it for show and when they grade they still have to wear their pum belt |
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freshking
Joined: 07 Dec 2006
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| Cheonmunka wrote: |
My son is nearly black belt. He gets the kids' version of it with the red stripe, soon. TKD practice has made him straighter and stonger. It's inexpensive as well, only 70k per month for nearly everyday for two hours where we are.
However, I recommended to him boxing, but he asks, 'Where can kids do boxing in Korea?' to which I had no answer to give him. I'd much rather he did boxing in terms of actually fighting.
It seems to me these blocks aren't really going to do defend well if a boxer comes within your circle. |
There have been young kids at both boxing gyms that I have worked out at here. There are actually a lot of small boxing gyms in Korea, even in the smaller cities. It's a much better workout than taekwondo IMO. |
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