Korean Job Discussion Forums

[jlw1127]

Can anyone give me any info on joining a club or taking a tae kwan do class?

[cazador83]

i'm also interested in this. i have no experience whatsoever.

[J.B. Clamence]

It's pretty simple to do. In just about every neighborhood you will find several taekwondo schools. The trick is to find one which has classes for grown people. Taekwondo is usually something only kids study at the beginner level, so adult classes are extremely rare. What you'll probably end up settling for is a class with mostly high school students, which will work out fine.

A taekwondo school generally doesn't separate its levels, so all levels share the class at the same time. Each school has a schedule of times for classes, so you just pick the time which is most convenient for you. If they have classes for high school kids, that will usually be later in the evening. Classes usually meet every day, five days a week, but you don't absolutely have to attend every class, although it would make a good impression if you did. You pay by the month; usually it's somewhere around 60 - 90,000 won a month depending on how big your city is.

[cazador83]

are any taught in English? and if not, will it be extremely hard to learn if its all in Korean..when i dont speak Korean?

[Troll_Bait]

This (martial arts) is one of those topics that comes up time and again.

In fact, this very title has come up in the past.

Tae kwon do

Notice the date: Wed Sep 29, 2004

[Troll_Bait]

Since I'm at it, I might as well post some of the other threads from the past (I'm sure there are more).

Martial Arts - Seoul

Boxing or Kickboxing Speak English

Hapkido

martial arts, the contrast between korea and north america

Kickboxing- Muay Thai gym in Kangnam??

boxing/muay thai gyms?

Martial Arts

Geez, look at the redundancy just in the thread titles.

* martial arts - mentioned three times

* boxing - twice

* kickboxing - twice

* muay thai - twice

There's an enormous amount of information here at this site, but some of it is just organised so poorly. So the same topics/threads get done to death.

EDIT:

Here are some more threads:

(Waygookin friendly) Martial Arts near Haeundae

anybody do MMA or muay thai in korea?

Fighting arts in Seoul

whats the best martial art to take up in korea?

foreign teacher's experiences taking taekwondo class

[J.B. Clamence]

[Mills]

[xingyiman]

First off I would ask you what goals do you have in mind that you want TKD to fulfill? I studied martial arts for many years in America. I studied Shaolin Kung Fu, Tae Kwon Do, Gracie Jiu Jitsu, and Boxing. My family moved around a lot so I kind of had to take whatever was available. The TKD that you find over here is not a whole lot different than what you will find in America in my opinion. I currently study Tagkeyon at a local school. For me it fills a hole of insufficient training (drawing and takedowns) that I never really got good teaching from previously. If you are wanting to study self defense I would recommend Tagkeyon, Judo, or even Hapkido. If your goal is simply to get into shape and make some new friends then you will certainly find it all there. I am a 1st degree Brown belt in TKD and from experience the combat techniques that you learn are a little unrealistic. They work when your opponent is working with you and in real life that will never happen.

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