Taekwondo

[Whatlol]

Has anyone here ever tried the taekwondo at melb uni, or have heard anything about it?

If so care to share your experiences?

According to the Melb uni website they are ranked number one out of all the universities in Australia, i guess thats gotta count for something.

Anyone planning on trying it out?

[slothpomba]

ITF or WTF?

[Whatlol]

ITF or WTF?

WTF all the way (=

but it appears they have WTF and this other style called Rhee.. not exactly sure what that is, i think its some older style

[slothpomba]

I used to do ITF cause im totally a korean communist and all.

Rhee looks more like an Australia/New Zealand kind of thing

Well if you do join tell me how their club is incase i do transfer (which i probably will)

[Tajima]

Hmmmm I'll try it out?

[Whatlol]

I used to do ITF cause im totally a korean communist and all.

Rhee looks more like an Australia/New Zealand kind of thing

Well if you do join tell me how their club is incase i do transfer (which i probably will)

Hmm ive never done ITF )= do they even have full contact sparring?

I will most likely join up and try it, i really only want to do sparring, not the patterns etc...

Hmmmm I'll try it out?

Yea you can be a guinea pig for Kingpomba and I

[slothpomba]

We didnt have full contact sparring but our guy was 8th dan bloody scarey for an old guy.

Sparring was actually a bit akward non contact but i quit ages agoooo

Yeah i'm not much for sparring either except competitions haha even though i did it ages ago still got the trophies and stuff they gave out. They were pretty awesome fun.

Maybe you should try one of the other martial arts they offer at melbourne?

Don't know what they have

[Whatlol]

We didnt have full contact sparring but our guy was 8th dan bloody scarey for an old guy.

Sparring was actually a bit akward non contact but i quit ages agoooo

Yeah i'm not much for sparring either except competitions haha even though i did it ages ago still got the trophies and stuff they gave out. They were pretty awesome fun.

Maybe you should try one of the other martial arts they offer at melbourne?

Don't know what they have

I think you misread what i said,

I only want to do sparring and not any of the traditional stuff like patterns, one/two/three step sparring, even self defence and kicking on the spot etc.

[berryy]

looks interesting
i might join!

[Whatlol]

looks interesting
i might join!

Have you done taekwondo before?

[slothpomba]

Nah i understood you man i hated patterns too.

If you like sparring maybe kyukoshin is more for you its full contact and everything

Haha im tired i meant to say i hated sparring because it *wasnt* full contact just felt strange hitting the air

[Whatlol]

Nah i understood you man i hated patterns too.

If you like sparring maybe kyukoshin is more for you its full contact and everything

Haha im tired i meant to say i hated sparring because it *wasnt* full contact just felt strange hitting the air

Oh ok, thats why you should do WTF (=. But even then it really depends on the club and instructors you have (which is why i want to know what this club is like, but i guess ill have to give it a shot to find out).

I used to train  under instructors who focused alot on competing and sparring, so basically we got to do heaps of sparring and practice sparring style kicks and movements etc.

[bomb]

Does UoM have BJJ or Wrestling?
Never really liked TKD, not effective enough IRL :\

[Tajima]

Oh snap... better not mess with you then huh  :angel: lol

I hate patterns too though you need em to advance to the next belt?

Fine... I'll be the guinea pig    but depends on the time it's on

[rustic_metal]

No martial art is that useful IRL. Might as well do one you enjoy.