Taekwondo Blackbelt

Peetrik

MrStuffins wrote: »

Are you taking TKD in order to defend yourself against people who wish to hit you really hard i the face repeatedly?

Hahaha random and unprovoked attacks no doubt

JonKelleher

MrStuffins wrote: »

Are you taking TKD in order to defend yourself against people who wish to hit you really hard in the face repeatedly?

No, I'm not.

JonKelleher

Peetrik wrote: »

Hahaha random and unprovoked attacks no doubt

There it is, weigh in behind someone else. It's safer that way, isn't it?

Peetrik

JonKelleher wrote: »

There it is, weigh in behind someone else. It's safer that way, isn't it?

Hah, safer? Why would I have to worry about safety? You don't even have a black belt, if you did I'd have to mind my manners.

JonKelleher

Peetrik wrote: »

Hah, safer? Why would I have to worry about safety? You don't even have a black belt, if you did I'd have to mind my manners.

Yeah Patrick, that's right, good man yourself. And tell me, do you have a lot of time to read fantasy novels and punch tyres when you're unemployed?

Peetrik

JonKelleher wrote: »

Yeah Patrick, that's right, good man yourself. And tell me, do you have a lot of time to read fantasy novels and punch tyres when you're unemployed?

Haha I'm touched, you went to the trouble of trying to research me. I guess I hit a nerve.

JonKelleher

That's great Patrick, sorry to disturb you from World War Z and plotting your survival in a post-apocolyptic world. You enjoy your escapism pal.

yomchi

How the fcuk old is everyone on this forum?

Pack it in and help the guy with his answer which in my mind is a very straight forward question.

No more childish BS please

JonKelleher

yomchi wrote: »

How the fcuk old is everyone on this forum?

Pack it in and help the guy with his answer which in my mind is a very straight forward question.

No more childish BS please

Appreciate that. I literally just want to know more about grading.

cletus

How often do you plan on training

JonKelleher

cletus wrote: »

How often do you plan on training

Twice a week!

cletus

JonKelleher wrote: »

Twice a week!

depending on the club, 4-5 years. You'll probably grade at every grading for the first 3 or 4, and then the gradings will start to spread out, assuming that the club your are joining have regular (3ish monthly) gradings. You may find as you progress through the belts you begin to train more regularly.

Btw, no need for attitude, trying to help

JonKelleher

cletus wrote: »

depending on the club, 4-5 years. You'll probably grade at every grading for the first 3 or 4, and then the gradings will start to spread out, assuming that the club your are joining have regular (3ish monthly) gradings. You may find as you progress through the belts you begin to train more regularly.

Btw, no need for attitude, trying to help

No attitude pal, just answering your question. Really appreciate the feedback

cletus

JonKelleher wrote: »

No attitude pal, just answering your question. Really appreciate the feedback

Sorry, I just view exclamation marks as the written version of shouting

CIARAN_BOYLE

I don't do TKD but from conversations with senior TKD students and with TKD instructors I have come to the conclusion that the grading curve is similar enough to my own martial art (shotokan karate).

If you train steadily twice a week you should reach the intermediate levels in around 2-3 years. At that point progress will slow unless you add another session a week or put in significant effort outside class your progress could stall before black belt.

If you could reach black belt without significant effort outside your sessions a week it could easily take another 3 years.

shutup

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

I don't do TKD but from conversations with senior TKD students and with TKD instructors I have come to the conclusion that the grading curve is similar enough to my own martial art (shotokan karate).

If you train steadily twice a week you should reach the intermediate levels in around 2-3 years. At that point progress will slow unless you add another session a week or put in significant effort outside class your progress could stall before black belt.

If you could reach black belt without significant effort outside your sessions a week it could easily take another 3 years.

Why would you give a person with rude and argumentitive posts helpfull feedback?

CIARAN_BOYLE

shutup wrote: »

Why would you give a person with rude and argumentitive posts helpfull feedback?

The responses he has received on this forum has been rude and argumentitive so I decided to raise the tone slightly.

Doug Cartel

shutup wrote: »

Why would you give a person with rude and argumentitive posts helpfull feedback?

Why would you repost something after I delete it for being abusive? (Editing out the swear word doesn't really make it less abusive, btw.)

It's not really any of your business why someone would choose to respond to someone else. Especially when that person is making a helpful response. You might as well take the weekend off from posting here.

Personally I feel its a bit patronising to have to say this, but I think a lot of people don't seem to get this:

• Helpful responses are considered a good thing.
• Discouraging people from making helpful responses is considered a bad thing.

Doug Cartel

Also, JohnKeller, you don't need to be so argumentative with the responses you get. You're not doing yourself any favours.

JonKelleher

Doug Cartel wrote: »

Also, JohnKeller, you don't need to be so argumentative with the responses you get. You're not doing yourself any favours.

Thanks for that Doug. Really appreciate your advice on how to reply to people. Such profound insight must be the reason you're a moderator.

Doug Cartel

JonKelleher wrote: »

Thanks for that Doug. Really appreciate your advice on how to reply to people. Such profound insight must be the reason you're a moderator.

OK, fine so. You can take the weekend off from posting as well.

Doug Cartel

Anyway, I think the original question has been answered as well as it's ever going to get answered.

I'm going to lock this up now.