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sg516 · 01-31-2008, 02:45 PM

with the tkd school you should check to see if its olympic tkd or a more traditional style. the olympic style is not useful for anything but competing in very controlled matches (at least as far as i have seen). the more traditional schools will actually teach you to punch and kick and defend yourself. but in america it seems most of the tkd schools get caught up too much in the flashy, low percentage techniques rather than drilling the basics. but it might be different where you are. i am not 100% positive on this one and am willing to accept correction but shotokan is a japanese style of karate not okinawan. as a result many of the shotokan schools focus more on linear techniques rahter than the ciruclar and angular movements you find in styles like goju ryu.

are these the only styles of martial arts available to you?

01-31-2008, 02:45 PM	#10 (permalink)
sg516 Without ME its just AWESO Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Yokosuka, Japan Posts: 514	with the tkd school you should check to see if its olympic tkd or a more traditional style. the olympic style is not useful for anything but competing in very controlled matches (at least as far as i have seen). the more traditional schools will actually teach you to punch and kick and defend yourself. but in america it seems most of the tkd schools get caught up too much in the flashy, low percentage techniques rather than drilling the basics. but it might be different where you are. i am not 100% positive on this one and am willing to accept correction but shotokan is a japanese style of karate not okinawan. as a result many of the shotokan schools focus more on linear techniques rahter than the ciruclar and angular movements you find in styles like goju ryu. are these the only styles of martial arts available to you? __________________ I intend to live forever, so far so good. Swim! Bike! Run! 1.5k!, 40k!, 10k! Intelligence is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad.