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Originally Posted by GinaKina
I did TKD for awhile when I was younger, but my school closed and then I went to college. I got disqualified from a non-contact competition once, because...well I think it's pretty obvious...opening roundhouse kick to the head probably wasn't a good idea. She cried, etc, etc, no medals for me. Although they let me play with the boys after that and I got second place. Reading about all you guys talk about TKD makes me miss it.
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Very nice.
(But how in the world do you have a "non-contact competition" in sparring? We call that "forms"
.)
I did a bit of karate as a kid, but really started TKD in college, after an ankle sprain sidelined me from soccer and then my black belt friend decided she wanted a sparring partner. It's a college club, so everyone is 18+. (I graduated a few years ago, but they still let me come.)
You know, Gina, we've had quite a few members who did a martial art as a kid and want to pick it back up, and they always remember a lot more than they think they do. You can always tell the ones with previous experience. So maybe if there's a good school around you, you might want to pick it back up again. (But find a school that lets you hit people
.)
Re: Deadlifts
There were a lot of threads discussing deadlifts a while back, esp. whacking knees with the bar. The "search" feature should pull them up. I do remember people advocating
Starting Strength as a great resource for fixing DLs and squats.