dancingalone
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Kum,
Enough trolling from you.
Enough trolling from you.
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Folks, I don't believe that the topic is what has or has not been discussed before. I'm certain it's not taking pot shots at other people, no matter how obliquely done. So maybe we can try to stay on topic, and avoid the personal attacks, OK?
Anybody got any advice for how a TKD instructor can successfully add or increase the self defense content of his or her program?
That is a legitimate question not a troll.
It seems very common for taekwondo schools to add on material from hapkido. This is not surprising. It is another KMA, so it maintains a Korean cultural element. As hapkido is also a striking art,the perception is that its grappling/throwing techniques segue well with taekwondo.I did, that's why I rephrased it. If he possess the skills his friend is seeking out why isn't he providing them. Why look to Hapkido?
I am not personally familiar with any of these groups, but they may fit the bill:Daniel, I'm sure he's looking for something less than apprenticing himself to a hapkido master, but at the same time he's surely looking for something cohesive that builds upon levels of understanding so there is material for both beginners and those who might have a bit more experience.
Dancing already made it plain that teaching his friend himself is not going to happen. This does not seem suspect because there is nothing to suspect.
I teach only one friend outside of KMA inc.and he is a student only (as opposed to a teacher in another system elsewhere). I have numerous other friends whom I do not teach, but whom I do gather information for. I could teach each of them kumdo. But by the time I am finished with my day job, teaching duties at KMA, and other commitments, I have this thing called a family that I like to spend time with. Not to mention that I need alone time and time to attend to my own personal practice.
There are only but so many hours in the day. Friend or not, if you do not have the time, you do not have the time.
I also know of many people who will not engage in their profession with friends, and none of them martial arts. My good friend who teaches jazz and classical guitar did not pony up free lessons when I started talking about taking up guitar again and asking him about what instructional book he'd recommend. Nor did I expect him to. When he is not teaching, he has a girlfriend and a life.
As to why he and I do not trade kumdo lessons for guitar lessons, well, as cool as that would be, and he has expressed interest in learning the sword, our schedules simply make doing so impossible.
Sometimes, it is logistically impossible to do. Sometimes, it is just best to keep one's friendships separate from one's craft.
Daniel
I can see how Kumbaja is coming off rudely to some people, but it's not like his points can't be seen. This forum is not for politicians, so a bluntly honest response - even if it may not seem like a perfectly direct answer - should be expected.
If you ask someone a question face to face, and they answer you with a question for the sake of gathering more information, do you respond by saying, "Quit bogging down my conversation and go start a different discussion?"
Dancingalone, you pointed out yourself that people may have negative opinions about the idea. It may not have the kind of negativity you were expecting, but you left yourself and the thread open to it anyway. Threads like this often get locked and they don't need to be. Kumbaja might not have sounded so polite, but from an outside perspective you seemed to be blowing him off, and that's not exactly courtesy.
Now, I'm happy to start a thread specific to "add on self defense," because Lord knows people can't control themselves on both sides.
No disrespect intended. Just an honest answer for an honest situation.
If you ask someone a question face to face, and they answer you with a question for the sake of gathering more information, do you respond by saying, "Quit bogging down my conversation and go start a different discussion?"
I am not personally familiar with any of these groups, but they may fit the bill:
http://www.worldhapkido.com/
http://www.kuksul.com/Daniel