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Hangul is a casual Korean script. The more formal script, Hanja, contains characters borrowed heavily from the Chinese. Just sayin'
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yeah, i guess the KKW impresses some people. So does the ATA come to think of it.
You know, I have met many people who said the same thing.... "SCREW KKW". and i can see their point. But those are usually the same people who couldnt get one. Like someone who was a 4th Dan already but had never had the oppurtunity to get one from the start. One day they get the chance and Then KKW says "we dont care, you start as 1st Dan and wait full amount of time for each... no acception"... I can understand the resentment. Then I see these so called BB that paid their money and got a KKW who dont deserve it and it makes you even more dissatisfied with them. Resentment. Frustration. Its all understandable, but so was my Bachelors Degree.... Why did I have to pay money to some BS institution to say I knew how to do my job. Because it was "more widely" recognized and accepted than my resume that said I could do the same thing.
True TwinFist, you may not and others may not care about it or even accept it, but overall.... the world is bigger and has alot more who do. I came to a few points in my TKD life where I said Screw it too. I found myself as a 3rd dan who was told I wasn't a real BB because i didnt have a KKW. and I had to start over... on paper... After all, it's still just a piece of paper that you need to be able to back up with your knowledge and skill.
You know, I have met many people who said the same thing.... "SCREW KKW". and i can see their point. But those are usually the same people who couldnt get one. Like someone who was a 4th Dan already but had never had the oppurtunity to get one from the start. One day they get the chance and Then KKW says "we dont care, you start as 1st Dan and wait full amount of time for each... no acception"... I can understand the resentment. Then I see these so called BB that paid their money and got a KKW who dont deserve it and it makes you even more dissatisfied with them. Resentment. Frustration. Its all understandable, but so was my Bachelors Degree.... Why did I have to pay money to some BS institution to say I knew how to do my job. Because it was "more widely" recognized and accepted than my resume that said I could do the same thing.
True TwinFist, you may not and others may not care about it or even accept it, but overall.... the world is bigger and has alot more who do. I came to a few points in my TKD life where I said Screw it too. I found myself as a 3rd dan who was told I wasn't a real BB because i didnt have a KKW. and I had to start over... on paper... After all, it's still just a piece of paper that you need to be able to back up with your knowledge and skill.
there's some value in being a member of a large organization if rank recognition is important to you.
That said a few of you are overstating the status of the kkw as a gold standard in certifying black belts. I suppose one might well feel some kkw envy if one practiced a kkw syllabus (and that's a rather loose one apparently), but there are tens (hundreds?) of thousands of people in the us alone who follow other curriculum and practice different forms than the kkw's. I doubt any of them feel any sense of envy or regret for not having kkw paper.
The kkw is the largest tkd org in the world right now. But it is no closer to cornering the market on tkd training than ford or mazda is to gaining a car monopoly in the us. If you want to buy a ford and get your kkw bb that's great. Deciding otherwise (or even not having the foggiest idea what the kkw is) is totally fine also.
I found myself as a 3rd dan who was told I wasn't a real BB because i didnt have a KKW. and I had to start over... on paper...
yeah, i guess the KKW impresses some people. So does the ATA come to think of it.
TF and TKDKevin I will spead some light for what a KKW certificate gets you. This is not to say everyone needs it they do not, what people need is knowledge and a good understanding of what SD really is. The KKW is needed for International competition and the Olympic sport you must have it if you plan on playing the Game. I am not saying to go out and get one but for those that want the top level person in the sport it is a requirement.
So no only a small % really need it and yet every get one. I have some student that need it but I do not get everybody one only those wishing for it. TF you are right Pat or Allen would go ape **** if you told them they was not for real, since I see Pat almost once a month.