I have recently moved to a new city and I am looking for a martial arts school to continue my training. I am looking for a school that has a similar style to the old one, so I can more-or-less pick up where I left off. My old school called its style "American karate", and said it had roots in Taekwondo and Shotokan. So I looked into Taekwondo and Shotokan a little on the internet, but nothing looked familiar at first. The Taekwondo Palgwe forms were not familiar. I watched some videos of the first few Palgwe forms, and its not just the names that are different; the forms were not identifiable to me.
But eventually I found information on the Chang Hon (aka Chong-Ji) forms, from Oh Do Kwan, an offshoot of Chung Do Kwan. These are the forms I learned; Dan Gun, Do San, Won Hyo, etc. I learned that an organization called the ITF (International Taekwondo Federation) teaches these forms.
So I tried putting all these terms into the search engine, with no luck. Schools just don't put that much information on their websites. A lot of them don't give any indication of style at all; certainly my last school didn't... what with their "American karate". Sooner or later I'm going to have to pick up the phone and start calling any schools out of the yellow pages, but it would be nice to have a place to start.
Does anyone know schools in Syracuse, NY? Any tips for finding a school in this style?
But eventually I found information on the Chang Hon (aka Chong-Ji) forms, from Oh Do Kwan, an offshoot of Chung Do Kwan. These are the forms I learned; Dan Gun, Do San, Won Hyo, etc. I learned that an organization called the ITF (International Taekwondo Federation) teaches these forms.
So I tried putting all these terms into the search engine, with no luck. Schools just don't put that much information on their websites. A lot of them don't give any indication of style at all; certainly my last school didn't... what with their "American karate". Sooner or later I'm going to have to pick up the phone and start calling any schools out of the yellow pages, but it would be nice to have a place to start.
Does anyone know schools in Syracuse, NY? Any tips for finding a school in this style?