Good evening all! I have been around reading for a while and finally decided to register, post, and participate this afternoon... so "Hello" and here goes...
Deciding to enroll both my wife (28) and I (26) in a TKD school, I began looking a couple of weeks ago for one that fit certain criteria: close, decent cost (it's sad that in this economy this really is a bigger weight than it should be), solid curriculum, well rounded/experienced instructors, and a good mix of kids and adults so I could train with folks that are older than 15 on an at least minimal basis. I finally found one and think it will be a good fit. I am going to enroll us and start next week.
Here is where my question lies... I took TKD from age 8-14 (I think, could have been 13). I attained what my instructor called then a JR blackbelt (I think most folks call it Poom.) Upon telling the school we talked about a good starting place, but since I don't remember much except basic fundamentals, not even the poomse's. I told them I wanted to start at the bottom just like everyone else and re-learn everything from the ground up. I was wondering whether anyone else had been gone from TKD this long or known someone in a similar positon b/c I want to know whether you all think I will pick it all back up at a much higher rate then what other actual begginers would or not. I feel like I would, b/c as I watch, it is all starting to come back to me. Obviously technique and flexibility type things aren't going to just be "re-remembered", but a lot of the other stuff is really coming back.
This is a long post I apologize, but I have one other question: When I trained years ago, I went through this cycle... Wh, Wh stripe, Yel, Yel stripe, Gr, Gr stripe, Bl, Bl stripe, Rd, Rd stripe, Blk. At this dojang I am about to enroll in, they throw in a brown and brown stripe and an extra red before blk. Ideas? THis sounds a little McDojang-ish, but by all research I have done, I don't think this place is.
Sorry about the novel. Any advice would be great.
Justin
Deciding to enroll both my wife (28) and I (26) in a TKD school, I began looking a couple of weeks ago for one that fit certain criteria: close, decent cost (it's sad that in this economy this really is a bigger weight than it should be), solid curriculum, well rounded/experienced instructors, and a good mix of kids and adults so I could train with folks that are older than 15 on an at least minimal basis. I finally found one and think it will be a good fit. I am going to enroll us and start next week.
Here is where my question lies... I took TKD from age 8-14 (I think, could have been 13). I attained what my instructor called then a JR blackbelt (I think most folks call it Poom.) Upon telling the school we talked about a good starting place, but since I don't remember much except basic fundamentals, not even the poomse's. I told them I wanted to start at the bottom just like everyone else and re-learn everything from the ground up. I was wondering whether anyone else had been gone from TKD this long or known someone in a similar positon b/c I want to know whether you all think I will pick it all back up at a much higher rate then what other actual begginers would or not. I feel like I would, b/c as I watch, it is all starting to come back to me. Obviously technique and flexibility type things aren't going to just be "re-remembered", but a lot of the other stuff is really coming back.
This is a long post I apologize, but I have one other question: When I trained years ago, I went through this cycle... Wh, Wh stripe, Yel, Yel stripe, Gr, Gr stripe, Bl, Bl stripe, Rd, Rd stripe, Blk. At this dojang I am about to enroll in, they throw in a brown and brown stripe and an extra red before blk. Ideas? THis sounds a little McDojang-ish, but by all research I have done, I don't think this place is.
Sorry about the novel. Any advice would be great.
Justin
