Tae Kwon Do Posters ROLL CALL!

My first name is Alex. I consider myself a Goju-ryu karate man foremost these days but I have studied many other martial arts at least briefly to get a taste of them. In my youth, I did nothing except travel and practice martial arts until my money ran out. :) I also hold black belts in aikido and tae kwon do, and I am the co-head of a church TKD program.

I enjoy teaching martial arts with a focus on practical outcome over anything else. I have been teaching a set of Shorin-ryu karate-inspired applications to the Choi hyung for a few years now, and eventually I would like to publish a free pdf book demonstrating them across the Pinan kata and Choi and Palgwe hyung.
 
I did karate for a little while in highschool but was never that serious about it. A mate of mine did zendokai at the same age but also gave it away. We both had our first kids at the same age a month apart and decided that when they were 5 we would start them in martial arts. We chose tkd mainly because the GM of our club had lived in our street growing up and he had quite the reputation and we knew his club had beed around since the early 70's and we had known many of his students over the years. We both went along with our kids and participated in the class so our kids would be a bit more comfortable by having their dads by their side. At the conclusion of the lesson we came to the conclusion that our kids were still a bit too young but we were both hooked. Several years on and Im a first degree black belt and my only regret is that I wish Id started younger.
 
Hi my name is Manuel that's why my nick is Manny I think I am the only Mexican here, I am an avid shooter and a little hunter (only hunt with my dad), I love frirearms,knives and almost any kind of weapon, I like to read mostly about Mexican Hystory,also like rock music and my favorite rock bads are Journey,Van Halen,AC/DC,Styx,REO Speed Wagon,Deff Leppard, and all the rock bands from the 80's. I started in Korean Karate back in the mid 80's got my bb in 1987 and continued training till 1990-92 then quit and got involved in practical pistol . In may 2007 I returned TKD, now I am a senior instructor second dan black belt in a nice dojang.
I've been having kenpo karate lessons since july 2009.

Martial Arts are my passion.

I am married with my high school girl have two beautiful daugthers, Laura a 13 yo dancer and Ana a 9 yo track racer, wife is an acountant a school teacher, I run the family bussiness.

Brevages??? mmmm I like light beer and brandy, my favorite food is the Mexican ,japanese and italian.

Manny
 
Carol said:
I don't do TKD. I just think Tom and Terry and the rest of ya's are pretty cool folks. And FingFangFoom totally rawks as a name. ;)
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Carol you rock and always have my dear.....:asian:
 
Was just being silly (as always), Daniel Sullivan is also the name of a great broadway producer/actor. The show referenced was one of his first :D
 
Hello, all. I'm Chris. I started Taekwon-Do back in 1981 when I was 10 with now-Master Terry Batch and his wife Mrs. Emily Batch. I liked it so much I quit after my 9th gup test. (Yeah, who knew training was going to be hard even for the kids?)

Never really shook the MA bug though and returned to training with the Batches in 1986 when I was 15 and still train with them even though I now reside in Pennsylvania instead of Michigan. I tested for my 5th dan in October of 2008.

I usually look over MT every few days, post my opinions and occasionally have a point.

Pax,

Chris
 
Thanks Chris!

That makes 18 so far! Come on peep's, I know there are more lurkers out there....come jump on and introduce yourself :D
 
Hello! My name is Peter. I've been training since 1975, first in the ITF style and now Kukki-TKD. I can't think of what my life would be without TKD.

I've been married for 24 yrs and have a 22 yr old son who made it to 1st guep before quitting (darn Jesuit High School and all the homework!) and a 17yr old daughter who prefers to swim.

I don't post nearly as much as I used to, but I try to sift through the threads regularly.
 
Alright, you got me! I'll be checking the Taekwondo section from now on. Though I practice Taekwondo, I seemed to have managed to read the other sections and not this one. There's definitely a lot here on MT.
 
Earl Weiss said:
No secrets here. I use my real name.
More details at my website .

http://sites.google.com/site/ntkdacad/

http://371078645507472465-a-1802744...dkYi7DmGyafaVmikA8eH3LTGkI2A==&attredirects=0
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OMG. What a small and Ironic world.

So I just returned from my annual trip to Chicago. On our way to my wifes mothers house, we drove past a TKD school (Last Thursday) on Oakton in Skokie on our way to Evanston. I saw the school (I always look for TKD schools) and thought "I wonder if I know who that is?". My wife said, that school has been there a long time since she went to the community college across the street (sortof across).

So I get home this weekend and Im reading, trying to catch up here on MT.... and there's the same school.

WOW.

Next time I will have to make time and stop and visit... if you wouldn't mind.
 
d1jinx said:
OMG. What a small and Ironic world.

So I just returned from my annual trip to Chicago. On our way to my wifes mothers house, we drove past a TKD school (Last Thursday) on Oakton in Skokie on our way to Evanston. I saw the school (I always look for TKD schools) and thought "I wonder if I know who that is?". My wife said, that school has been there a long time since she went to the community college across the street (sortof across).

So I get home this weekend and Im reading, trying to catch up here on MT.... and there's the same school.

WOW.

Next time I will have to make time and stop and visit... if you wouldn't mind.
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Actualy we train at the Park District across the street. But, if you come back contact me and we can set something up.
 
Hello,,

My name is David.... I go by D1JINX because i am not just a Jinx.... I am D-1-Jinx. My Avatar is the donkey for the obvious reason.... I can be an ***. Smart or just plain.... 75% of my comments are in good humor and fun... Also, I'm not easily impressed.... If you suck.... I wont say you were great! I have always called it how I see it and believe in being straight forward.

I have been training/studying/and attempting to perfect taekwondo for 24 years 9 months. I Started at the age of 12. I attempted another style prior to that (age 10) but that dont count because I didnt really learn anything except what a crook some instructors could be. (story for another time). My first instructors were a second family to me. They took care of me and helped raise me. They allowed me to live with them when I hit those horrible years and could not get along with my Mother or Father. They prevented me from quitting high school when no one else could. Their children ARE my brother and sister and have been from the day they were 2 years old and a new born. They know me as their older brother.

I joined the AF at 21 to get away from the life I was heading for. Baltimore is a bad place for someone trying to find themselves. My journeys have allowed me the experience of meeting and making many friends because of TKD across the world. Currently there is a group of us around the country that help support eachother whenever possible. We get together a few times a year for eachothers tournaments to officiate and help out. The Bonding and lifelong Friendship has been the greatest reward I have recieved from TKD. Along with my life.... yes it has saved me a few times....(more stories for later)

Over the years I started with the KKW/WTF Taegueks, went to ATA Songahm's, Then the ITF Hyungs (Chon-ji - gyebeak), back to KKW/WTF Taegueks. (safe to say, I dont remember much of the ATA or ITF stuff cause I only did them when I was training at that current school... I will recognize it if I see it but the WTF stuff I have been doing since I was 12 and even when I was doing the others, i kept practicing those as well)

I am a KKW 5th Dan in TKD, 1st Dan Gumdo, and have some experience in Hapkido (it was part of our TKD curriculum/requirement for rank and never a seperate HAPKIDO thing for ranking...)
I have my Kukkiwon Master Instructors License 3rd Class, USAT LVL1 coach, USAT C-3 Referee (woopdi-dooo), a few World Taekwondo Academy (WTA) certs, USNTF Master Instructor cert, USNTF Associate Referee, USNTF Gumdo asistant instructor cert. AND a whole bunch of other crap I paid for....

I participate in whatever Organization (USAT,USTC,AAU,USNTF, local Y...) that has something to Offer. I expect nothing in return (seems easier that way). Although around 2000, I was introduced to the United States National Taekwondo Federation USNTF. I had the honor and privilage to meet Grandmaster Kwon. A very honest and respectable Korean Master who truly believes in TKD and the growth and purity of the ART. I have made many friends in the ORG and will continue to give my support to GM Kwon. It has always been a friendly fair environment that lacks the corruption of some of the others.....

I came to MT around 2008, but registered and began posting in JUNE 2009. hit a few times where i couldnt go an HOUR without reading something on here. I have found a "Plethora" of good info and people here....

talk to you soon.
 
Roll Call - such a great idea...

The handle is Spookey (there is another, without the "e", but I am the one and only!)

I am an Ohdokwan black belt, having trained for roughly 20 years. I also have experience in Korean Yoo Sool (Hapkido and Yudo).

Love honor, respect, tradition! Cant stand McDojangs, Commercialism, and those who bastardize the martial arts!

Tae-KWON!
Spooks
 
Howdy from Houston, TX.

I'm Chuck, 5th Degree Black Belt with the ATA. Been doing Taekwondo for a grand total of 27 years; seems like just yesterday that I started.
 
Roll Call? Present sir! Reminds me of morning assembly in boarding school.

Anyway, my name is Patrick and I use the handle archtkd because that's the name of my dojang, which in turn is named after a famous landmark in St. Louis, our beautiful city. My life's not much of a mystery and much of it -- at least the Taekwondo part -- is detailed on my web site -- http://www.archtkd.com/. I joined MT last year, while looking for info on a Kukkiwon course offered in Chicago. I have been sporadically posting ever since and religiuosly read other posters' work. I've also made a number of friends here. One little detail that does not appear in any google search: I'm may be the only Kenyan-American poster on MT.
 
Howdy from Texas! I'm Dennis, began TaeKwonDo at the late age of 18 back in 1976. Having trained in multiple Korean and Japanese arts, my primary art is TangSooDo, basically just an old form of TKD.

I'm currently taking a class in Modern Arnis, which is a blast. I also crosstrain in HapKiDo as well. "It's all fun".

Mac
 
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