In a thread in the "General" area someone said something to the effect that, "No grandmaster has ever asked me what rank I was, but only "who is your teacher?" The idea was that who one's instructor was said volumes about the student.
In the good 'ol USA, we're very proud of being individuals judged on our own merits. Not to mention Taekwondo being so big, I'm not sure a prominent GM would know who the master on the corner is.
We have folks on these boards (from all avenues of TKD) who have some heavy hitter Sa Bums. Is the question of "who's your instructor?" still an important question for we TKDoan? I'm curious if it's a bigger question for our friends in the ATA (because folks know each other a bit better).
In the good 'ol USA, we're very proud of being individuals judged on our own merits. Not to mention Taekwondo being so big, I'm not sure a prominent GM would know who the master on the corner is.
We have folks on these boards (from all avenues of TKD) who have some heavy hitter Sa Bums. Is the question of "who's your instructor?" still an important question for we TKDoan? I'm curious if it's a bigger question for our friends in the ATA (because folks know each other a bit better).