whoever said tae kwon do is not an art has no business posting here. it's definately an art as it requires years to master. i've studied this art among other art forms. i can say that i prefer a diversity of art forms rather than master just one. reason being is that every situation is different, BUT! what what usually happens when you need to defend yourself in a fight, is close range combat. kicks don't cut it. most fights end up on the ground. this is FACT so ground fighting is more necassary to master than any other art form. whoever said jujitsu and akido named two art forms that will work best in real life scenarios.

now i must warn for all you youngin's braggin' about what you like and what your studying right now, do not brag about this or even mention it outside your training facility. this will only lead people to test your skills and you ending up in more fights than necessary.

martial arts is not just for defense and protection, but for discipline and self guidance.

In my opinion they are giving away black belts for free.

I mean, martial arts are supposed to have some kind of balance between body and mind. And you show absolutely no respect for judo, for example. You are just saying that tae kwon do is the most complete because you have inverted lot of time practicing it. People don't often like to think that have been wasting their time. I'm not saying that you have, but imagine the offense you have made to people who is black belt on judo.

I could say that martial arts suck just because I don't practice any of them. And it would be ridiculous at the same level as your affirmations.

This post has been edited by Sprnknwn: Nov 28 2007, 11:17 AM

I done Tae Kwon Do for over a year and a half then I quit. It wasn't because it was hard, but because it gets very boring really fast. That was over 4 years ago and I forget what belt I was on but every one goes through each belt fast. I never really liked it. But now I started doing another form of self defense, which is alot more fun. It's supposed to teach you how to get out of a struggle in the street and it is very good. My trainer teaches us everything anyone on the street, like a mugger would try to do, including how to deal with somebody with a knife. I'v only been doing this for about 4 months and it's alot more helpful than Tae Kwon Do ever was.

I am a yellow belt @ tkd, looks cool till now