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u/Praesentius · 1 pointr/taekwondo

You pretty much ARE me down to the age. Hopefully you have a good school where the instructor will put you through the ringer. Expect to sweat. Expect to be pretty uncomfortable with the stretching. Expect to be off balance.

On the flip side, expect to get stronger. Expect to get faster. Expect to get more flexible. Expect to suddenly notice that you really DO balance pretty well. And expect to have a great time!

I found the description that /u/truejim8888 gave to be pretty accurate as far as the types of things you can expect. Just add in there some sparring days, which are seriously sweaty events.

Be careful with yourself, too. Getting injured early on can be really frustrating. Get yourself some of these. They give JUST the right amount of protection to keep your instep intact, but allow it to develop in toughness.

My general advise would be to stretch a lot on your own. Ask your instructor questions when you have them. Don't worry about your belt level. They're each just a list of training goals and they say very little about you. And please have fun. It's a hugely rewarding activity to be involved in. Good luck!

u/benja1976 · 4 pointsr/taekwondo

Length of time depends partly on your age and current physique, and partly on how hard you're willing to push yourself and work. Don't push yourself so hard that you hurt yourself, but definitely push yourself. Just make sure you don't try stretching cold. Do some light stretches, then go for a run, do some jumping jacks or kicks, then work on deeper stretches.

There are probably a ton of books out there, but my current instructor swears by Dynamic Stretching and Kicking by Bill Wallace.

But in all honesty, don't let being "literally the most inflexible man alive" stop you from starting TKD. I was 36 or 37 when I started, overweight, and had terrible flexibility. Starting up with a good TKD program is really the best way to do it. They should help you with your stretching and flexibility. I'm still nowhere near as flexiibil as the kids in my martial arts school (and likely never will be), but I'm almost 42 now and am worlds beyond where I was when I started!

u/Mekire · 2 pointsr/taekwondo

I quite like the BOB bags if I have to choose one and have limited space. They make really nice targets for round kicks and hook kicks. The wavemaster type standing bags are quite nice too but not particularly versatile. You can use them for assorted drills but best for round kicks in my opinion.

If you want something with more variety you could consider one of the multi station things like this too. In all honesty when I had one I usually preferred to use my other bags rather than it, but it might be to some people's taste if you have limited space.

Honestly I find sidekicks and back-kicks are often better trained with a partner holding a blocking shield (who knows how to move in order to absorb impact), but that might just be my personal taste.

I don't much care for hanging bags honestly.

I think if you have a partner available a set of slap paddles and a blocking shield will go really far.

u/campbeln · 1 pointr/taekwondo

Not crowd sourced at all! I started here on reddit when the original translation didn't return to the starting position. Then I was able to find a nice Norwegian WTF'er who can read Korean Hangul, Hanja and speak English to help me do a proper translation (not to mention has the General's 1965 Korean book and others and of course Taekwon-Do's himself).

This ballooned into a project that includes Ko-Dang with both presented in the 15 Volume's format for patterns (foot diagrams, 4+ photos per movement, etc.). A number of Master Instructors and Grandmasters have had positive reactions to Volume 16 and I encourage you to at least use Amazon's Peek Look Inside or checkout the PDF Preview I made available on Google Drive before drawing any conclusions.

Stuart Anslow, quite the TKD author himself, has enjoyed the book.

As have others (be sure to read Master George Vitale's comments).

Master O'Mahoney.

Master Malm.

Sabum Hu.

BooSabum Dunbar.

And maybe here.

u/Fett2 · 3 pointsr/taekwondo

From 1961 till 1965 General Choi was appointed ambassador to Malaysia. Supposedly he created the forms while he was there.

Ever since the Japanese occupation of Korea there was a very long lasting anti-Japanese sentiment. He created the forms because he wanted Tae Kwon Do to have it's own national identity, and staying with the Japanese forms made that very hard.

As a side note, I believe this is basically the same reason sine-wave was added to ITF TKD. It was to further differentiate TKD from it's Japanese karate roots. I don't think he added this to necessarily make the art better, just to make it different and give it its own identity.

The Korean Martial Arts Handbook is an excellent book for all things Korean martial arts. It's a fantastic reference book for learning about the history of the kwans, forms, etc. I used it pretty extensively when I wrote my thesis.

u/superkewnst · 2 pointsr/taekwondo

i hope this link works? mr o'neils book taeguk cipher iseems to be really good for the taeguk series i have not read it yet but ive seen the youtube clips read the reviews and such.. seems to be worth a good long look atleast .. i dont know if theres a book black belt and above though?
http://www.amazon.com/Taegeuk-Cipher-Simon-John-Oneill/dp/1409226026/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1401176393&sr=8-1&keywords=taekwondo+cipher

u/evelbug · 1 pointr/taekwondo

I like this series for ITF patterns
The Encyclopedia of Taekwon-Do Patterns, Vol. 1 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1906628165/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_oPcqDbQBW70CX

It is easy to follow and doesn't take up too much room in the gear bag.

u/HoosierBusiness · 1 pointr/taekwondo

Thanks guys. I think what I'm going to have to do is something like this. Not these in particular, since they seem way overpriced, but if I can wear something under them, then maybe I'll be fine.

u/Nitebot · 2 pointsr/taekwondo

Have you thought about a wall mounted paddle or one that mounts to you heavy bag ?
Examples
Spin Kick


ProForce Paddle Clapper Target

You could always build you something from PVC or 2x4's to.
hope this helps . Look at this guys simple setup

u/tkdjay · 1 pointr/taekwondo

In order to illustrate my approach - check out Stuart Anslow's "Chang Hon Taekwondo Hae Sul" books... Solid applications to techniques with no/minor tweaks in movement/trajectory, that can then easily be applied in sparring/randori.

u/gid0ze · 1 pointr/taekwondo

I've been thinking about getting one of these: https://smile.amazon.com/Si-Stretcher-Flexibility-Cheerleaders-Comfortable-Band/dp/B07DFGLF66

Anyone have an experience with it or the like?

u/sambrea · 1 pointr/taekwondo

This book that the founder of my Association (United States Chung Do Kwan Association) and his wife wrote has all the taeguks plus several other items like basic kicks punches and blocks.

https://www.amazon.com/Forces-Taekwondo-Edward-B-Sell/dp/0983318506/ref=sr_1_1?crid=6NBVVOUZGISE&keywords=forces+of+taekwondo&qid=1559039551&s=gateway&sprefix=forces+of+ta%2Caps%2C155&sr=8-1

u/KnotHanSolo · 3 pointsr/taekwondo

Here’s the source:

Pro Leg Stretcher

Ninja edit:

$209 including shipping.

u/J9AC9K · 1 pointr/taekwondo

A book about martial arts would work if they are into that sort of thing. Two books I can think of:

A Killing Art: The Untold History of Tae Kwon Do A history of taekwondo and its unfortunate association with Korean politics.

Living the Martial Way About eastern philosophy and the martial arts. Taekwondo was Forest E. Morgan's first art.