05-22-2003, 03:10 PM
Based on some experience of my own, of my kids, and of my neighbors, I have found that martial arts schools are easy to figure out. Some run them with the proper professinalism and spirit, and are a benefit for their students, and some are run by yahoos: just like many enterprises, such as gymnastics schools, little leagues, golf instruction.
Where you get 'most' from is, by my guess, your arse.
I studied Tae Kwon Do under a Korean 5th Dan black belt, in the 1973-74 time frame. I do regret being unable to continue it when we moved, but I had transportation issues that were not solvable at the tender age of 15. I went back to soccer and hoops, and working after shcool to save money for college.
Had the situation been different, I would have kept with it, as I really liked Tae Kwon Do. In later years, however, thre were opportunities to get back into TKD, but other sports took my interest. Too bad, really, but the choices we make shape our lives. Had I stuck with Tae Kwon Do, maybe I would never have taken up golf, or been a Hash House Harrier for four years. Who knows?
Where you get 'most' from is, by my guess, your arse.
I studied Tae Kwon Do under a Korean 5th Dan black belt, in the 1973-74 time frame. I do regret being unable to continue it when we moved, but I had transportation issues that were not solvable at the tender age of 15. I went back to soccer and hoops, and working after shcool to save money for college.
Had the situation been different, I would have kept with it, as I really liked Tae Kwon Do. In later years, however, thre were opportunities to get back into TKD, but other sports took my interest. Too bad, really, but the choices we make shape our lives. Had I stuck with Tae Kwon Do, maybe I would never have taken up golf, or been a Hash House Harrier for four years. Who knows?
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
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John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete