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- From: hurben@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Mike Hurben)
- Subject: Tae Kwon Do, getting a Black Belt, etc...
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 05:56:35 GMT
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- Hello! I only recently discovered this group - I don't have a specific
- question to ask, but someone may want to make some comments...
- I have been training in TKD here in Ft Collins for about a year now, and I am
- presently a red belt (white,yellow,green,blue,red,black). This was not my
- first MA experience...I took some wadu-ryu (sp) about 12 years ago, but only for
- about a year. It seems very similar to TKD. My Do-jang is in the World T.K.D.
- Federation, so we study the Tae Guek forms, and Koryo form.
- I am very pleased with the progress I have made. When I was a yellow or
- green belt, it was not uncommon for me to spend 12 - 15 hours/week training, but
- now I am lucky if I get 8. My problem is as follows. I have paid for my
- training with a 'lifetime' membership, which pays all of my tuition plus test
- fees, all the way up to Black Belt. This was considerably expensive. I was
- originally planning on being in town for many years, but now it seems likely
- that I will have to move in May. Needless to say, I want to get my money's
- worth, since all of my very expensive tests are paid for, and there is no way
- I could get the money back. Now, the way that testing is done here is that
- for black, you essentially have to test twice. By the way, is this how most
- schools do this? What happens is we have 'Black Belt recommend' which is what
- you get if you pass test 1, and you also get to wear the belt. Then, the
- second test is for '1st Dan.' Now, I don't believe that there is any way that
- I can become 1st Dan in just 6 or 7 months, partially because I don't think
- anyone should be able to get it within that short a time span. But I think that
- if I really push, I might make recommend. Is this a reasonable goal? How
- many years "should" it take? If nothing else, having this goal will make me
- work much harder, and that will be good for me, regardless of how I do on my
- test. I just don't want to waste my money. Any thoughts?
-
- Kom-sahm-nee-da
-
- Mike Hurben
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