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| location | Canberra, Australia | |
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| visits | member for | 1 year, 1 month |
| seen | May 10 at 22:48 | |
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2nd Dan ITF Taekwon-do Instructor. I have trained 3-5 times a week since 2005 and moved to an ITF-based school in 2009. I tend to be a technician and have been focused on ITF technical theory since 2010. I own a copy of the 1995 Condensed and 2008 15 Volume ITF Encyclopaedia and have authored my own reference guide on ITF Patterns.
I also train in Ninjitsu and attend other martial arts classes and seminars to hone my self defence skillset as well as glean insights, knowledge and techniques to help my students develop effective self defensive strategies and Taekwon-do skills.
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May 7 |
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Designs for a Board Breaker / Board Holder? I've been meaning to post it in my reply for a while now, but the way StackExchange does the posts, it'll take me a while to get the images inline. Where as if I could just copy and paste from the Wordpress... I'll get it post here, eventually! |
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May 7 |
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Designs for a Board Breaker / Board Holder? As to longevity; my Mark 4 has been going strong for nearly 18 months now. |
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May 7 |
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Designs for a Board Breaker / Board Holder? This is the one that originally inspired my design, actually! This looks to be a very nice product, but I've never tried it myself. But look at the bag that thing comes in; it's huge! And they state it's "under 15 lbs"... damn! Mine is about the weight of about 4 wooden boards (as that's what it's made of) and is maybe 4-5lbs. But really it's two different things; DIY -vs- ChargeIt, and to each their own. |
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May 1 |
answered | Why should I wear my gi with left side over right side? |
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May 1 |
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Why should I wear my gi with left side over right side? It may be something akin to button sides, which would explain the difference in death: primermagazine.com/2010/field-manual/… "Mens’ buttons are on the right side because men have always tended to dress themselves and most men (and women, for that matter) are right-handed. Womens’ buttons are on the left side because years ago (say, during the Victorian Era), the women that could afford fancy clothing with a bunch of buttons would rely on maids to help dress them." |
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Apr 18 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Jan 28 |
awarded | Self-Learner |
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Jan 17 |
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Designs for a Board Breaker / Board Holder? @slugster: THAT is funny (and so very true)! |
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Jan 17 |
asked | Designs for a Board Breaker / Board Holder? |
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Jan 17 |
answered | Designs for a Board Breaker / Board Holder? |
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Nov 20 |
answered | Advancement Speed in Taekwondo |
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Jun 13 |
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Are there alternate versions of the ITF Taekwondo pattern Yulgok? Relinked to working copy of Blue Book |
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Jun 13 |
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How can I try to engage students who don't really want to be there? Added games from crosspost |
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Jun 7 |
answered | Are there good alternatives to wood for weapons? |
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Jun 7 |
answered | Any way to repair a Jo that has become warped? |
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Jun 6 |
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How can I speed up the recovery of a bruised leg? No worries =) As to the low block, it's a TKD low block, so it was "proper", but yea... metacarpal < tibia! BUT my sparing partner did say "ouch, that was a heck of an elbow", so I took that as a big compliment! |
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Jun 6 |
awarded | Commentator |
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Jun 6 |
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How can I try to engage students who don't really want to be there? fixed up description of Protect... |
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Jun 6 |
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How can I try to engage students who don't really want to be there? Added another point re: respect |
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Jun 6 |
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How can I try to engage students who don't really want to be there? This is a more traditional approach, and it has its merits. But I find that swallowing my pride a little bit and employing a few tricks can get even the disengaged students involved most of the time. See my answer below for more details. Definitely agree with "Show them respect, be friendly, but don't be a friend" though! |
