Rory Alsop

less info
meta site favicon meta user | stack exchange network profile network profile
250 reputation
29
bio website infosecfrog.blogspot.com
location Scotland, United Kingdom
age 41
visits member for 1 year, 3 months
seen Apr 19 at 16:47
stats profile views 0

Have learned a bit of various martial arts (Judo, Shotokan and Shukokai Karate and Kuk Sool Won) but now mostly live vicariously through my kids who are 3rd and 5th kup Tae-Kwondo practitioners.

I'll never be competitive, but I enjoy martial arts for their discipline, fitness and self control.

I look after the Broxburn Tae-Kwondo website for Miss Redmond (IV degree) which includes some excellent pattern videos (not by me, I hasten to add - I just held the camera!)


38 Actions

suggestions reviews revisions comments badges posts accepts all
Feb
20
 awarded  Beta
Feb
16
 awarded  Citizen Patrol
Feb
16
 comment What benefits (if any) are there when listening to music while practicing? And does it depend on the style?
this effectively looks to be a dupe of martialarts.stackexchange.com/q/425/57
Feb
4
 comment What is a good age to introduce children to a martial art?
(side topic - my daughter, at 4 years old, on the podium winning a gold after beating all the boys in a county competition, had the biggest grin I have ever seen. Kids love competition.)
Feb
4
 answered What is a good age to introduce children to a martial art?
Feb
2
 accepted I have very little toe flexibility - are there other front kicks I can use?
Feb
2
 comment I have very little toe flexibility - are there other front kicks I can use?
Sadly, no - have tried many things over the years. The problem is the bones just don't allow my toes to move up or down more than a couple of millimetres. Not sure whether it was caused by all the running I did when younger - can't remember what they were like before that.
Feb
2
 asked I have very little toe flexibility - are there other front kicks I can use?
Feb
1
 awarded  Scholar
Feb
1
 accepted What are the differences between ITF and WTF Tae-Kwondo?
Feb
1
 awarded  Supporter
Feb
1
 awarded  Critic
Feb
1
 answered Is aikido a good addition to Karate? Or shoud I go for jiu-jitsu?
Feb
1
 awarded  Teacher
Feb
1
 awarded  Student
Feb
1
 answered What's the best way to sew badges onto a uniform so they don't come off?
Jan
31
 awarded  Autobiographer
Jan
31
 asked What are the differences between ITF and WTF Tae-Kwondo?
1 2