We jokingly refer to TKD as “take your dough” and “partial art”
I guess I’ve heard those, and many martial arts schools are fly-by-night operations (not just in Tae Kwon Do), but my TKD school just observed its 40th anniversary in L.A. (and the founder is still running it!)
eddiespaghetti (1st Dan)
TKD is the basic martial art taught in the South Korean armed forces I think
We are referring to the great many “candy shops” as we call them that pass out rank regardless of skill. They convince the parents that their kid is the next Bruce Lee and collect money for the classes. If the kid doesn’t get promoted they quit. The kid next door is a prime example. 12 years old ... been in TKD for a year and is testing for shodan. Should these poor kids run into a well trained “real” dan they get a quick comeuppance. Took me 5 years in Ed Parker style Kenpo to get my first shodan back in 1978 (assaulted a lot of building materials back then too ... not just boards). It was a little quicker to rank in Kempo but I had a similar style background.