Well, I've gone and done it, I've booked myself in for a Tae Kwondo class on Tuesday. <Gulp> I expect to be very knackered on Wednesday, and totally unable to move on Thursday just in time for the second lesson. But with any luck, if I persevere I'll actually manage to regain some fitness and lose some weight ) -- Lesley CBR600FW SBS#11 (with oak-leaf cluster) BOTAFOT#101A UKRMHRC#12 BONY#54P BOB#18 Real burds don't take hormones, they rage naturally
Ohhh, cool - well done That's very possible Yeah, it's very good for fitness etc. I'm just back from the Southampton class I go to and I'm knackered to the point of having limbs feeling like lead weights.
I tried to get Steve to go along too (I'd much prefer to get another mug to tag along when I try something new, then I don't feel as much of a prat when I get things wrong) but he said something about 'if I do full contact I don't want to be wearing that pansy foo-foo headgear and stuff'. Bah. The guy I chatted to earlier who runs the classes appears to be very nice, and he's allowing me to have a short session on Tuesday(s) to tie in with the darts,[1] plus a reduced fee for 10 weeks as a taster. And I'm allowed to use my Judo gi for the interim period, but if I decide to stick at it I am expected to buy the TK gi. So, I've got the gi ready and I've got a white belt ready, all I need to do now is take a deep breath and give it a go! [2] [1] Whether I'll actually be physically able to hit the dartboard after the session remains to be seen, I've not done any strenous activity like this for over 10 years. [2] I do think that my hard-earned brown belt is a much nicer colour, though. And I've got a black belt that was bequeathed to me in anticipation of the next grading that I never got to due to a car accident. -- Lesley CBR600FW SBS#11 (with oak-leaf cluster) BOTAFOT#101A UKRMHRC#12 BONY#54P BOB#18 Real burds don't take hormones, they rage naturally
<laughs badly> Probably a good thing he's not doing it then, as he'd probably get seriously hurt - jeeze what are men like?! If it's an ITF class (International TaeKwon-Do Federation), then sparring pads on hands and feet are mandatory for free sparring. If it's a WTF (World Taekwondo Federation) then it's full contact (so no pads on hands/feet) but wearing body and head protection. Do you know if it's an ITF or WTF class? That's pretty good - it'll give you a chance to see what you think of it before deciding. Just take it easyish - don't overdo it.
No idea, but I'll ask on Tuesday. At this point in time though, it's a bit irrelevant to me..it's giving me a chance to regain some fitness and hopefully enjoy it (I don't do Gym's, they are *so* boring) so I'll just take it as it comes. And yes, men are really PFF's themselves, aren't they? Indeed ) Ooh no, at least I'm getting the shorter session on Tuesday, I'll probably still have a very purple face after about 10 minutes though ) -- Lesley CBR600FW SBS#11 (with oak-leaf cluster) BOTAFOT#101A UKRMHRC#12 BONY#54P BOB#18 Real burds don't take hormones, they rage naturally
Yeah - each has its own advantages. I do ITF purely by accident because that happened to be the one I went to - it's the more traditional style. WTF is more sports oriented and is the version that's in the Olympics. Certainly can be. I do anyway. My fitness isn't what it should be at the mo for various reasons, so I probably look as though I'm about to have a stroke or summat.
Ah, I see. So I'll probably be able to tell the difference anyway then ) Personally though, if there were the two styles available locally I'd be more inclined to take the traditional one, but that's probably down to my previous MA roots. Heh, I remember when I returned to Judo as a Senior, I got a purple face just doing 40 sit-ups one session, my mate was worried I was going to keel over! What's the normal practice for warming-up and warming-down exercises in TK? I'm assuming it should be the same as Judo, but without the breakfalls ;o) -- Lesley CBR600FW SBS#11 (with oak-leaf cluster) BOTAFOT#101A UKRMHRC#12 BONY#54P BOB#18 Real burds don't take hormones, they rage naturally
You possibly won't be able to tell for a while tbh. If they do Patterns (similar to the Karate Katas) it's ITF, if they do Poomses, it's WTF. Thing is, there's so many different types of fitness. <grins> Varies from class to class, but the ones I go to tend to do a half hour warm up - running around, pressups, situps, circuit training, games etc before doing TKD specific thangs. Warming down is variable, depending upon what you've been doing - often do a bit of gentle stretching at the end.
Ooh, do I get to do star-jumps too? I think I'd best get some ankle support sorted, as the L ankle still isn't feeling too clever although it has been feeling a bit better of late. I almost managed to run (in a fashion) without looking like a cripple last week. It was only a short run, mind, the sort of thing you do when your work colleague drives his car at you for fun. [1] Care in the community really works, doesn't it? <G> Strangely enough, when I think back to all the hours of training at Judo, I seem to recall the actual Judo specific stuff and not the warm-up and down bit, yet I probably did do about 1/2 warm-up beforehand. And a decent warm-up is a good idea, otherwise it is very easy to have part of your leg muscle go <ping> from the top of your leg when attempting to show the NW squad how much you really want to be picked.. That was painful. Hmm, I suppose arm-locks and strangles aren't part of TK..they're my fave. [1] This is Wally we are talking about, and he's as mad as a hatter. Absolutely barking. -- Lesley CBR600FW SBS#11 (with oak-leaf cluster) BOTAFOT#101A UKRMHRC#12 BONY#54P BOB#18 Real burds don't take hormones, they rage naturally
Good for you , its a good sport for physical fitness but depending on how serious or mental the club is watch your joints. I Did Wado Ryu for 12 years and my Joints and back are shagged (hence a tourer not a gixer), its the type of sport you need to take up when your a wee kid and your joints and bones are still supple. But if its just for fitness go fo it you cant beat it or boxersize. -- ______________________________________________ Ken Life is like a pubic hair on a toilet seat! Sooner or later your bound to get pissed off. *Remove knickers to mail me ______________________________________________
Ta Ken, I've done Judo since I was a kid but had to give up after a car accident, I'm hoping my joints haven't siezed too much! I don't suffer with 'Judo knees' at all, yet I know a lot of Judoka that do, one who still teaches and can barely walk. I'd go back to Judo if I could, but my ankle is so knackered it wouldn't take much to get me flat on my back..so I'm hoping something like TK will be a sort of compromise. -- Lesley CBR600FW SBS#11 (with oak-leaf cluster) BOTAFOT#101A UKRMHRC#12 BONY#54P BOB#18 Real burds don't take hormones, they rage naturally
TK prob isnt the best if your ankles knackered you do a lot of jumping around and landing on one leg this wont be good for a dodgy ankle. If you want to get fit try Boxersize. Before i did Wado Ryu I boxed at a club called Grainger park in the west end of Newcastle, (fought John Davidson once (light middle champ)) I have to say i was fitter when at boxing than Wado, athough i did overlap them for a number of years. Boxing 14 yrs old to 19 Wado 16 to 28, Now at 37 Nowt but golf and occasional 5 a side and excersizing the beer arm :-( -- ______________________________________________ Ken Life is like a pubic hair on a toilet seat! Sooner or later your bound to get pissed off. *Remove knickers to mail me ______________________________________________
Hmm, you've got me thinking now. I'll turn up on Tuesday as promised and explain the ankle situation [1] to Danny, see what he recommends. Apparently after you've fractured an ankle your brain has an inability to tell exactly where the foot is in relation to the floor, [2] so the jumping bit could be a problem. The exercising of the beer arm is no good for any part of your body apart from that arm. I'm working on reversing it, I just need to find something that excites me (which I think TK could do) and gives me the incentive to actually carry on, which the Gym doesn't. [1] A fracture/dislocation I managed to do stepping off a barge. <sigh> The knee faced Southport and the foot faced Birkenhead. It was extremely painful, and it made a cracking noise as it went. I also managed to damage every bone in my foot at the same time, I certainly didn't do things by halves that day! It's probably the result of that that caused the crash in the tunnel in France that killed Di, but don't tell anyone. [2] Sounds like crap, but it is what I was told after I managed to tear the ligaments in my foot just getting off a chair a couple of years ago, plus a work colleague has actually affirmed the same thing happens to him too, after doing his ankle in. -- Lesley CBR600FW SBS#11 (with oak-leaf cluster) BOTAFOT#101A UKRMHRC#12 BONY#54P BOB#18 Real burds don't take hormones, they rage naturally
SP wrote: I did the same playing football left fot shot into the nest my leg carried on and my body slid onto it CRACK! I broke the left tibia which came out the leg just above the ankle. ALong with that the ligaments were screwed in the Ankle and so thats what they did - screwed them up. In a cast for 13 weeks ! I get a locked ankle occasionally and some pain in certian weather but its actually stronger now than it was. I play 5 a side but the 11 a side is off. Give the TK a go you odnt have to sign up for a year or nowt so no harm in it eh. -- ______________________________________________ Ken Life is like a pubic hair on a toilet seat! Sooner or later your bound to get pissed off. *Remove knickers to mail me ______________________________________________
I was non-weight bearing for 8 weeks, then partial w/b for another 8 weeks, plus loads of physio. If you accidentally put weight on the foot during that period in time the pain was excrutiating and not something I want to repeat again. For some reason when you suffer something like that you always seem to look at surfaces wherever you go and determine whether or not it is 'crutch safe'. They took the plates & pins out of my ankle because I have slim ankles and there was a danger of the pins wearing through the skin purely by movement, so they are now in a bag over there > (points towards drawer), but I can't wear my Alpinestar boots any more because there is too much padding in the ankle area and it's *effing painful*, because the bone started to grow around the pins prior to them deciding to take them out. Hence, I'd be easy game at Judo now because an easy simple foot sweep would have me on my arse no problem. -- Lesley CBR600FW SBS#11 (with oak-leaf cluster) BOTAFOT#101A UKRMHRC#12 BONY#54P BOB#18 Real burds don't take hormones, they rage naturally
Nice to know though ;-) -- ______________________________________________ Ken Life is like a pubic hair on a toilet seat! Sooner or later your bound to get pissed off. *Remove knickers to mail me ______________________________________________
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, SP " " -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets and Ducati Race Engineer. WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41 ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner", Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Took you long enough ;o) -- Lesley CBR600FW SBS#11 (with oak-leaf cluster) BOTAFOT#101A UKRMHRC#12 BONY#54P BOB#18 Real burds don't take hormones, they rage naturally
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, SP <waggles eyebrows> -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets and Ducati Race Engineer. WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41 ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner", Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Stop it! It don't arf tickle. -- Lesley CBR600FW SBS#11 (with oak-leaf cluster) BOTAFOT#101A UKRMHRC#12 BONY#54P BOB#18 Real burds don't take hormones, they rage naturally
