Sunday, August 17, 2008
Me And TKD
Wadz TKD? its taekwondo~ originated from Korea. Divided into ITF and WTF. International TKD Federation and World TKD Federation. Difference? all i know is that WTF uses body pads and helmet while ITF uses fist guards only (They allow punches on face)

I joined TKD when i was P1.TKD to many ppl would be just to memorise a series of steps (called Pattern) and performing it sharply with force. This has been the general idea oF TKD. Coz it is how we are being graded. But wads not accentuated iz da fact that there are other components of the grading. Like unarmed set up combat and TKD sparring. *Correct me where im wrong.

Anyways about TKD, i got bored with it and quited at P5 coz i found it meaningless. THEN, a few months ago i stumbled upon some interesting tutorials and guides on TKD which made me interested in joining back again. Since then i ve been mastering my 360(AKA Tornado) and hoping to atleast execute a decent 540(AKA HURRICANE) by this year. (fat hope)

My most memorable time in TKD- Federation would be the 3-4 day camp held at NYP for 1 day and the rest at Punggol beach/forest i believe... I was one of the youngest there, P3 and the rest were Nanyang Poly Students. Most of the time i was ignored by my group members, not their fault. The training was TOUGH~ I still remember when we were all instructed to do double roundhouse kicks continuously while moving. There was also a "nightwalk" and a campfire. Pretty fun. during the night walk we were brought to a beach where Japanese soldiers arrived. and there were old "Security Posts" of the British/Singaporeans. For da Campfire, i still remember our skit ^^. was about a spar between this 2 guys which ends up with me chasing one of them for executing an illegal move. (i was chasing him with a toy hammer)

And one more thing, our group was called "Fighting Falcons" ^^ Hooray ! i still remember~~

Demonstration on 360/Tornado


Demonstration of 540/Hurricane

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