Yes. I dont recall how much the isnrance is though for when the trial expires. Its pretty expensive up front cost all things considered.
Commercial schools can be quite heavy on the wallet sometimes. How much are they charging? if it's between £45-£70 per month with a £20-£35 annual membership and licence then I'd say thats around normal if not exactly cheap.
£38 for the insurance/licence and its £26 for me for once a week training, or 5 sessions month. The insurance is the most expensive currently. Thank god no TKD school mandates doboks until after your first grading. I was hooked before, then unhooked then hooked. XP I may just see if i can streamline into the sparring though, i like that over the patterns. I went to look Wednesday i should type, the only thing i did was 10 minutes of pads at the end with somone.
that sounds a very good price for martial arts school in the UK. Insurance cost sounds about right. Great to see you getting to class
That's really reasonable. Very fair price. Don't try streamline into sparring. If patterns are part of the class then suck it up and do them. Get what yo canfromthe TKD and look for what it can offer rather than what you don't like. If you want sparring and no patterns then you will have to overcome your personal issues and get to a kickboxing gym or other where that is what they offer and what the art is. If you keep up the TKD maybe that will actually help with your issues. I hate kata/form/pattern too but you know what...doing them is at least 1000 times better than sitting in your room procrastinating and typing crap on the net. Keep going! You have already made the first step so get that momentum going.
I think i worded that too strongly and i dont think i can word a response that well. I do plan on doing patterns, half the class is patterns and then dont they divide people who do the sports side of TKD by belt grade as well? I just meant i would persue the sport as soon as possble as that fits into the main reason why i want to do a martial art, which would be to learn combat and self defence. Also staying white belt would stunt what opportunities i can get, i would get bored of the four directional patterns time and time again and then i wont be able to access technical courses and courses restricted to a set belt level. Good a starting martial art as any, at least its kicking dominated so i would have good leg strength if i change to a styel which values low kicks. [edit] I haven't been to enough of these to get a general gist of how their classes are laid out for this instructor. So for all intents and purpsoes, they could do a lot of bag work which i would like.
It may be different at your club, but all the TAGB clubs I have trained at require you to wear a TAGB dobok in order to grade. Good to hear you're enjoying it so far
That's actually the same for all clubs I've been to and even heard about. Here it's usually that you get your Dobok/ Gi within a few weeks after you've signed in. If people here were to grade without the proper clothes... well, they just wouldn't get graded. It's like going to start tennis without a racket really.
Opted out, going next week or saturday. Will probably do some exercise later or friday to suppliment.
I recommend going. Get your gear. Get your bag. Get to training. If you still don't want to when you get there you can just turn around and leave.
Yes this!!! I say this to people who never go to the gym. Get you kit bag, and whatever else and go, even if it is to sit in the car park or go in for 5 minutes. Establish the routine, go there and start every time. If you have issues then leave, but at least get there first.
It can seem like that but really....some people spend more money on fancy coffee or cigarettes than it costs to do a martial art.
Nah, i really dont want to see my bare feet tonight, one of the toes doesn't sit right with me and i would opt to forget about it. That and general cant be bothered today attitude. I did also use to do that, just go up and leave because i didnt want to do it. Next week or Saturday. Actually, the main thing that stopped me from going to the gym was somone not taking me when i wanted to go or feeling like going when the memebership exipred etc. And not knowing how to use all the machines and to do free weights and things didnt help and the cost for PT's in gyms which may have questionable results for getting independnece in exercising. *insert long tangent about the condition of the health and fitness private industry*
No offense dude but let's be honest here... That's just a bunch of nonsense. The main thing that stopped you going to the gym was you. Same thing that's stopping you tonight. Be honest with yourself.
Ok, think me stupid, but I still didn't figure out how to quote in the new website.... about the dobok for grading. Our club. In fact, our whole assiciation (which isn't all that big in my country), you can freely grade in your T-shirt. I am not sure if you are really required to buy a gi or to wear a gi, but usually, people get one when they're yellow belt if not sooner.... Rataca, it is great that you went! But, if you don't feel like going because you think it's tiresome or something, try to just make yourself go, as mentioned. You wil get used to it soon and should be happy to go. If not, change schools. But give it a try. I know a nice quote: "Find solutions, not excuses." Go by that I also did a few trial classes of CrossFit a few months ago. I felt the difficulty was crazy and was looking for excuses why not to go. But I decided to get a membership as soon as I could after the trial classes, because it was clear to me that if I didn't now, I would never. And it would be a pity since I felt I could improve my fitness level there. And a few months after that, I actually enjoy going! Training once a week isn't to much, but is much better than no training. You seem to have a lot of plans to improve you leg srenght and whatnot, but I suppose it is going to be quite a bit of hard work first. And that starts by actually getting yourself to the class! So keep it up and let us know how it goes
