Two predominantly striking arts? Without knowing much about kyo karate, what do you think the differences are apart from rulesets - what could...
You also have possibly the best sport WTF coach in the country in Mark Richardson in Manchester. No website, but he's at Urmston Leisure centre...
If you allow grabbing, all you'd get is a player leading a shot and then grabbing the opponent in a bear hug to prevent a counter. It would be...
I'm not sure whether you're talking about eskriam or taekwondo here, so forgive me but Olympic TKD doesn't stop when a point is scored. Games...
I'm surprised, but fair dos to them.
Of course it's no problem if the BTCB don't know about it :) However, that's the official line and they can kick a member out over it if they...
I'm afraid you do. Taken from the BTCB's constitution: Members of the Board may not simultaneously hold licensed membership of any other...
Regarding the fluke thing; I'm not sure it's a coincidence that Cook got beaten by a Korean player in the recent British Open by this exact...
I'm very sorry - I haven't been on for a while. London Irish are affiliated to Chungdokwan, the only details I could find were on the CDK website....
A couple of other London clubs that go to a lot of tournaments are the LTA and London Irish. Don't know how close you'd be to them though.
Yes, but GB is not a good example of a top taekwondo team, and there are more than 4 weights in that team; well for the males anyway :)...
You mean like the Olympics where one of the bronze medallists failed to win a game (got through on a withdrawal and DQ)? I'm talking about the...
But what you'll probably end up with is more hugging and spoiling, rather than fluidity.
As yo've already surmised, you'd be better practising with a partner on pads and hogu than a bag, so you can vary the shots - going forwards,...
I disagree (well obviously :)) These points would make sense to a spectator - yet another vain attempt to make the sport more TV friendly, but...
Further evidence that they're trying to kill the sport... http://www.fullcontact.co.uk/webs/homedetail.aspx?ArticleID=430 In short:...
He's my new hero! :)
Fair enough, I stand corrected. In that case, absolutely no excuses.
I have to have a bit of sympathy for the Cuban, not that I'm condoning his actions. The referee could have given the player a warning that the...
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