Looking for some opinions?

[X]

You went from new starter to a 1st dan in 3 years??

[Von Milash]

if you don't promote people they eventually go away. The mcdojo's know that. A harsh reality of the belt system. But at this point, the benefit of the doubt goes to her.

But jellybean, I truly admire some of those high flying kicks that tkd people do. Requires huge amounts of skill and practice. Can you post a vid of yourself doing them? Would love to see some!

[jellybean1986]

It is not a mcdojo at all I have worked extremly hard to get where I am today, I guess different clubs have different rules. Thanks for all the advice. I didnt come here to get slagged off for something I have worked so hard for!

[Von Milash]

i just said you get the benefit of the doubt. It's a great accomplishment, and one you should be proud of. nobody is slaggin you, it's just that your results are atypical.

my previous wording may have come across the wrong way.

[X]

I'm not slagging you off ..... but I have a black tag in TKD (the one below 1st Dan) and it's taken me 7 years of going twice a week every week to get this far. I'm reasonably athletic and a former good amateur boxer, so I dont think its down to me being particularly bad.

Getting 1st Dan in 3 years either means you are an exceptional student, or they weren't too stringent with the standards .... that's all.

Incidentally, it is very likely that a good boxing gym would help you lose weight - don't forget that boxers have to make weigth so lots of the training is actually about making weight as well as the boxing. Hitting a heavy bag, skipping and all the aerobic work boxers do is better at helping people lose weight than the tkd training I did, which has a different focus.

[Salty]

You will definitely start to get stronger in the upper body, but I wouldn't join one specifically for losing weight, if you have the self desire to do so as the exercises aren't revolutionary. Basically you need a calorie deficit (500 deficit a day will lose you a pound a week), so if you like your food too much increase your training load. An hour's boxing session is equivalent of a 9km run in energy expenditure terms, which is around 600-700 calories. So find yourself a calorie counter online, take off 500 calories and aim for that while staying active.

[Von Milash]

I'm not slagging you off ..... but I have a black tag in TKD (the one below 1st Dan) and it's taken me 7 years of going twice a week every week to get this far. I'm reasonably athletic and a former good amateur boxer, so I dont think its down to me being particularly bad.

Getting 1st Dan in 3 years either means you are an exceptional student, or they weren't too stringent with the standards .... that's all.

Incidentally, it is very likely that a good boxing gym would help you lose weight - don't forget that boxers have to make weigth so lots of the training is actually about making weight as well as the boxing. Hitting a heavy bag, skipping and all the aerobic work boxers do is better at helping people lose weight than the tkd training I did, which has a different focus.

I don't know much about the eastern martial arts, but I do know that this is much more aligned with traditional time lines. That's a long time. I've boxed for a while now and wanted to supplement it with some judo, but considering the time and cost, chose to simply become a better boxer. It would be nice to know how long it took Munky to get his black belt in judo. Munk?

[Andre]

Hi Jellybean 1986 welcome to Saddo's.
Darn i was travelling the world for a year when you got born, good year 86!

If you think that is X slagging someone off wait till you get into the everything goes section of this forum ; fun in there ,good for the ego. make you better all round mentally,spiritually; which helps you keep your cool when practicing no fighting .

On the black belt note; i dont agree with it, but a certain dojo..ok its Zen do kai ; out here in Australia has a Jet black;
can reach it by going there full time for a year I belive.