How has the training of Taekwondo differ from the past? There is something that seniors will always say like hey you know, my training was much tougher and stricter than yours now. You all are much fortunate today. I recalled that my senior has told me that his training area has once an opportunity to train with some Koreans, They were working nearby therefore went over there to work out. As usual the comments given about them is that they are really tough people and fast. But the club that my senior, Fran, went is good enough to take on those Korean players and they won the respect from them as well.
The training the people at that time underwent seemed really torturing. Franc said when they were doing 'duck wall' if one were to slow down, the instructor will use a stick to wack the leg. When you are doing knee raising exercise, if yours were not up to standard, the instructor will again use his stick to make push you on. This kind of training is definately not acceptable these days. Most likely, the instructor will get banned. Training should focus on improving the student's skill effectively and efficiently to make them tougher not necessarily using extreme measures. No doubt such training made them tougher when they faced an opponent but sometimes it might caused negative impact on the students' mentality.
I have heard of a particular story in korea which is rather amusing perhaps it is just another rumoured humour. It was said that to get the 2nd Dan black belt, one has to run in the cold, do its pattern in the cold and then jump off from the cliff and swim in the sea.
I have also heard of some people using sharp brushes as a guide to make one kick higher and more accurately. If you miss, you will feel the pain from kicking the brush. There are also some people who will wrap a cloth around the metal ole at the basketball court and used that as a kicking target. Imagine how painful could that bag if you were to kick hard at such target. I supposed many will be surprised seeing how these people trained. Perhaps sandbags seemed too soft for them.
The training the people at that time underwent seemed really torturing. Franc said when they were doing 'duck wall' if one were to slow down, the instructor will use a stick to wack the leg. When you are doing knee raising exercise, if yours were not up to standard, the instructor will again use his stick to make push you on. This kind of training is definately not acceptable these days. Most likely, the instructor will get banned. Training should focus on improving the student's skill effectively and efficiently to make them tougher not necessarily using extreme measures. No doubt such training made them tougher when they faced an opponent but sometimes it might caused negative impact on the students' mentality.
I have heard of a particular story in korea which is rather amusing perhaps it is just another rumoured humour. It was said that to get the 2nd Dan black belt, one has to run in the cold, do its pattern in the cold and then jump off from the cliff and swim in the sea.
I have also heard of some people using sharp brushes as a guide to make one kick higher and more accurately. If you miss, you will feel the pain from kicking the brush. There are also some people who will wrap a cloth around the metal ole at the basketball court and used that as a kicking target. Imagine how painful could that bag if you were to kick hard at such target. I supposed many will be surprised seeing how these people trained. Perhaps sandbags seemed too soft for them.
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