TKD Test - Page 3

Aruko · 06-06-2007, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by 6_NaRuTo_6

Anyways back to the test it self, what sort of requirments (if any) does one have to meet before he or she will be allowed to take the exam you just took? Or is it more of a "whenever the instructor thinks your ready" type of thing?

Well to get to your 1st degree black belt at my school you must go for 6 months or 90 classes, whichever takes longer. I think. You must take a written test to prove that you have sufficient knowledge of the history, theories, and such of TKD. You have to write a speech about how you've come to get to your 1st dan in TKD and then you must pass a evaluation board. For 2nd degree you have to go for 120 classes or 18 months, whichever takes longer. Then you have to take a larger written test, you have to write a 5 page thesis in relation to a certain aspect of TKD, then you have to pass an evaluation board. That's about it. You have to pass the test of course.

**Ninja48** · 06-06-2007, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by aruko samaki

Aye, what DSM said. My instructor heads down to Home Depot, I think, and gets'em chopped up. We do have plastic rebreakable boards, but we don't use them for tests. They're a bitch to break too, because plastic is rugged and hurts on impact whereas boards break and splinter on impact.

Comment on Even-Breaks: The reason for that is that we're supposed to aim in the center of the boards. When we hit the center of the boards the energy travels through the rest creating a straight line of breaks. That's the only reason they break in such a clean manor. If there were knots, as DSM so vividly hates, or if I hit improperly they would break either in a messy fashion or the ones in the back would break but not the ones in the front.

Wait. To clarify, they break clean because they're made to break like that, or because you hit them right? Your first paragraph suggests that they're break aways, while your second doesn't. Confusin' me here.

And you're right that technique is important, but for technique to work properly, you need speed. You can have strength but no speed, but you can't have speed without some strength. Oh, and lol@newtons second law.

Aruko · 06-06-2007, 01:03 PM

I don't see why that confuses you. My teacher goes to Home Depot and buys lumber and gets it made into boards...Did I not phrase it right? o.O

**Ninja48** · 06-06-2007, 01:56 PM

So he goes there to get lumber chopped into boards. K. Does he make grooves or anything in the board to make them break along the groves? Or somethin' similar. I'm assuming he doesn't, and the wood is just the type of wood that splits easily (or, somewhat easily).

Aruko · 06-06-2007, 02:08 PM

He doesn't have them grooved or anything. The ONLY thing he does to make boards easier to break is he gets two-inch boards for our demo group to guarantee they'll break during a performance. That's all.

Let me take pics of the ones I've got. (Same ones he uses.)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...i/DSCN0392.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...i/DSCN0394.jpg

Same set of boards, just both sides.

06-06-2007, 03:19 PM

Looks like pine wood. And you say demo wood is two inches thick? That wood in the picture looks like it's less than two inches thick. You sure about those dimensions? Looks like it's ~10x10x1 to me.

Aruko · 06-06-2007, 03:46 PM

Aye...These are 3/4 inch boards...=(
Now I can't remember what he calls them. They are thinner and lighter then these. The demo boards are 10x10 but I'm not sure how thick they are. =/

06-06-2007, 01:03 PM	#33
Aruko ANBU Join Date: Nov 2004 Age: 20 Posts: 1,969 Thanks: 5 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	Re: TKD Test I don't see why that confuses you. My teacher goes to Home Depot and buys lumber and gets it made into boards...Did I not phrase it right? o.O __________________

06-06-2007, 01:56 PM	#34
Ninja48 48 Cypherin' Ninjas Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: 305 Posts: 2,466 Thanks: 182 Thanked 644 Times in 257 Posts	Re: TKD Test So he goes there to get lumber chopped into boards. K. Does he make grooves or anything in the board to make them break along the groves? Or somethin' similar. I'm assuming he doesn't, and the wood is just the type of wood that splits easily (or, somewhat easily). __________________

06-06-2007, 02:08 PM	#35
Aruko ANBU Join Date: Nov 2004 Age: 20 Posts: 1,969 Thanks: 5 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	Re: TKD Test He doesn't have them grooved or anything. The ONLY thing he does to make boards easier to break is he gets two-inch boards for our demo group to guarantee they'll break during a performance. That's all. Let me take pics of the ones I've got. (Same ones he uses.) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...i/DSCN0392.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...i/DSCN0394.jpg Same set of boards, just both sides. __________________ Last edited by Aruko; 06-06-2007 at 02:14 PM.

06-06-2007, 03:19 PM	#36
Miburo Guest Posts: n/a	Re: TKD Test Looks like pine wood. And you say demo wood is two inches thick? That wood in the picture looks like it's less than two inches thick. You sure about those dimensions? Looks like it's ~10x10x1 to me.

06-06-2007, 03:46 PM	#37
Aruko ANBU Join Date: Nov 2004 Age: 20 Posts: 1,969 Thanks: 5 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	Re: TKD Test Aye...These are 3/4 inch boards...=( Now I can't remember what he calls them. They are thinner and lighter then these. The demo boards are 10x10 but I'm not sure how thick they are. =/ __________________

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