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  1. mattsylvester
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    One for Alexander the "Dashing Bachelor" & Destroyer of Worlds

    I got to agree with TKD Student. Way back in 1991 when I took my first ever grading (with about 300 other people looking on, so quite nervy :)) we...
    Post by: mattsylvester, Jul 15, 2009 in forum: Tae Kwon Do
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    One for Alexander the "Dashing Bachelor" & Destroyer of Worlds

    I'd like to ask how one pattern is more appropriate than another based one grade? Obviously discount the ones that have flying kicks, scissor...
    Post by: mattsylvester, Jul 11, 2009 in forum: Tae Kwon Do
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    Practical Taekwondo-Back to the Roots

    This is where my cross-training comes in. Rising block in tkd tends to be chambered from the hip. In the Shotokan I was taught it comes in a...
    Post by: mattsylvester, Jul 11, 2009 in forum: Tae Kwon Do
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    Practical Taekwondo-Back to the Roots

    This one came about when I was babbling to my class showing an application and I said 'then you just go back into Chunbi' and took Ray down....
    Post by: mattsylvester, Jul 11, 2009 in forum: Tae Kwon Do
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    Practical Taekwondo-Back to the Roots

    Yeah, will do :)
    Post by: mattsylvester, Jul 11, 2009 in forum: Tae Kwon Do
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    Practical Taekwondo-Back to the Roots

    Thank God, last one. Jeez, no internet access at work (or even time to actually think about having those things called 'breaks' and 'lunch') and...
    Post by: mattsylvester, Jul 8, 2009 in forum: Tae Kwon Do
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    Practical Taekwondo-Back to the Roots

    That's a good comparison. One of the reasons I did this was when I opened my first club. I would teach applications and get the students to do...
    Post by: mattsylvester, Jul 8, 2009 in forum: Tae Kwon Do
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    Practical Taekwondo-Back to the Roots

    Post by: mattsylvester, Jul 8, 2009 in forum: Tae Kwon Do
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    Practical Taekwondo-Back to the Roots

    Okay, done :) Unfortunately the lighting in sports halls is pretty dire and the lighting kit needed to overcome that and not have the...
    Post by: mattsylvester, Jul 8, 2009 in forum: Tae Kwon Do
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    Practical Taekwondo-Back to the Roots

    Post by: mattsylvester, Jul 8, 2009 in forum: Tae Kwon Do
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    Practical Taekwondo-Back to the Roots

    Talking of books, I ordered yours a couple of months ago from Amazon and I still haven't got it, they say it's available and keep revising the...
    Post by: mattsylvester, Jul 8, 2009 in forum: Tae Kwon Do
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    Practical Taekwondo-Back to the Roots

    Post by: mattsylvester, Jul 8, 2009 in forum: Tae Kwon Do
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    Practical Taekwondo-Back to the Roots

    Yeah, it's the concept rather than the 'style'. Especially as what might work for me won't necessarily work for my wife for example. I thought...
    Post by: mattsylvester, Jul 6, 2009 in forum: Tae Kwon Do
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    Practical Taekwondo-Back to the Roots

    Gasp! Sounds violent Mr. Superfoot ;) Seriously though, for me sparring conjures up images of point stop etc. When I was doing Muay Thai,...
    Post by: mattsylvester, Jul 5, 2009 in forum: Tae Kwon Do
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    Your worst experience(s) of politics in TKD

    Politics in TKD wow :) Personally - Arranging and hosting a seminar, booking the hall, handing out flyers etc, being told that the association...
    Post by: mattsylvester, Jul 5, 2009 in forum: Tae Kwon Do
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    Practical Taekwondo-Back to the Roots

    Hi Liam, Thanks for buying the book! I deliberately went with larger photos so that I could make things clearer. Plus I went with instructions...
    Post by: mattsylvester, Jul 5, 2009 in forum: Tae Kwon Do
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    Real Life Application?

    The first time I used it I wasn't used to the violence I was seeing at the time. It both worked (in that one attacker left me alone) and didn't...
    Post by: mattsylvester, Jun 29, 2009 in forum: Tae Kwon Do
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    Practical Taekwondo-Back to the Roots

    Hi all, Sorry for the late reply, no access at work. Spot on SJON, the one thing that I was very careful with was not to state that the...
    Post by: mattsylvester, Jun 24, 2009 in forum: Tae Kwon Do
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    A Killing Art: The Untold History of Tae Kwon Do

    Well, I've ordered my copy and I can't wait to read it when I get back from hols!
    Post by: mattsylvester, May 31, 2009 in forum: Tae Kwon Do
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    Practical Taekwondo-Back to the Roots

    Hi Stuart, The Limited Edition comes with the following; Personal Message/autograph Certificate of authenticity (numbered (there are only...
    Post by: mattsylvester, Apr 30, 2009 in forum: Tae Kwon Do
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