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Your feet will toughen up over time like your Coach said. Use some new skin like RingJourney said. Just use some athletic tape over it till its healed.

If by boxing stance you mean squared more its not a good idea cause you will eat side kicks and back kicks all day. If by boxing stance you mean hands up chin down then that is your preference. There are no rules stating how your stance should be. Hands are kept lower to protect the hogu...

That actually might be a strong traditional program. You might get old school tkd instruction instead of the more modern sport evolution.

Just think of the sparring rules as a game. I know the rules don't favor full contact fihgting but it can teach you valuable skills like distance. Not everyone does martial arts to be a fighter. There is self defense, weapons, forms, tricking and sparring. ATA focuses on martial arts for the...

Yeah I'm a 5th degree black belt in ATA but also a Kukkiwon certified black belt. I train and compete for sport tkd/WTF. You have to find the right ATA instructor. It is great for kicking if the instructor knows how to modify it for full contact. I was an amateur boxer and been in tkd since...

Jody was never an Olympic alternate. Juan Morena went that year and the alternate that placed 2nd in the olympic trials was Jason Torres. As far as the State olympic champion its just winning states for USTU at the time which is now USA Taekwondo ATA has produced a few more combat athletes...

I've been saying that for years and most of the time I just get the side eye.

To each thier own. With the rule changes people are head kicking more. You get 3 points for a head kick and 4 points for a turning head kick. People are taking risk now for those extra points.

@peanut66 punches are still scored by the judges. They do not have sensors for the gloves yet. I take it you are talking about a training hogu. Did you practice on lajust or daedo? Did you wear the sensor socks when you were kicking it? That would explain why you didn't have to have the...

The pressure is based off weight classes. So Heavyweights have to land harder than flyweights. Also the foot needs to hit flat to score. So if the hip is not turned over and the foot strikes at a wierd angle it won't score. You are also seeing more covering also known as blocking. It used...

Good for you. Some of the most fun my brothers and I had with my Dad was playfighting.

I'm sure he has. I think Anthony and Duke make a good combination.

Nope its still around.

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Kids can't make head contact unless they are a black belt age 12 and over sparring another black belt age 12 and over. Even then it is in a controlled environment and not full contact. There is no punching to the head so it would have to be a head kick which makes the percentage of getting hit...

Its a great way to get the little guy active. Just look at TKD as a sport. All sports are different. The flexability training it offers is a huge perk. TKD gets a bad rep but has a lot to offer. Pettis came strictly from TKD and he is doing allright. Robbie Lawler told me he was a junior...

I would go with boxing. Sounds like you are leaning towards that anyways. Since you are 14 have you thought about wrestling for your school? You have easy acess to it and its free. Edit: Sorry I should have read the whole thread before posting what has already been said.

I for one will not even mess with watching the FOX card. I would rather watch all the under card fights on the Pac/JMM PPV then watch the last fight on FOX. I would prefer they don't try to put MMA and boxing on the same night. That's just me. The thing that bothers me about Dana is he can't...

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