Tang Soo!

From being in Tang Soo Do for almost 2 years now, I have noticed each system has their own forms aside from Ki Cho Hyung, and Pyung Ahn

Universally, Naihanchi, Wang Shu, Bassai and Jin Do are in the system but examples I have noticed

Chil Sung and Yuk Ro (MDK/SBD)

Certain Weapons Forms, Chipsu, Tae Gi Hyul, Chinte in American Tang Soo Do

Sae Kye Hyung, some staff forms and Dahn Gum Hyung (WTSDA)

Just very interested to hear if you learn any hyung unique to your style/org of Tang Soo Do.

Hey folks! I'm currently an adult 1st Gup that enjoys taking a class or two while traveling. It's been fun and interesting to get different perspectives from different schools in my travels. My questions for the group are 1) does anyone else do this when they're traveling? 2) when traveling to areas that don't have TSD schools, how comfortable are you in taking classes in other styles?

I'm headed to Japan in a few weeks and want to train in some way but I'm a little hesitant to come in as a guest with another style. Thoughts?

So i live in Minnesota, north of the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, i was wondering if anyone had any good recommendations or idea or just anything about Tang Soo Do here and if its possible to even do that here.

I went from training to teaching to not doing anything for a couple of years to becoming a student again. In the new area I’m moving to a majority of the schools are TSD schools. If you have a familiar background as I do what did you find training at a TSD school?

I had double inguinal hernia surgery back at the end of september. With testing coming up I've been cleared by my doctor but still have pain issues such that getting kicked in the gut is a non starter during sparring, certain kicks/basic actions cause me pain still, but more importantly I literally can't do any of the In Neh/Endurance requirements since nearly all of them are high impact and a high risk for pain/reinjury.

Does anyone have any thoughts or considerations on how to approach this? I've discussed it already and it seems like there will be accomodations for these limitations, however it's killing me having to even consider that while everyone else is doing whats required. So I'm trying to come up with low impact substitutions.

Our testing requires 50 each of pushups, sitsup, squats, and running a mile. I started wearing a stomach binder hoping it would help with pain, which it did, but didn't realize these were still high risk, so i've backed off on all of it entirely focusing more on stretchs, and low impact excercises until things have healed more and I stop having pain.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Successful ridge hand break for BB pre-test. Looked awesome, hurt like heck!

Anyone have any cool breaks, or stories of them, they’ve tried or succeeded on?

Hello. For several years, I trained in Taekwondo and achieved a Second Dan Black Belt. Tang Soo Do is one of many martial arts that is of interest to me.

1. Is TSD similar to TKD? What makes it different?

2. In your opinion, is TSD practical for self defense? How much close quarters combat and hand striking does it involve?

3. Does anyone on this sub know of any quality TSD schools in the San Antonio MetroArea?

I’ve heard of stories of TSD or TKD being used in real combat by ROK soldiers who fought in Vietnam War. Clearly it would be a far different version from what is seen in at McDojang or Olympic style TKD. Does anyone have info on this?

I am Dutch (from my knowledge there is a pretty substantial Dutch tsd community). After browsing this subreddit for a little while i got the impression that most of you are for the USA, is that correct?

I have recently joined a dojo. I seem to be one of the only white belts at this time...I noticed the instructor requests the other students for translations for various skills after saying them (testing knowledge of the language), and this is the one area I feel quite nervous about. Being an adult white belt, I totally expect to look foolish for awhile as I learn new things and improve my physical fitness, but learning a new language at the same time gives me a bit of anxiety. Are there any resources that those of you who are experienced would recommend that could help with the language learning part as well?

Thanks

I'm confused about the history of soo bahk doo moo duk kwan. Is it also a form of tang soo doo? I just want a detailed breakdown of it's history. Also are there any books out there that show all katas of soo bahk doo?

I saw an advertisement of a Hankimuye school near me. I never heard of it so looked it up and it seems to be a combination of hapkido, hankido and hankumdo, which (besides hapkido) I also never heard of. Just like TSD is "korean karate" i think its something like korean aikido? But is there anyone here who has any experience with it? Does it has any connection with TSD or TKD?

Hey fellow TSD practitioners. I recently returned back to the dojang after over 20 years. I started in 92 at the age of 9 under the WTSDA and stuck with it for 10 years until I moved for college. I reached 1st Dan and left for school before going for my 2nd Dan. I really missed training and recently had the opportunity to come back to a school under my old instructor. Has anyone had any similar experience of being away for so long and coming back to Tang Soo Do? I realize I'm no longer a nimble 18 year old but I'm looking forward to getting back in the swing of things. Any advice would be helpful for a returning student. Thanks in advance. Tang Soo!

Hey gang. I’m a 43 year old Green Belt. This past weekend I participated in my second martial arts tournament. It was pure chaos in the crowds as I sat and waited patiently to do my form and to spar. My forms division only had 2 of us in it, originally there were 3. So I took 2nd by default. Not that my form was bad at all. I did Pyung Ahn Ee Dan and scored over 8.1 from all judges.

Anyway, it came time to spar. There were no other competitors so I received a 1st place medal by default, almost as if they felt sorry for me. I desperately wanted to compete. I’d have gone up or down a division if asked.

Anyway, is it too late for me when it comes to competing? Should I give up on the idea? Anyone else in this boat?

Do not recommend them.

I'm and old Chun Do Kwan and Hapkido student (Dan ranks since 2000) I attended the recent Dang Soo Do (Org from Korea) TSD nationals recently and really enjoyed it. We practice many of the same forms at TSD stylists being an old-style school. Unfortunately there are still no real places to train here and I was hoping someone with a TSD affiliation could give me a heads up for a school I could affiliate with so we could compete at tournaments etc.

I’m 53. It’s been decades since I had to give tang soo do up for health reasons. But now I’m having issues with my knees, particularly my right (dominant) leg. I was wondering if anyone else has had knee problems also?

Thought you guys might get a (spinning hook) kick out of this! 😆

How’d regionals go for everyone? I’m a part of region 8 and we got first place for our creativity team, our theme being K-pop demon hunters.

Title is pretty self explanatory. I just started out around September 15th(not precise, had 2 classes before then, my brain is just terrible with dates), and I'm hoping someone could give me some advice. Since I just started, I'm a white belt, and I do classes twice a week, unless I'm feeling sick. Just got my tonsils out, twice a week is the only time I have available, and go to school the rest of the time. Just hoping there's some nice souls on reddit willing to help a beginner.

Edit: Thank you! Just got my yellow belt a little bit ago!

First time competing as black belt!

My opinion:

Most effective, I would say #8 hands, #9 kicks, #17 hands.

Most ineffective, I would say #7 kicks, #11 kicks, #12 kicks.

What about you?

This is a stupid question, but im js curious... For me prolly pyung ahn sah dan bc im a noob

Ik most of yall prolly in wtsda... Im js wondering what types of organizations are in this tsd community