I live in Melbourne, Australia. There is a/the (which word do I use? Is there only one?) Chinese Consulate on my street. I love it because Chinese people do Tai Chi on the nature strip in the morning and it’s so sweet.
Ahem.
But then you also have Embassies… And I know they are in Canberra which is the capital of Australia.
So what’s the difference?
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I just went to an open tournament a few weeks ago and I saw a few people wearing World Taekwondo Federation uniforms. (WTF Patches on V-neck uniforms with black V-trim.) One had a black belt with 5 white stripes embroidered on it. Another guy had a black belt with a red strip running through it. (Someone said he was a 5th dan black belt.) Okay, so if a red strip running the length of the belt is 5th and 5 white strips on the tip is a 5th degree, then which one is ‘Official’ and what other ‘Official’ black belt designs are there. In other styles I have seen black belts with two red stripes running the length of the belt. Black belts with a red strip with gold trim running the length; black belts with a white stripe running the length, black belts with an extra wide red stripe running the length of the belt. Since I just started Tae Kwon Do, I would love to know what the office WTF black belt description are. Links are good, but just a brief description will be fine. Thank you!
The man wearing the white WTF dobok (Uniform) with the black v-neck adn the black belt with the red stripe running through the center of the belt (NOT half black & half red) was in his early to mid 40′s, not a child.
So I guess I should have asked, what do each of the ‘official’ WTF black belts look like. (i.e. a 2nd Dan is a solid black belt with two white stripes at the tip. etc…)
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What is the benefit of learning forms? I recently started TKD and I received my strip for knowing my form, but I would like to know what it is used for.
it’s not that i didn’t ask my instructor, i merely forgot what he told me. i had someone at work ask me and i didn’t want to tell them the wrong answer. i did research the different styles of martial arts and i chose TKD not only b/c of the discipline, physical fitness of it but also b/c i like to compete and would like to compete in tournaments and use it as a sport also. if some of you don’t like me b/c of why i’m taking it, i don’t need to hear your answer if it doesn’t partain to the question
