TMA's

I know some of the folks on PB have practiced traditional martial arts in the past. Anyone still practicing? With the lockdowns I've been working on kata/forms a lot more and really fell back in love with traditional karate.

One of my fav kata.

My son studies taekwondo. His classes have gone to zoom and testing is all but eliminated

jwithnell said:

My son studies taekwondo. His classes have gone to zoom and testing is all but eliminated

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It is very difficult to learn a martial art without being in a class. Any chance the dojang will open up soon?

jwithnell said:

My son studies taekwondo. His classes have gone to zoom and testing is all but eliminated

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How does online sparring work?

ZackF said:

How does online sparring work?

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Isn't the Wii still around?

Pay my travel fees and I will come beat you up. I will even wear a mask.

ZackF said:

How does online sparring work?

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Seriously, how long have you been a member of PB and you know not the answer to such a question?

ZackF said:

How does online sparring work?

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Back in my day we said some angry words and then threw our mouses at the computer screen. Kids these days will never understand, with their ipods and other new-fangled gizmos!

They've had an odd hybrid, but Samuel has been almost entirely online. The classes have been small so he gets a lot of feedback working on forms and the conditioning at the beginning of the sessions has been vigorous. This wouldn't have been possible at all except I refinished the basement last summer. When zoom classes started we just needed to add more foam tile and a better webcam. Not ideal, but it is what it is.