Taekwondo?

is it posibble to teach myself taekwondo? any websites to visit?|||no it ain%26#039;t. To really understand any martial art you need to practice under the supervision of a teacher|||to learn martial arts you need the full understandation about it with any martial art like taekwondo karte or any other you need to understand martial arts as taekwondo is a defence and never a weapon only used in defence never attack and there are code%26#039;s to cerin martial arts Report Abuse
|||You can%26#039;t self-teach martial arts. Martial arts is a practice. Think about it - you would never dream of asking if it%26#039;s possible to self-teach hockey, or some other sport. Would you trust a self-taught surgeon with your life?


So not only are you not likely to learn very well, chances are you%26#039;d pick up bad habits which may be very hard to correct later on.


People who ask this are usually young and don%26#039;t have much money to use on their own. If this is the case, I%26#039;d urge you to consider that when there%26#039;s a will there%26#039;s a way, and that martial arts are well worth the investment. You may be able to beg your parents for just enough money to make it to one class a week by explaining to them it%26#039;s very important to you (assuming you live with them). Or, you could take up odd jobs and use your own money - that%26#039;s even better, because then you%26#039;d get a sense of doing it for yourself.


Either way, if there%26#039;s a will, there%26#039;s a way. And if you really want to do this, you%26#039;ll find yourself a good instructor and enroll in classes.


Just a word of advice, you don%26#039;t have to jump on the first school you see. Make sure your instructor is somebody you%26#039;ll enjoy working with. A good instructor shouldn%26#039;t be too soft on you, so that he%26#039;ll push you to achieve, but he shouldn%26#039;t be a bully either.





Best of luck to you.|||You can teach yourself any thing you want to learn. Think about it, all Martial Arts originated some where. There was a time when there was no Tae Kwon Do. Some one taught it to themselves, and then began teaching others. What going to a school and learning from an instructor does is takes away the trial and error aspect. The techniques have already been tried and improved on over the years.|||No, you could probably learn a few moves, but would have trouble with application.|||Why you want to learn taekwondo first?





If you want to learn to defence yourself you have to go to course first.Second thing is Aikido is a very good defence sport expecially for ladies because you don%26#039;t need power for it...





You have to make practise for defence sports.With out practise and help of some one you cannot learn affectively...|||In theory- yes, but you could be teaching yourself how to do the techniques wrong. It%26#039;s better if you learn from an instructor.|||no being a black in taekwondo myself...its not possible...there%26#039;s just so much technique involved and the stances you have to learn...yea you can learn a couple of moves from like movies...but no one really uses taekwondo from movies...more like kung fu, muay thai, or like judo...you could like get like a book that teaches you how to do the proper technqiue, but the best way to learn is to go to a real taekwondo class and have an instructor teach you...|||No. You may learn techniques, but not application. Nothing can substitute for a live instructor - regardless of the martial arts. My instructor is about 12 hours away, so I have to do my learning via video tape, then get corrected when I see him (which is only about 2 times per year). But hey, I have 5 years until I get to test for my next belt, so I have time to perfect what I get taught when I%26#039;m with him.|||No, it%26#039;s not possible to teach yourself any martial art from a book or a website. Such information is provided as reference material for experienced martail artists in that discipline or for martial artists from other disciplines who woudl be able to extrapolate sensible conclusions from the information.





All novice students need an instructor to provide a framework of understanding, guidance, mentorship, philosophy, and concept on which the students may apply the techniques they will learn. It is not possible to get this vital information from a non-responsive book or internet site. As many others have pointed out, you would not expect to read the operating instructions for a car, and jump immediately behind the wheel and drive away confidently. The same is true of martial arts.





Your best bet if you are truly interested in learning is to find a school in your area and become a student.





Good luck to you in your journey





Ken C


9th Dan HapMoosaKi-Do


8th Dan TaeKwon-Do


7th Dan YongChul-Do|||You could start learning moves, but I%26#039;d suggest going to a physical class.