I need some advice from other Taekwondo students?

I haven%26#039;t been able to go to TKD classes for over a month since I have been really busy with homework. My goal is to go for the Olympic taekwondo team. But I need to be a black belt. I missed the last testing. But I have all of next month to train. I am a low yellow belt. What can I do to get prepared to be on track for testing?|||I don%26#039;t think so maybe if you attend some joke of an academy. I started traing tkd when I was 12 years old and it took me about a year per belt and I trained until I was 23. Iwouldn%26#039;t even consider myself olympic material and I am 26 now. Sun yi%26#039;s academy of tkd. I made it to 3rd degree black belt. I doubt it for you, good luck.|||Just go back to class, practice your material, and keep active physically. But honestly, you have a .01% chance of making the Olypmic TKD team. First, you do have to be a black belt, but that takes roughly 1-1.5 years. And then, the olypmic team doesnt look first degrees, which is what you will be in 2008. Unless you are trying for the 2012 olympics, just get back into TKD and keep practicing. Remember, to be a good black belt as well, you will need to be able to teach, not just learn.|||you still have a LOOOONNNGGG time to wait until your black belt test. just sit tight, and if you can go back to classes then the next testing if you are ready then you will test.


it doesnt necessarily take 6-7 years, the average it takes is about 4-6 years. however, 1-1.5 years is WAAAYY too short for a black belt because you can barely do a crescent kick sheesh i%26#039;m about to take my black belt test and i%26#039;ve been training for 5 years, and i%26#039;m not even close to the best first degree i%26#039;ve seen, let alone heard about. so if you take your black belt test after 1.5 years man, our purple belts (5th belt out of 10) could beat you. it takes about 1.5 years to get HALF WAY THROUGH the belts, and then much longer to finish (depending on the person). only the TRULY EXCEPTIONAL people get their black belts in only a year. and usually, those people already have experience in other martial arts.





oh. also, never let anyone tell you you can%26#039;t be on the olympic team. if it%26#039;s your dream, and if you act on it, then anything is possible. however, since you%26#039;re only a yellow belt (which is what, 2nd or third out of how many?) it%26#039;s probably too early for you to be thinking about that. first you should set smaller goals, such as getting your next belt and getting your black belt. then after that you can start training full time.


however, if you miss classes then there is no way you could possibly be on the olympic team. those people train, im willing to bet, all day almost every day. and it%26#039;s not enough to dream about something or set a goal for it. you also have to act on it.|||If you hve both eyes on the goal,,you will not see the path to get there.|||Before I start on this...


%26quot; First, you do have to be a black belt, but that takes roughly 1-1.5 years%26quot;





In what dream world? Any black belt you %26quot;earn%26quot; in 1.5 years is a joke, and so is the person who %26quot;earned%26quot; it. Black belts take years upon years to earn properly, the faster of which being upwards of 6 - 7 years unless you%26#039;re at some watered down mcdojo in the states. Anyone who%26#039;s been training for 2 years and is given a black belt should be ashamed to wear it - it was not earned.





Now - to the question at hand. If you wanna be on the olympic TKD team, then missing class for a month is not an option ... ever. Train every day, regardless of whether or not you%26#039;re at your dojang, at least as hard as you train there, if not harder. Your goal should be, in this instance, to surpass your peers and eventually your teachers. Work hard, always move forward, and don%26#039;t cave in.|||i dont know|||train daily (twice or thrice a day if possible), train hard. no dilly-dallying. you%26#039;ll be black belt material in at least four years. and then you train even harder. a couple hundred more hours of training, and you%26#039;ll have a bit of chance making it to the olympic team. black belt isn%26#039;t something that can be attained just like that.





i%26#039;d recommend PLENTY of crosstraining and tournaments (invaluable for experience). try to participate in tournaments regularly. and remember, don%26#039;t rush advancing to the next level. always strive to push every one of your limits. your individual skill is what%26#039;s important (can you do ALL the techniques and forms from white to black belt with ease? how many tournaments have you won? out of how many? do you have confidence in yourself and your skills?). concentrate on cultivating your skills, rather than paying attention to superficial belts and titles. once you start not to care about belts (no, i am not saying not to get your promotions), but on your proficiency, you just might have a shot.|||practice even when you miss classes. If you have a manual keep going over the forms and applications. See if someone will train with you. It is great to have a training partner to keep you accountable and motivated.


In our school it take about 3 yr to get a black belt.