I did a little TKD as a PE requirement for college. At the end of the semester, I earned a yellow belt by breaking a piece of wood. It was ok, but I didn't connect with the art partly because I don't have that leg flexibility and also I didn't see any practical value for it.

Hi. I just stumbled upon this group. I started taking Tang Soo Do a it more than a year ago. My wife has been a black belt in TSD since she was a teenager, but stopped doing it for almost 20 years. Then, she decided to enrol our then-6-year-old daughter, and start up again herself. After about six months of that, I decided that I needed to get in on the fun. Having a wife who can whip my ass is one thing, but my little girl?! I'm a green belt, now. DD is a blue belt (The school goes white--yellow--green--blue--2nd brown--1st brown--black.) It seems like a pretty eclectic school. They teach TSD about half the time, interspersed with traditional jujitsu, Brazilian jujitsu, street fighting/self defense, and a lot of aerobic workouts. I'm definitely a runner first, a (would be) martial artist second, but the focus may shift temporarily in a few weeks, after my marathon on November 22. Everybody there gives me a hard time because I usually run before my class. They think I'm showing off. But really, I'm there waiting while DW teaches the pee wees, and then while she teaches DD's youth class. What else am I going to do? The school is Klotz Institute of Karate. Ken Klotz is an excellent instructor, and a really great person; the type who is always doing something for the community. In this video, Ken is on the right tossing a board into the air. Another of the school's instructors, Ryan London, is on the left. http://www.youtube.com/v/skb8BrXeeT4&hl=en&fs=1 (I don't quite have my own video highlights. I'm working on it.