My daughter's 4th Dan Black Belt test

[dlgoff]

I returned home yesterday from North Carolina and wanted to give an update via some pics.

That is outstanding! All the best to her. (I like that a thesis is required for advancement; a friend of mine requires that of all his advanced black belts.) Be sure to let us know how it goes.

In the motel the evening before her test.

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Doing a little tune-up at the Masters dojo the morning before the test.

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The written portion of the test at the Masters dojo.

https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/393x295q90/r/707/img0196qs.jpg

Her Master, President of US Taekwon-do Council, and ITF rep watching her.

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With the Master after an outstanding test.

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I'll post some of the action pics from the movies I took when time permits.

 

[lisab]

I'm very impressed! Good for her !

 

[turbo]

Good indeed! That has taken dedication.

 

[micromass]

Congratulate her from me! Well done!

 

[Doc Al]

Awesome! I bow to her! Much respect.

 

[HeLiXe]

Totally Awesome! Congratulations to her on her achievement :)

 

[ChiralWaltz]

I bet that was a fun trip! What does her foot tattoo say?

 

[Evo]

She's grown into a beautiful, talented and DANGEROUS woman!

 

[dlgoff]

I'm very impressed! Good for her !

I was also. Even after following her nearly 14 years now.

Good indeed! That has taken dedication.

Her dedication comes in part from the reward of preserving the "traditional taekwon-do" style of Choi Hong Hi.

Congratulate her from me! Well done!

I'll be sending her a link to this thread when she's home. She was to leave from Norfolk, VA this afternoon but there was a mechanical problem with her plane, so tomorrow.

Awesome! I bow to her! Much respect.

And I know she feels much respect for you. As do I.

Totally Awesome! Congratulations to her on her achievement :)

Will do.

I bet that was a fun trip! What does her foot tattoo say?

Outstanding trip. I'll have to ask exactly what the foot tattoo say. Some quote I believe. She also has this on the side of her neck. It means “Pil Sung” translates as “I am confident of certain victory.”

She's grown into a beautiful, talented and DANGEROUS woman!

Very Dangerous. Here's some action frames from some of my videos.

Defending a knife thrust.

http://imageshack.us/a/img526/241/knifethrust.jpg

First sparing match. Block and follow-up kick.

http://imageshack.us/a/img703/2940/firstmatchblock.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img690/5412/firstmatchfollowup.jpg

Slipping in a side kick in second sparing match.

http://imageshack.us/a/img19/9729/secondmatchslipin.jpg

Third sparing match. Faking a high kick w/block followed by one to the ribs.

http://imageshack.us/a/img819/3218/thirdmatchfakehighkickb.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img209/4294/thirdmatchafterbateingf.jpg

Head shot in her forth sparing match.

http://imageshack.us/a/img856/8651/forthmatchheadshot.jpg

Final match defending a multi-attack.

http://imageshack.us/a/img94/998/fifthmatchdefendingmult.jpg

 

[dlgoff]

More Pics.

This one shows off her new belt and her Master.

http://imageshack.us/a/img594/4282/newbeltandthemaster.jpg

Here's the Certain Victory (Pil Sung) tattoo.

http://imageshack.us/a/img856/9641/pilsungtattoo.jpg

The day after the test was back to learning. A Referee Seminar with Classroom and hands-on training.

http://imageshack.us/a/img23/2795/refereeseminar.jpg

 

[Borek]

You know I have just a white belt in English, so congratulations threads are a problem for me - I don't want to repeat what others wrote, but I can't kick high enough to wrote something on my own. I feel like Doc Al wrote exactly what I think (even if we are looking from completely different POVs). Respect!

 

[jedishrfu]

Please congratulate her for me! That's an awesome achievement.

My two sons and I have also been involved in TKD under Master Rubino and Grandmaster Duk Sun having reached 1st Dan for me and 2nd and 3rd for them and we know the incredible time and effort that must be put into get to that level. My younger son still goes to class and teaches classes for kids at the local YMCA.

Can you tell us about her 4th Dan test? Has she competed in any tournaments?

Did you also take TKD?

I ask because during our TKD summer camp one year, a daughter took out her Dad with a kick and a leg sweep in a sparring session. He was both a proud Dad and an embarrassed black belt at the same time.

I found a TKD reference for the Pil Sung characters:

http://www.kidokwan.org/historical/historical-articles-1970s/pil-sung%ED%95%84%EC%8A%B9-embodiment-of-the-tenets-of-tae-kwon-do/

 

[PhizKid]

Cool, did not know Pil Seung originated from Taekwondo. I mostly hear it used as a greeting by soldiers in the Korean army

 

[dlgoff]

I feel like Doc Al wrote exactly what I think (even if we are looking from completely different POVs). Respect!

And my fatherly pride has evolved into Much Respect now that she's an adult. What I respect most is her dedication to preserving the "traditional taekwon-do" style of General Choi Hong Hi. She's done this by teaching children for about 7 years now. The title of her required thesis is "A Guide For Teaching Taekwon-do to Children"

Can you tell us about her 4th Dan test?

I can tell you there was, as I replied to Borek, a thesis, along with a written test, patterns, one-steps, take-downs, joint locks, sparring, board breaking, she had to be at least 20 years old, know the Korean meaning/history of the patterns, speak and understand all the Korean terminology; for all belt levels up through 4th degree. For me to explain would be like asking a 1st grader to derive Maxwell's Equations.

Has she competed in any tournaments?

More than I can count in both ITF and WTF styles as well as ATA competitions.

Did you also take TKD?

I ask because during our TKD summer camp one year, a daughter took out her Dad with a kick and a leg sweep in a sparring session. He was both a proud Dad and an embarrassed black belt at the same time.

No. But she took me out when she was an orange belt not realizing the effectiveness of a well place front kick to the solar plexus.

Cool, did not know Pil Seung originated from Taekwondo. I mostly hear it used as a greeting by soldiers in the Korean army

Well that's because the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) was founded by a General in the Korean Army; General Choi Hong Hi. As a mater of fact, my daughters Master was a personal friend of the General and I have proof. I took this picture of a picture when her Master was younger and acting as General Choi's body guard due to death threats.

https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/393x295q90/r/801/img0198gh.jpg

That's her Master to the left of Choi Hong Hi as they were exiting a plane. There were other pics of the them in their suits with shoes in an office doing controlled jump front kicks where the shoes were about a millimeter short of contacting the chin.

 

[PhizKid]

Balling suits

 

[ChiralWaltz]

Cool, did not know Pil Seung originated from Taekwondo. I mostly hear it used as a greeting by soldiers in the Korean army

are you an military kid?

dad, you are embarrassing me, lol:
http://imageshack.us/a/img819/3218/thirdmatchfakehighkickb.jpg

 

[dlgoff]

I don't know which I like to watch most; Sparring or breaking. Here's some video frame breaking pictures.

Side kick. 2 boards

http://imageshack.us/a/img201/4651/sidekick.jpg

360° reverse kick. 3 boards

http://imageshack.us/a/img6/6053/360reversekick.jpg

Elbow strike. 2 boards

http://imageshack.us/a/img689/1724/elbowstrick.jpg

Speed break from spinning kick (4 pics). 1 board

http://imageshack.us/a/img27/6100/reversespinkick1.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img11/2408/reversespinkick2.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img12/8465/reversespinkick3.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img585/9423/reversespinkick4.jpg

 

[Doc Al]

Sweet!

 

[jedishrfu]

When my son was preparing for his black belt test he needed to break board with two different techniques and he decided one should be a roundhouse kick. On his first try he missed slightly and gashed his foot requiring a trip to ER and several painful stitches and a six month delay before trying again.

 

[PhizKid]

are you an military kid?

No I am not

 

[dlgoff]

When my son was preparing for his black belt test he needed to break board with two different techniques and he decided one should be a roundhouse kick. On his first try he missed slightly and gashed his foot requiring a trip to ER and several painful stitches and a six month delay before trying again.

The worst injury my daughter got story ...

With an ATA 2nd degree Black Belt and sparring another Black Belt who was double her weight, she got stuck with a front leg front kick just above the belt while going in for an attack. Stopped her dead in her tracks, lifted her off the mat, and landed square on her tail bone. She jumped right back up and finished that final match of the night. Then when getting her gear off to leave for home, she actually complained. She was in server pain and we summarized that the tail bone was broken and went to the ER. Turned out, it was slightly cracked but badly bruised (she still has the donut here). Took a while but didn't slow down her drive. The worst part of it was some ER a-hole's report got the insurance company wanting to get the school to pay, which I put a stop to.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Awesome news Don! You must be very proud! I spent a year in high school working my way up to red belt in Tae-Kwon-Do. I had lots of fun! Today I can barely lift my leg past my waist lol.

 

[dlgoff]

... Today I can barely lift my leg past my waist lol.

FYI. I hadn't seen your reply before posting this. https://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=4339341&postcount=5

 

[dlgoff]

I spent a year in high school working my way up to red belt in Tae-Kwon-Do.

2nd kup

The Red meaning "Danger, cautioning the student to exercise control and warning the opponent to stay away".

 

[Borg]

Great pictures dlg. I look forward to seeing the ER pictures of the first person who is dumb enough to mess with her.

 

[HowlerMonkey]

Once any "black belt" is earned, I feel it's best to diversify into other disciplines to check whether there is something out there you can use.

I started at Jhoon Rhee in the early 1970s, boxed in miami from 1975 to 1981 while also wrestling in high school, and started learning submissions from every discipline I could find ever since.

Every transition to another discipline was from a bad result when I ran into someone who had a different skill set.

I'm still a marginal wrestler but having a good submissions game helps to counter a good wrestler.

It's also good to know the different flavors in various disciplines in that you can usually divide up any discpline into "defense", "sport", "no holds barred", and others...and know that they can be very different from each other.

With the knowledge gained from above, I use life experience and basic physics to learn things that many disciplines have not addressed.

 

[dlgoff]

Great pictures dlg. I look forward to seeing the ER pictures of the first person who is dumb enough to mess with her.

Me too. She would do everything possible to avoid a confrontation; making it even worse for the person should they not take heed.

Once any "black belt" is earned, I feel it's best to diversify into other disciplines to check whether there is something out there you can use.

I agree. My daughter's boyfriend is from a boxing background and they are both training in Muay Thai.

I started at Jhoon Rhee in the early 1970s, boxed in miami from 1975 to 1981 while also wrestling in high school, and started learning submissions from every discipline I could find ever since.

Every transition to another discipline was from a bad result when I ran into someone who had a different skill set.

I'm still a marginal wrestler but having a good submissions game helps to counter a good wrestler.

It's also good to know the different flavors in various disciplines in that you can usually divide up any discpline into "defense", "sport", "no holds barred", and others...and know that they can be very different from each other.

With the knowledge ganed from above, I use life experience and basic physics to learn things that many disciplines have not addressed.

Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

 

[dlgoff]

I wanted to show with pictures the ending to my daughter's (and my) Black Belt test adventure.

Most of this thread has been about my daughter, but look at the other awesome Black Belt family member accomplishments.

http://imageshack.us/a/img826/630/awesomegroup.jpg

A proud Dad with his Daughter

http://imageshack.us/a/img824/7850/daughteranddadn.jpg

The night before I was leaving to go back to Kansas, my daughters Master called her to have us meet for some Mexican food. Talk about feeling like being a part of the ITF Taekwon-do family; it was my birthday and ...

http://imageshack.us/a/img543/9876/birthdaytequila.jpg

Here's one of her good friends from Puerto Rico.

http://imageshack.us/a/img255/2763/hergoodfriend2.jpg

Saying goodbyes.

http://imageshack.us/a/img811/8803/sayinggoodbyes.jpg

What a trip!

 

[turbo]

Good pix, Don!. Your daughter is so pretty,and I would want her to have my back in a fight!

 

[dlgoff]

Good pix, Don!. Your daughter is so pretty,and I would want her to have my back in a fight!

Thank you turbo. She knows about my PF friends here. It was just yesterday on the phone that she brought up remembering seeing the photo of your log house with snow to the roof's eves. You can count on her having your back.

 

[Borek]

Each time I look at her pictures I have the same thoughts - she looks deceitfully delicate, but she is a deadly trap

 

[sankalpmittal]

Much respect Don (dlgoff) ! :)

 

[turbo]

Thank you turbo. She knows about my PF friends here. It was just yesterday on the phone that she brought up remembering seeing the photo of your log house with snow to the roof's eves. You can count on her having your back.

Thank you. I will pay for her transportation, lodging and legal funds (if needed). We need more brave politicians and activists that are willing to buck their political parties and ideological compatriots.

We can't always count on the activists to express a well-reasoned explanation why we need to be sensitive to the stuff in the major media. We need to be able to accept that there there may be decent reasonable defensible counter-offer.

 

[dlgoff]

A message to PF.

Thank you all for the kind words and respect. I don't know any of you, only what my dad tells me, and vice versa. Still, what I have taken is that PF is almost like a family, similar to my ITF Taekwon-do family, which is great. I appreciate you all being there for my dad. Maybe one day soon I will be a member on here myself. :) Thanks again and Taekwon.

 

[Borek]