I take Tae kwon do do and im a green belt?

Question

do you think a green belt can defend himself good in tha streets or anywhere ?

and is a green belt still a begginer or a intermidiate or an advanced ?

Answer 1

If your in an area where you feel you might have to defend yourself on the street.  Stay smart and don't walk it alone if you can avoid it.  Stay out of areas it would be easy for someone to attack you and not get noticed by the general public.  You never know who is carrying a guy or a knife.  Knives will mess you up quick.  I think if someone decided to attack someone else they would not be going into it thinking fair fight. They would be thinking dominate quickly and anything goes.  This might mean multiple attackers with knives, bats, chains.  Anything that will take you out quickly.  Awareness and good decisions are better than a street fight any day.

Answer 2

I'm purple belt and i know i could own guys on the streets...

(White, Yellow, Orange, Purple, Blue, Green, Brown, Black)

Green belts in my school are considered junior instructors with the title of sihing...

Answer 3

To be 100% honest, I don't think Taekwondo transfers well to the "street".

Forget the inevitable replies you're going to get about how nothing can prepare you for the "mean streets" and how you'll be bashed by gangs with guns and knives. There is such thing as a fair fight, and I don't believe Taekwondo is very efficient for it.

I'm going to stereotype TKD, and for clarification I know that it's "not that art, it's the person who does it" and all of that rubbish. There's a reason you don't see people training Tai Chi for a fight...

Back on topic. Most likely you don't spar full contact - in fact, most TKDers I have spoken to claim to rarely spar and even participate in no contact sparing. Unless you train in realistic situations, your TKD is going to do next to nothing.

The fact that you're also a greenbelt makes your situation worse. Though, I have seen a TKD black belt (I don't know his exact rank) get decked by an untrained fighter who was smaller than him.

TKD's common "hands down" stance is the fastest way to get yourself knocked out.

Flashy kicks? You're probably familiar with them. Try one of them when someone is rushing towards you swinging haymakers. It's not very easy, I'll tell you that.

That's how I feel about TKD's uses on the "street". TKDers and Martial Arts Posers will thumbs down me and argue against what I have said, but I can assure you, I know what I'm talking about. I have trained:

5 years of Karate - I don't like its street applications either.

6 years of Muay Thai - Several ring fights, and I train 8 times a week. I believe Muay Thai to be the best striking art, especially for "street fights". Straight boxing is also excellent.

3 months of Taekwondo - Yeah, I'm not a black belt, I didn't do it for that long, but I quit for a reason. I've trained at 2 TKD clubs to date, both were pathetic.

I actually HAVE fought outside of Martial Arts as well. I hope you take my advice.

Best of luck man!

Answer 4

I don't think you can defend yourself well enough yet, as your sparring is probably not as developed and good enough for use in real life.

My guess is that you can defend yourself when you get to at least Black belt or above.

Green belt is just below the intermediate line, from blue you start to be intermediate.

Answer 5

It depends on how good you are. The are white belts who could fight off a dozen men and there are black belts that couldn't beat Bill Gates. It also depends on your school and how good your training is.

Answer 6

ok

Answer 7

I also take Tae Kwon Do and let me tell you, rank means nothing in the streets. Whats important is how long you have been studying/practicing TKD. In terms of rank green belt is just about beginner-intermidiate level. I wouldn't call you a begginer but i wouldn't say you are quite yet at the intermidiate level. To me intermidiate starts at red belt, advanced starts at black belt.

Answer 8

as a green belt in Tae Kwon Do I did defend myself a few times. how ever this will not hold true to all green belts or even all martial artists. it depends on the instructor, the practitioner's ability/heart/mind set and how the practitioner trains.  

Answer 9

the problem is that youre probably only fighting other tkd people. nobody is gonna try to tornado whip kick you in the street. fight boxers, wrestlers, train against training weapons, multiple attackers. let me know what tkd does for ya.

Answer 10

well my instructor says black belt means that you have learnt the basics. so begginer. but yeah you can probably defend yourselfon the street is just depends on who you are fighting. and just because you are green belt doesnt mean much think about all the 12 yr old who have blackbelts. i know a guy with a black belt in TKD he was trained really well and is really good i know another guy who trained in a different school who is also a black belt but he kinda sucks.