Tae

Hi, my name is Tyler, but you can just call me Tae. I'm 19 years old, I'm single, and I live in Massachusetts. I like to play video games, especially Role playing Games and Action/Adventure RPGs. Some of my favorites are the Tales series, the Final Fantasy series (up until 10 and especially Tactics), the Legend of Zelda series (except the Adventure of Link), the Dark Cloud games, The Way of the Samurai games, and Radiata Stories. I also like action anime/manga like Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi, Samurai X, Naruto, Dragon Ball, Yu Yu Hakusho, Gintama, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, and Bleach. SHOUNEN JUMP RULES! I also like to draw from time to time and I have my own deviantart, in fact, it's my personal website to the left there, but I'm not amazing. I also like stand up comedy and have a tendency to watch comedy central quite a bit. I also like Family Guy, Futurama, American Dad, and The Boondocks. As of now, I'm just another guy taking Criminal Justice in college at HCC, but I have big plans for the future and hopefully they will be fulfilled. You see, I am practitioner of Jung Ki Hapkido and some day I hope to be able to be a Master, even Grand Master if it is possible. I'm also taking Kuhapdo (which is like the Korean equivalent of Japanese iaijutsu) and Kumdo (which is like the Korean equivalent of Japanese kendo). However, sword classes are not so much for self-defense purposes as they are for spiritual growth and discipline. But Hapkido is awesome and extremely effective with boxing style punches, strong kicks that are always below chest level (above chest level, the opponent is likely to grab your leg), knee and elbow strikes similar to Muay Thai for clinch fighting, and traditional spear hands (for pinpointing soft tissue, often causing death) and palm strikes (a more merciful strike). However, the main aspect of Hapkido is to manipulate your opponents balance, momentum, and body mechanics in order to submit them, toss them aside, tear ligaments and/or muscle, break bone, or drop them on their head. Such techniques are hard to Master, but by Black Belt level one is able to perform techniques on somebody from the opponent's own punch and Masters are capable of performing techniques in almost any situation, especially the Grand Master, who is near unbeatable in hand-to-hand combat. However, Hapkido is no joke. It is not a style that can be used for sparring or sport. When using Hapkido, someone WILL get hurt. It is not an athletes fighting style, it is that of fighters, and those who wish to defend themselves and their lives. After all, Jung Ki Hapkido came from Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu; a style once used by samurai in Japan to kill their opponents.