Any Taekwondo aspies out there?

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I've been doing Taekwondo for 6 years, but I'll probably stop since I plan to move away for university- which I'm very excited about. I don't like it as much anymore. I'm a 2nd dan black belt and may grade for 3rd dan before my planned move.

well at the tender age of 29 I may be starting. I plan to attend a trial session.
my 6 yr old nephew is in it so this will give us something else to talk about. well if I go through with this, it will lessen the chance that he'll be able to overpower me in middle school

also curious as I have balance and somewhat sever fine motor problems and also some gross motor problems.
any of you guys have coordinaton problems and how did that play out? also ill be training with an adult group

The most important thing is to just stick with it - no matter how much you think you may be plateauing, no matter how much you may think you trip over your feet or if you feel like you need four times as long to learn something. I for instance have no physical intuition whatsoever, even the dumbest things start with rote learning and yes - my coordination's been traditionally terrible, my visual processing speed is pretty bad, that and when I watch moves performed its very difficult for me to translate what I'm seeing into my applying it. Still, things are moving along and even when I hit a long plateau I usually figure that I need time to digest the material - its a lot like learning a foreign language and if your really getting to the cusp of being at a new level of understanding it, let your mind catch up on its rework. If other people are even passing you in belt rank - doesn't matter, if you get good enough have black belt rank and can peform as a solid black belt - if you should need to defend yourself on the street it'll work the same whether it took you four years to acquire your skills or seven.

It might help to get private lessons as well. I figured out I don't learn a physical form by watching it and imitating it, but by memorizing how it feels when the teacher says I've done it correctly. This means it may take some intense focus and correction on the teacher's part before I get to that first correct version so that I have something to memorize by feel.

Also talk to the instructors, go to different clubs and get a feel for them, I find people still get frustrated when I dont pick up seemingly simple things, but not as frustrated as I get with myself.

I'm a white belt in tkd but so much better, as I'v been practising for years, and playing catch up in in karate, i'm at brown belt and probably taking black belt next year. I started both when I was about 18, I got to green tags in tkd, and brown belt in karate as it was simpler as we dint really use kicks. so thats 20 years to get to this point as I'm 38 now.

Forget the arguments over which is better, the 1 that you like and suits you is the best for you.

I have sensory and coordination problems, I entered a karate competition recently, 1 of the people in my club was going on about how she looked stupid when she messed a kata up in the previous comp, I had a mind blank and messed mine up, didnt get to finish mine, at least she stopped going on about hers after that, in the kumite (fighting) I was clueless and lost, oh well.

i've been doing taekwondo since last October/ November. i'm currently white belt yellow tag (a mishap in high heels caused me to sprain my ankle which meant due to the time required i did not practice enough for grading in April) and i am hoping February 2018 to take my grading for a yellow belt

I started Taekwondo when I was 11 and I found it to be one of my best strengths. It helped me develop a love for exercise and staying in shape. I'm currently taking time off to finish school but planning on continuing and getting my 2nd dan black belt after I graduate college.

I did it...like once in a group when I was a kid.