THE ART OF TAE KWON DO

In the truest sense, an artist strives for perfection, be it to capture an image in a painting, or perform a dance faultlessly. The term artist is used to describe a person that competes only against themselves, not looking for any other reward other than satisfaction in perfection. Some techniques performed in Tae Kwon Do cannot be practiced on an opponent, so the student will probably never use it, and so must practice improvement without the reward of knowing if it would have actually been effective.

THE SPORT OF TAE KWON DO

As with most sports, an individual can test themselves against an opponent in a controlled and measured environment, this will help provide a valuable measure in their ability over time, it also provides an invaluable form of motivation for physical development. By nature when competing against others, it affords the student the interaction in both winning and losing, and as such the humility that should be nurtured in a student of Tae Kwon Do, ‘No man is an island divided from the main’...

YOUR PATH THROUGH TRAINING

As a student within Tae Kwon do, you will make friends and learn new skills that will improve your health and flexibility. This art form is for everybody, each and everyone gaining from the art. You don’t need to be ‘ready’ to start training, just willing to have a go… There isn’t a single person in the world that hasn’t started just were you are now with little or no knowledge at all, that’s the whole point, and the only expectation your instructor will have for you, is that you enjoy your training and get something of value to take away. As an art form your personal aim is to see an improvement for yourself without pressure and without measure against others… The subjects covered while under instruction are as follows

  • Patterns - Patterns are the main way we practice and learn perfect technique, the moves set in a sequence relating mainly to attack and defence and are performed against an imaginary opponent, this predictable set of moves allow for refinement of technique and repetition to make the move spontaneous when needed.
  • Self Defense -- All Tae Kwon Do is self-defense, however the term self-defense within the art refers to the close quarters movements relating predominantly to quick decisive and usually devastating techniques not found or aloud in sparing.
  • Sparring -- This element of Tae Kwon Do is used to put a limited number of the skills the student has learned into controlled combat, allowing for the practitioners to move and react freely to an opponent, this helps the student gauge how much they have learned to react instinctively.
  • Fitness and Fexibility -- As a natural process of learning Tae Kwon Do, you will be taught and encouraged to work on your personal flexibility, and the byproduct of the classes naturally increase your fitness, you don’t have to be ‘fit’ to start training… just enthusiastic.
  • confidence-- Student gain a confidence within that comes with knowledge and achievement, similar to that acquired when becoming an adult after childhood or a craftsman after being an apprentice.
  • community -- A sense of community is gained by nurturing responsibly, we pledge to ‘defend the weak’ aimed at promoting our defense of the weaker members of society.