How To Do A Kip Up
Learning how to do a kip up is challenging to new students. A kip up should be a part of everyone’s ground game. If you fall and the attacker doesn’t come at you, (if he does come at you, be sure to join our Hyper Bully Defence System to find out what to do), you […]
How to do a cartwheel- Increasing Flexibility
How to do a cartwheel- The Beginner’s Guide Students like to incorporate a little acrobatic routine into martial arts. Its fun, it looks pretty cool but more importantly, it helps the martial art student increase their flexibility and their range of motion. One of the first acrobatic techniques is the cartwheel. One which most of […]
Kicking Round – Multiple Kicks
Kicking Round – Multiple Kicks Kicking is what we do. As students of Tae Kwon Do, we need to work and work and work on our kicks. Chloe Bruce brings a quick exercise tip on how to place multiple kicks in a circle. Chloe takes you through a martial arts kick combo – her “Kickin’ […]
Words hurt
Words hurt. Bullying isn’t just physical, but words can inflict pain that doesn’t heal, like a bruise. I saw this on FaceBook today and wanted to share it. As toy know, we are striving to help eliminate bullying here in Swift Current and beyond. A part of our Hyper Bully Defense program is encouraging our […]
Breaking Boards & Breaking Chains: Ending Slavery one board at a time
Breaking Boards & Breaking Chains: Ending Slavery one board at a time. Slavery is a growing business. Trafficking humans is a problem on a global scale. Breaking Boards & Breaking Chains came about because there are an estimated 27 million slaves in the world today. That is more slaves than any other time in history. Our […]
First Taekwondo belt promotion in Regina
Taekwondo belt promotion in Regina Our new satellite school on March 15th, 2014 saw our very first Tae Kwon Do belt promotions at Regina Christian Tae Kwon Do. Students, under instructor Jessica Byker were put through their paces to earn their 9th and 8th gup belts! Testing candidates worked hard for over an hour, showing […]
Lyric Theatre hosts an evening of Tae Kwon Do
The Lyric Theatre here in Swift Current saw our Xtreme Youth Challenge giving a demonstration of the things that they have been learning in Tae Kwon Do My students made me very proud of them and what they have accomplished in a very short period of time. From performing Form 1 (Taegeuk il Chong) to […]
2nd Dan Black Belt testing
Well, testing is done and I am officially a 2nd degree black belt! I tested for my 2nd in Nelson BC, along with J. Byker who was testing for her 1st degree. It is quite an experience to test alongside one of your students! Grandmaster Begley, who is known for his fearsome personality, came up […]
World’s Worst Martial Arts Demo?
World’s Worst Martial Arts Demo This video is making its rounds, causing people to laugh and make Tae Kwon Do look bad. Unfortunately, he displays how not to break a board. After watching it, I felt: a) mostly sorry for his students that had to watch him embarrass himself and the sport and b) saddened that […]
The Heart of Chung Do Kwan Seminar: The Video
We had a great time with Master Siminoff this May as he taught us more about the heart of Chung Do Kwan. Tae Kwon Do has come to Swift Current!! [vsw id=”G2IeQV5CH1o” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”]