SITTING OR RIDING STANCE – KOREAN COMMAND: “JUMCHUM SEOGI”This offensive stance is another one of the core stances of Taekwondo. It’s tricky – there are many technical aspects to this seemingly straight-forward stance!Tips on achieving a technically correct sitting stance: Ensure your body weight is distributed evenly over both feet and Read more…
How to do a Back Stance BACK STANCE – KOREAN COMMAND: “DWITKUBI” The back stance is a defensive stance and a very common one in Taekwondo. Like other stances, it’s important to perform it correctly both in poomsae and when sparring. Tips on achieving a technically correct back stance: 👣 Read more…
https://youtu.be/NDIo-i703g0 Bo Staff Strikes for Beginners. A lot of martial arts students want to know ” How do I strike with a Bo Staff?” We’re going to look at two basic strikes, but first is how do we hold a Bo staff? Generally, we like to call it the rule Read more…
INTEGRITY (pronounced “yom-chee” in Korean) is one of the five tenets or principles of Taekwondo. 🖐 Literally, it means “completeness” or “wholeness” – it portrays the idea of consistent character that comes out of a complete, whole heart. ❤️💛💚💙💜 Someone with integrity is not only able to determine the difference Read more…
Taekwondo is not all about the physical – it has much to do with mental discipline and character building as well. 🧠🧎♀️ Each month, kids are provided lessons about a particular concept or word and are encouraged to put it into practice as “homework”. Once they demonstrate understanding, they earn Read more…
Martial arts training is often associated with young, athletic individuals, but it’s a form of exercise that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. In fact, martial arts training can be especially beneficial for older adults. Studies have shown that regular exercise can help older people maintain their physical Read more…
Learning how to tie your belt in Taekwondo isn’t always easy, but hopefully, this will help. Did you know …Mathematicians calculate that there are 177,147 ways to knot a tie, but there are very few ways to tie a Taekwondo knot? The belt (dhee in Korean) is tied in a Read more…
Edutainment Be the parent your child needs you to be. They need you to be in their world. That means interacting and playing with them on their level to prompt them through the tasks and chores they don’t want to do. Here are some tips and examples on using effectively Read more…
Connection One of the most important things that you can do as a parent is establish a connection with your child. In fact, children need connection more than anything else. Here are a few ways that you can begin to build a great connection with your child: Daily Interactions: Make Read more…
One of the key aspects of parenting is to foster a positive growth mindset in our children. We all love to see our kids excel in everything they do. There is no doubt that when kids finally nail their form, or fly across the mat and break a board; everyone Read more…
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