New Students
Beginning your Martial Arts training is very simple.
Complete and turn in your registration
Show up to class in work-out clothes.
Follow the instructions from the teacher and watch those around you to figure out what to do!
We teach beginners using the method known as Immersion; new students enter either the Junior Dragon or Lower Belt classes -- the White, Gold and junior Orange belts -- because new students learn faster when they can watch other more experienced students perform basic movements and patterns.
Imitating those around you while following instructions is the fastest and easiest way to start learning the basics of the movements and how to control your own muscles and body. This can be a little disorientating for the new student.
However, everyone seems to get in synch with the curriculum within a few classes.
We have discovered that instructing a beginning student in a slow step-by-step fashion is not only boring, it isn't the best way to train. Tae Kwon Do is an art that requires the student to learn about themselves as well as the moves or skills being taught.
Once you progress beyond the basics, and the material becomes more demanding, then we become methodical and distinct in our training methods.
No students will laugh or joke about another student's abilities or mistakes because everyone in your class was taught the same way. All the students know that everyone learns differently and at different speeds, and everyone has different strengths and weaknesses. Your fellow students want only for you to master each skill as quickly as possible
Junior Dragons
Our Junior Dragons class is class is designed to develop their life skills with empahsis on self-contol for students ages four, five and six. It is a great foundation for those not yet ready to begin formal Karate training.
Emphasis is on creating positive habits of:
Focusing on tasks
Listening skills and following directions
Fostering positive behavior
Developing gross motor coordination
through Karate Games and fun exercises!
Lower Belts
Our Lower Belt Class consists of the New, White, Gold and child Orange Belts. The Lower Belt Class meets immediately before the Upper Belt Class on Wednesday and Sunday.
The principle goals of the Lower Belt Curriculum are:
Learning and solidifying the basics of Class Etiquette - Roll call, standing at attention, when to bow, etc
Learning how to stretch your muscles safely
Learning basic calisthenics to begin building muscle tone
Learning the beginning movements, stances, blocks, punches and kicks
Learning the basics of human physiology, from a personal, defensive and offensive viewpoint
Learning how to develop basic concentration skills or focus
This class is taught by instructors from our school (see our Instructorspage) to give more personal instruction to the students while they are learning. When needed, members of the Black Belt Club are added as additional assistant instructors for demonstrations and personal coaching
Upper Belts
Our Upper Belt class consists of adult Orange Belts and up, and child Green Belts and up. The Upper Belt Class meets immediately after the Lower Belt Class on Wednesday and Sunday evenings.
The focus of the Upper Belt Curriculum is developing all the techniques in the Lower Belt Curriculum with greater skill and precision. Additional techniques, patterns, kattas (forms), moves and beginning weaponry* defenses are introduced.
This class is taught by two instructors from our school to give more personal attention to the students while they are learning.
Black Belt Club
Upper Belt Students who have reached the level of proficiency and commitment to make it to Black Belt are invited by their instructor to become assistant instructors and join the Black Belt Club.
They wear separate uniforms and are allowed to assist in the instruction of new students, compete in tournaments and give public demonstrations.