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People of all ages
practice Tae Kwon Do for many
reasons. As a form of self defense, this method is
unbeatable. A practitioner learns how to place forceful kicks
and
punches that result in the disarming of an attacker.
As an exercise,
Tae Kwon Do strengthens and
stretches almost every muscle of the body. On the advanced
level,
the workout inherently contains an aerobic component.
Beginners
start slowly with a thorough stretching warm-up with a gradual increase
in the amount of exercise.
For those who
desire competition, the studio
regularly attends tournaments all over the country. In past
years
Black Belts and lower belts have won first, second and third place
trophies at the tournaments in Kansas, Iowa, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and
New York.
A side benefit of
the practice of Tae Kwon Do is the
lesson of self discipline that each student eventually must
realize. Practicing Tae Kwon Do is akin to practicing a
musical
instrument: the basics must be learned, practiced, fine
tuned,
practiced, retuned, and practiced again until the body can perform them
automatically. Obviously, the more one practices the more one
gains.
Tae Kwon Do
consist of kicks, punches, forms
(routine movements), and hand techniques. At the advanced
level,
students learn to free spar, which is the actual fighting
component. Also, as one practices, the artful beauty, the
intellectual challenge and the thrill of Tae Kwon Do become evident.
The name of this
school is Chung Do Kwan. We
are direct descendants through Master Choi of the Chung Do Kwon school
in Seoul, Korea, that school was the first martial arts
studio in
Korea and was founded by Grandmaster Won Kuk Lee over 50 years
ago.
We, the students,
cannot really express our pride in
our teacher, Master Duk Kyung Choi. As a teacher, he is
indeed a
master. In fact, no one matches his ability to teach the
physical
body and to challenge the practitioner's mind. He is one of
the
few masters who still practices what he teaches and who was a champion
during his years as a student and instructor at the main school in
Seoul, Korea. In addition to our pride is an abiding love and
profound respect for Master Choi. Perhaps our deepest
feeling,
however, is gratitude. |
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