About Kingdom Warriors Christian Taekwondo Academy
WHAT IS TAEKWONDO?
"Tae" means "foot," "leg," or "to step on"; "Kwon" means "fist," or "fight"; and "Do" means the "way" or "discipline." If we put these three parts together, we can see two important concepts behind "Tae Kwon Do". First, Taekwondo is the right way of using Tae and Kwon feet and fists,' or all the parts of the body that are represented by fists and feet. Second, it is a way to control or calm down fights and keep the peace. This concept comes from the meaning of Tae Kwon 'to put fists under control'. Thus Taekwondo means "the right way of using all parts of the body to stop fights and help to build a better and more peaceful world."
Taekwondo has been developing with the 5000-year long history of Korea, being called by several different names in the course of time. In Korea, Taekwondo began as a defense martial art called "Subak" or "Taekkyon," and developed as a way of training body and mind in the ancient kingdom of Koguryo, under the name of "Sunbae." In the Shilla period, it had become the backbone of Hwarangdo that aimed at producing leaders of the country.
Taekwondo today is similar to the martial arts in other Oriental countries and shares some features with them, because, in the course of its evolution, it has gained many different styles that existed in the martial arts of the countries surrounding Korea, like Japan and China. Source: TeamUSA.org/USA-taekwondo
Tricking
One thing that distinguishes Kingdom Warriors is our incorporation of tricking and weapons into our system. Tricking is a combination of aerial kicks and gymnastics. While we can’t guarantee you’ll be able to flip by black belt, we’ll give you the necessary training to be able to do so safely... the rest is up to you. We use Dan Perez’s tricking curriculum which emphasizes safety first but is still a lot of fun.
Weapons
Weapons training can be somewhat difficult. We don't work on traditional weapons forms/poomse/katas. Rather, we teach creative weapons using bo staffs, nunchuks, katanas, and kamas.
Students can choose to master a weapon or elect not to learn a any weapon as well. To begin training in a weapon, students must purchase their own and can view some in our online pro shop.
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A Christian Taekwondo Program
Master Cliff has been training in taekwondo for 21 years and in 2018 attained the rank of 5th Dan along with the title “Master Instructor”. He has been actively involved in the ISKA World Martial Arts Championships both as a competitor as well as a judge. Our system is that of Victory TKD Chung Do Kwan. CDK is the oldest of the Kwans (schools) of taekwondo. We have 9 ranks prior to black belt, each of which requires certain skills and time requirements. It usually takes a good student about 3-4 years to attain their first black belt. Victory TKD CDK is run by Grandmaster Sosa, a Christian who requires all instructors in his system to also be Christian and who go through an extensive interview with the Grandmaster. Taekwondo, like most martial arts, is not designed to teach fighting, but rather defense and how to avoid a fight. You will actively engage in “mock fights” which is called sparring; However, sparring is meant to be a training method to ensure you are not only able to use your knowledge practically but you’re also able to take a hit.