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The Benefits Of Taekwondo For Meditation Training

Understanding one’s inner self is a major part of participating in the practice of meditation. The benefits are numerous including lowering high blood pressure, decreasing stress related tension, improving the immune system and most importantly the strengthening of one’s energy, referred to as prana. The same can be said of studying martial arts as it has similar helpful advantages for health. Combine the two and the benefits would only be multiplied however numerous questions do come up about how practicing something like Taekwondo would be distracting for one who is looking to bring peace to their mind through meditation. This is not so and something we will discuss here.

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Tae Kwon Do In Martial Arts

Comparing Martial Arts

As many people already know, there are many benefits to martial arts training. However, with all of the different styles that are available, you may be wondering which style is best for you.

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Discover The Peaceful Philosophy Of Tae Kwon Do

Tae Kwon Do, while being a fighting art, has a philosophy of peace and its purpose is to bring about a more peaceful world. In its efforts toward this goal, it starts by building the individual. Through its practice and teachings, it works toward building a person with strong character, a good personality, and one who is moral and ethical in daily life.

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My first MST (Master and SUSA training)

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What is the curriculum of the day?

I wasn’t sure what to expect for my first SUSA training. An email was sent out to think about the biggest issue in teaching round house kick to white belts and what would be a better method. I assumed it was going to be additional instructor and teaching technique training for the next hour and a half. As we were warming up and going through the drills I was still waiting for the topic of the day to come up.

 

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About Tae Kwon Do Poomsaes

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Origins of Tae Kwon Do Poomsae

Tae Kwon Do is a martial art that is practiced in general to protect a person from outside threats in the world. It is a practice that helps a person learns how to be defensive. This art was used in ancient Korea, but it has now spread around the world. Poomsae is a form of Tae Kwon Do and refers to the manner of teaching the art and practicing it while incorporating certain types of conduct.

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KUMYEDO TRAINING WITH GRANDMASTER JANG

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Not even a blizzard on a Sunday can defeat a warrior when he or she has committed themselves to practice. On 24 January, 2016, with many inches of snow on the ground, we were honored to host Grandmaster Hyo-Seon Jang who traveled from Korea to share his experience and insights in sword-training. Masters and students traveled from as far as 2 hours to attend this workshop guided by a fluid, impressive, and stoic Grandmaster Jang.
The first session was for advanced students, the Masters. The training began with greeting, bowing, and meditating; they then started warm-ups with simple kicking techniques and holding postures, intended to gradually but thoroughly get their energy flowing. Watching the Masters move through Kigong patterns and footwork got me thinking about how difficult it can be to make something look effortless. They demonstrated their sword skills through patterns, and seeing that I knew they had taken years to learn; and no doubt they fought hard against the desire to give in or give up.

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Good Reasons to Enroll Your Child in Martial Arts Classes

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In today’s modern society that seems to glorify violence on every form of media from TV, movies, video games and music it may seem like a poor idea to enroll your child in a martial arts learning school. Although the genre of martial arts action movies is always rife with gratuitous violence it may surprise most people to know that martial arts training can be very beneficial to children.

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The Philosophy Of Tae Kwon Do

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The Tae Kwon Do philosophy is not to fight, but to create a more peaceful world. When studying the art of Tae Kwon Do, the individual will be taught how to develop their character and personality. They will come to understand that they are the foundation and must have strong ethics and positive morals. Only upon a strong foundation, possessing the right attitude and characteristics, can success or the end goal be reached.

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Kevin’s achievement of 21 days training

Yoo's Martial Arts Fair Lawn location "Kevin's achievement of 21 days training" Our sincere congratulations go to Kevin for successfully completing his 21-day training goal! Kevin’s mother asked us to help him improve his expression of Respect, so Master Kim prepared a training chart for them to track...