Reasons for taking-up Taekwon-Do
Seven reasons why children should take-up Taekwon-Do
Grace Under Pressure
Most beginners are as tight as bow strings. As the weeks pass they learn to face imaginary opponents calmly. They will learn to keep their heart-beat at normal levels; their sweaty palms will be gone while they fix their attention on their partner. This new grace benefits students in ways that extend beyond the Taekwon-Do class. Parents often notice changes in their children as they learn to approach adults and other children with security and self confidence.
- Role Models
Parents find that Taekwon-Do promotes achievement orientation. Premier Taekwon-Do Schools provides an environment of positive role models. Students work to improve their skills to the best of their ability. In our classes a variety of extraordinary people are ordinary people who display extraordinary determination. Children exposed to this type of determination have a greater chance of incorporating this attitude into their own personality.
- The Need To Belong
An advantage of Taekwon-Do over team sports is that every child can participate. Unlike some other sports, where a child may not make the team or ends up as a substitute, Taekwon-Do lets everyone perform to his or her highest level. Children don't get involved in negative activities because they like it or because it makes them feel good, but because they want to fit in. Children associated with Taekwon-Do don't have that type of identity problem. Students of Taekwon-Do are often leaders in their peer group.
- Concentration And Academic Performance
Taekwon-Do lessons may help children study. Concentration is greatly improved by Taekwon-Do training. The traditional patterns, a set of prescribed movements against an imaginary opponent, are a lesson in self control and concentration. At Premier Taekwon-Do Schools, academic performance is positively reinforced and rewarded through our program.
- Goal Orientation
The Taekwon-Do belt ranking system bestows a different belt colour for each step up the ladder. Each student sees the result of his or her efforts. It is neither watered down nor inflated by the team effort. A by-product of the belt test is learning poise in front of judges and an audience.
- Physical Benefits
In Taekwon-Do the entire body must perform intricate coordinated movements. Students will find Taekwon-Do to be one of the best ways to develop balance and fluid movement. Aerobic capacity and flexibility are also increased by a Taekwon-Do workout. Pulse rates in Taekwon-Do practice are comparable to those of jogging. Flexibility makes a young athlete less prone to injury and more flexible in later life.
- Diffusing Bullies
A bully usually has low self esteem and a need to feel powerful, this they seek out others weaker than themselves. Taekwon-Do, contrary to popular thinking, does not prepare children for a showdown rather, it short circuits the bully baiting signals. In most cases, the bully is defeated not by combat, but by the Taekwon-Do-ist's calm and confident demeanour. Some parents are concerned that Taekwon-Do promotes violence. According to recent psychiatric studies, however, just the opposite occurs. We teach our students to have better control of their violent impulses and to use Taekwon-Do only when necessary and in self defence.