Teens & Adults Taekwon-Do
90 Minutes a Lesson
Lessons are 90 minutes long, which are broken up into a 30 minute physical training part (running, stretching, conditioning). A technical part of the lesson (techniques, patterns, self-defence). There is a small break after the warm-up to allow students to rest.
Quality Instructing
Teaching the lessons we have Alex Nardizzi, a former European Champion and 5th degree in Taekwon-Do. Being part of Team England, Alex provides quality instructing to all the students. This is why our students ranked 2nd overall in the British Open competitions with a higher medal per student than most.
4 Lessons Per Week
We offer lessons 4 times per week, on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. (Saturdays class is a mixed day with Juniors and adults). This gives students ample opportunity to train during the week, and classes start at 18:30 & 19:00 weekdays, after work and school.
£55 Per Month
Get unlimited training for just £55 a month, which allows you access to any of our Taekwon-Do classes and no booking required. We have around 16 classes per month for students to attend. We also have no joining fees, and no contract, so you can cancel whenever you want.
Our Teens & Adults class start from ages 13 onward. The class is for mixed abilities, and will be split depending on belt grade and experience when practicing techniques. Our Taekwon-Do classes are very equally split, in both gender and age, and most students
Gradings
A grading is a test to pass a student to their next belt. At Croydon Taekwon-Do Academy, we ensure the student has progressed by a respectable amount before allowing them to do their next grading. Students will be able to challenge themselves by learning the Korean terminology, patterns, techniques, and sparring required to pass to their next belt. Each promotion to the next grade gives students a sense of satisfaction and achievement and gives a target to work towards.
Competitions
Every student is expect to participate in at least one tournament in order to be able to grade past green belt. This is because we believe students should not be afraid to fight, otherwise what they are learning will not apply in a real-life situation where they have to defend themselves. Taekwon-Do Competitions play a vital role in a students development. Competitions allow students to apply the techniques they have learnt in classes in a friendly bout with fellow students and improve their confidence, decision making, and technical ability.
Self-Defence
During our Taekwon-Do lessons we dedicate a certain amount of time to show students how to apply the techniques we taught in a self-defence situation. The students must know how to defend themselves against potential attackers, whatever the situation. This includes learning how to fight against more than one attacker; how to disable an opponent without excessive force; how to handle someone with weapons/knives. Taekwon-Do is a practical self-defence and we take it seriously at our Dojang, as we do not want to give students a false sense of security.
Fitness & Flexibility
Our Taekwon-Do lessons focus a lot on fitness, especially in the warm-up. Students go through vigorous exercises for stamina, physical development and strength. This includes a lot of running, leg and upper-body workouts (i.e. squats, lunges, hopping) and resistance training with partners. This helps your health and mental well-being. As Taekwon-Do requires flexibility, we spend a portion of the lesson stretching the students. We encourage stretching at home, and expect students to be able to achieve a full splits within the first year of training.