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Martial Arts Champion

Superstar Cory Lutkus is a national karate champion and is only 16! This 3rd degree Black Belt came to the school and wowed everyone with his teaching and performance skills. He is very mature and confident and a masterful teacher who really motivated the students to reach new levels. Watch carefully as he does a back flip and almost kicks the fan! We are grateful to have this young superstar teaching at our school.

Junior Black Belts

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For years we have deliberated the idea of a "child" Black Belt. We used to teach kids the same as adults. We knew that they couldn't learn the same as adults but we tried to ram the material down their throats anyway. Once in a great while we would get a gifted child that could hang in there and get to Black Belt while in the meantime we made it mostly impossible for them to succeed in an adult curriculum. Kids couldn't match adults in technique and should not be expected to. Well it took many years to figure out how to teach them better but I think we finally figured it out. While in college I studied child psychology but had not translated it to our martial arts teaching. Now we have designed a "Junior" Black Belt rank that lets kids that train hard and practice a lot the opportunity to make a rank that is a condensed version of our adult Black Belt. After this promotion they will continue training to learn the remainder of our adult curriculum to b

Newest Sa Bom

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Congratulations Master Duethorn! After many years of hard training, thousands of repetitions of forms, techniques, situps and pushups, selfless devotion, dedication to the school and loyal service, Kristin Duethorn was promoted to 4th Dan in Tang Soo Do. She is also very skilled in Judo, Jiu Jitsu, Aikido, boxing and kickboxing. We are proud of you.

First You Tube Effort

The Old Days And The New Days

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Here I am on the cusp of another birthday. No not sweet sixteen but fabulous fifty five. It seems like just the other day I was a green belt, still finding my way, wanting to learn that next form, still trying to get in shape and ready to spar whoever was in front of me. Now here I am nearly fourty years later still feisty, wanting to learn that next form and last night sparred very hard against a group of Black Belt candidates with my last match against a twenty eight year old in peak physical condition. When I was a kid I remember thinking my Dad seemed old at this age. He often took a nap on weekend afternoons and seemed to have a slower pace about him. I never could have imagined my father doing what I did yesterday. I guess we don’t always become our parents. I think in my case I have just had a lifetime habit of training and never stopped. There is still a teenager inside of me that keeps my mind on a positive track, and makes

Tang Soo Do

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Kicho Hyung Basic Form TSD Kwang Jan Nim (Gicho) Hyung Il Bu (Gicho) Hyung Ee Bu (Gicho) Hyung Sam Bu The Kicho Hyung were developed as a basic, simple form for beginner learning the art of Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan. The symbol for the Kicho Hyung is a human baby learning to walk. The pattern is used in the increasingly complex forms that follow. These forms were used by the Grandmaster to teach applications of the basic moves and techniques. These forms are influenced by the We Ga Ryu style of southern China. These and the Pyung Ahn forms to follow are characterized by speed, aggressiveness, dynamic action, and quick reaction Pyung Ahn Hyung The pyung ahn hyung are a series of five forms cognate in many ways to the pinan kata series of karate. Creator: Mr. Idos, Okinawan Master Date: 1870 approximately Place: Ha Nam area of China (south Py