Classes
We have classes available for all ages and experience levels. Please call (212)595-1250 for more information and to schedule a free trial lesson. See our Class Schedule

Private Lessons
We offer private lessons for kids and adults on Friday afternoons and weekday mornings.

Contact

2182 Broadway, 2nd Floor
@ 77th Street in Manhattan
(212)595-1250
sjkimtkd@gmail.com

Calendars
Please check our 2010 calendar for upcoming events.

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Promotion Test
The next promotion test will be held Friday, March 26. Kids test at 4pm and adults test at 6:30pm.

Please come support Abigail Elkins as she tests for her 3rd dan and Tina Pace and Rachel Kane as they test for their 2nd dan.

Summer Day Camp
This year we will be offering six separate weeks of summer day camp for students ages 6-12 and of all experience levels. Please contact the school for more information. Currently the following weeks are available:

June 14 to June 18
June 21st to June 25th
June 28th to July 2nd
July 26th to July 30th
August 23rd to August 27th
August 30th to September 3rd

The early registration deadline is March 15. Regular registration will be accepted until May 3.

Interschool Championship
Our 2010 Spring Interschool Championship will be held Saturday, April 24. An introduction and then demonstrations by participating schools will commence at 1pm. Kids will compete from 1:30 to 3:30pm and adults will compete from 4 to 6pm.

Taekwon-Do International Seminar
The Taekwon-Do International seminar will be held in New York City on June 4-5 this year. Please click here for more information.

Grandmaster Kim's Note for March
I always hope that my students will eventually elevate their practice beyond the execution of the techniques I have tought them. Technique is important; however, it is just a baseline or starting point.

I have been known to tell students to practice a certain technique 1,000 times a day. After a few months of this practice their technique improves; their speed and execution improves; their technique looks prettier - but oftentimes there is still something lacking.

Since this is the 21st century and since my students are not extremely youthful, full-time Taekwon-Do practitioners with a lifetime to learn this lesson and since I am getting older and have less time to wait, I want to state my objective.

I hope that through diligent practice my students will learn how to internalize the techniques I have taught them. I hope that one or two techniques will become a part of them and a part of their soul. I hope that the execution of the technique eventually comes from their heart and not their muscle or their brain. They should be able to see the technique in ways that are original and unique to their own practice, and they should be able to execute it simply, without mind or thought. In short, I hope that my students will pick a favorite technique and master it (just one! in a lifetime would be tremendous) by making it a part of them.

Tae and Kwon mean kicking and punching, and plenty of that is required in a lifetime of practice. But for my students at a certain level I am more concerned that they go beyond that and uncover the Do.