Orange County Taekwon-Do Class Schedule:

No classes are scheduled at this time...

PLEASE NOTE:

As of 09/12/11 - We are currently looking for a new location for our Taekwon-DO club!
The Santa Ana Salvation Army Youth Center has closed and can no longer be used for our classes. We will continue to actively search for a new venue.  If you know of any location we could use to hold classes please let us know.

We are hoping to find a venue in the cities of Irvine, Santa Ana, or Tustin 
(Youth Center, School, Church, Community Center, etc.)

Please contact Mike Wallace at 949.981.9336 if you have any information.

We aren't a business, or a "black belt mill", we are a Taekwon-Do club, so NO we don't have contracts!

Monthly OCTKD dues are only $10.00 a month! (paid only after the first month of attendance),

  

We normally hold class a total of three hours each week (6:30PM to 8:00PM Monday & Thursday)

 Please note:

Members need to purchase thier own uniforms ($25 - $50 depending on size) and will need sparring equipment (prices vary)
both uniforms and sparring gear may be purchased through the club at a discounted price

Annual dues for ITF  memberships ($50) and any testing fess are also paid for by student. 
This is normal and customary for all ITF Taekwon-Do clubs and schools

        Our instructors:

• Mr. Calvin Okey   6th Dan - A-6-xxx
  
• Mr. Reed Calvo      3rd Dan - A-3-1038
  
• Mr. Mike Wallace 1st Dan - A-1-10551

 
 
Classes vary from week to week but instruction will focus on:
 
Kicks, Punches, Blocks, ITF patterns, Self-Defense Techniques (Hol Sin Sol), Step-Sparring, Free Sparring, & Breaking Techniques.

Also taught is ITF Pattern History, and relatedITF  Taekwon-Do subject matter.
 

No previous martial arts experience is needed!

Children and adults learn respect, confidence, self-defense, and have a lot of fun in the process!

Our members range from age 8 to over 50, so you are never too young (or old) to learn!

The Tenets Of Taekwon-Do 

COURTESY (Ye Ui)
 

It can be said that courtesy is an unwritten regulation prescribed by ancient teachers of philosophy as a means to enlighten human beings while maintaining a harmonious society. It can further be as the ultimate criterion required of a mortal.

Taekwon-Do students should attempt to practice the following elements of courtesy to build up their noble character and to conduct the training in an orderly manner as well.

1) To promote the spirit of mutual concessions
2) To be ashamed of one's vices, contempting those of others
3) To be polite to one another
4) To encourage the sense of justice and humanity
5) To distinguish instructor from student, senior from junior, and elder from younger
6) To behave oneself according to etiquette
7) To respect others' possessions
8) To handle matters with fairness and sincerity
9) To refrain from giving or accepting a gift when in doubt

INTEGRITY (Yom Chi)
 

In Taekwon-Do, the word integrity assumes a looser definition than the one usually presented in Webster's dictionary. One must be able to define right and wrong and have a conscience, if wrong, to feel guilt. Listed are some examples where integrity is lacking:

1) The instructor who misrepresents himself and his art by presenting improper techniques to his students because of a lack of knowledge or apathy.
2) The student who misrepresents himself by "fixing" breaking materials before demonstrations.
3) The instructor who camouflages bad technique with luxurious training halls and false flattery to his students.
4) The student who requests ranks from an instructor, or attempts to purchase it.
5) The student who gains rank for ego purposes or the feeling of power.
6) The instructor who teaches and promotes his art for materialistic gains.
7) The students whose actions do not live up to his words.
8) The student who feels ashamed to seek opinions from his juniors.

PERSEVERANCE (In Nae)
 

There is an old Oriental saying, "Patience leads to virtue or merit, One can make a peaceful home by being patient for 100 times." Certainly happiness and prosperity are most likely brought to the patient person. To achieve something, whether it is a higher degree or the perfection or a technique, one must set his goal, then constantly persevere. Robert Bruce learned his lesson of perseverance from the persistent efforts of a lowly spider. It was this perseverance and tenacity that finally enabled him to free Scotland in the fourteenth century. One of the most important secrets in becoming a leader of Taekwon-Do is to overcome every difficulty by perseverance.

SELF CONTROL (Guk Gi)
 

This tenet is extremely important inside and outside the dojang, whether conducting oneself in free sparring or in one's personal affairs. A loss of self-control in free sparring can prove disastrous to both student and opponent. An inability to live and work within one's capability or sphere is also a lack of self-control.

INDOMITABLE SPIRIT (Baekjool Boolgool)
 

"Here lie 300, who did their duty," a simple epitaph for one of the greatest acts of courage known to mankind. Although facing the superior forces of Xerxes, Leonidas and his 300 Spartans at Thermoplylae showed the world the meaning of indomitable spirit. It is shown when a courageous person and his principles are pitted against overwhelming odds. A serious student of Taekwon-Do will at all times be modest and honest. If confronted with injustice, he will deal with the belligerent without any fear or hesitation at all, with indomitable spirit, regardless of whosoever and however many the number may be.

Student Oath

• I shall observe the tenets of Taekwon-Do
  
• I shall respect the instructor and seniors
  
• I shall never misuse Taekwon-Do
  
• I shall be a champion of freedom and justice
  
• I shall build a more peaceful world