The four original ranks of color belts in the Songahm Style of Taekwondo are shown on the Songahm Star. They were yellow, green, blue, and red--all students began as white belts and worked to earn their black belts.
Other ranks were later added so that each color belt corresponded to one of the 9 Songahm forms and other rank material.
Remember, each weekly quiz question on the blog will help you earn blue stars for your karate for kids patch. After your earn 25 blue stars, you can get a new patch like Anthony, one of our green belts! Great job, Anthony!
For the next two testing cycles, the black belt weapon will be the Oh Sung Do, or Korean Broad Sword. Although it is a relatively new weapon in the ATA, students can compete with the Oh Sung Do form at ATA competitions. Mrs. Latherow is Certified to teach this weapon and is working with our instructors and black belts on the form. Start looking for it in class!
Mrs. Latherow helps Mr. Penton improve his technique.
Fourth Degree Black Belt Mr. Riordan, and Second Degree Recommended Black Belt Mrs. Long practice the form after class.
Hand Targets are great tools to help students practice Board Breaking, using the correct striking service in your Hand and Foot Techniques, and they're also safe and fun to use at home when you practice!
On Friday, January 22 Space Coast Martial Arts is hosting a Seminar where students and their parent's will learn exciting drills and exercises that they can practice together at home to improve all their techniques and have fun doing it!
Make sure you sign up with your instructor the next time you come to class!
The Seminar will be held at the Titusville school from 6-7 p.m.
This month's life skill is Goals in the Martial Arts. Having a goal is to want something and be willing to work hard for it. The famous quote of Eternal Grand Master H. U. Lee is, "Today not possible, tomorrow possible." If we believe in our goals, and work every day to achieve them, anything really is possible. Eternal Grand Master showed this in his own life; he came to the United States from Korea in 1962 and started teaching taekwondo in Omaha, Nebraska. In 1969, he founded the American Taekwondo Association. During his life, he developed the Songahm style of taekwondo, a standard for training and certifying instructors, and became the first Master to achieve the rank of 9th degree black belt under public documentation. Today the ATA and its affiliated organizations includes over 300,000 registered members, 53,000 black belts and 3,000 certified instructors. To learn more about Eternal Grand Master and the history of the ATA visit the ATA's website.
Your goal for your Martial Arts training might be to earn a black belt, become a Master, compete for World Champion, or become a Certified Instructor. These are all great goals, but remember Eternal Grand Master H. U. Lee once said, "Train hard-with patience! The best techniques are achieved one punch, one block and one kick at a time." To help us reach our long term goals we set short-term and intermediate goals, so that we can track our progress to our goals. So, maybe you want to earn your form stripe this week or compete in a tournament in the next two months.
Don't forget to set Goals for your Martial Arts training, so that you and your instructors can work together make them possible!
Every quarter, Space Coast Martial Arts hosts a Kidz n' Power Child Safety Seminar for the community. The Kidz n' Power program was developed by the ATA in partnership with Amber Alert. If you have any concerns about safety or self-defense techniques, be sure to ask your instructor and keep an eye out for the next seminar!
ou can get a new patch like Anthony, one of our green belts! Great job, Anthony!
