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TAE KWON DO AIMAA
HISTORY
Tae Kwon Do is mixture of boxing, kicking, self-defence and grappling and provides students with the complete training program; all taught by experienced instructors. Taekwondo is a discipline of both mind and body.
Tae Kwon Do is modern martial art, its origins and evolution may be traced back through 2,000 years of Korean history, officially named Tae Kwon Do in 1955. Today, Koreans practice Tae Kwon Do during military training, as well as in grade school, as a way to build a strong sense of justice, fortitude, and humility using strict discipline, physical conditioning, and mental training. Tae Kwon Do gradually spread to countries around the world practice where it is practiced as both a traditional self-defense system, and as a competitive sport. Tae Kwon Do is a way for people of any age to learn self-defence and increase their physical fitness while training with others who have similar interests. Tae Kwon Do not only develops the physical being; it also develops the moral being, which involves such things as character, integrity, and honour. These moral aspects develop unconsciously while students consciously train in the physical aspects of Tae Kwon Do.
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Tae Kwon Do is a combat sport that uses only bare hands and feet, no weaponry, to fend off attackers.
Due to its numerous unique kicks, each with many variations, many people call Tae Kwon Do the "kicking martial art." This is not to say that Tae Kwon Do does not use hand techniques; it uses boxing and the same basic hand techniques used in other martial arts, which makes it a well-rounded empty-handed martial art. Tae Kwon Do is a type physical fitness; the training required to perfect each technique requires the muscular exercise of the whole body. Tae Kwon Do is a discipline of both mind and body. Tae Kwon Do has become one of the most practiced martial arts in the world.
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Its popularity may be attributed to it being an official Pan-American sport, a demonstration sport in the 1988 and 1992 Olympics, and a full medal sport in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. However, its popularity is mainly due to its spectacular techniques and its being fun for all ages to learn and perform. Tae Kwon Do is mixture of boxing, kicking, self-defence and grappling and provides students with the complete training program; all taught by experienced instructors.
Objectives of Taekwondo
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To achive physical fitness through positive participation
To improve mental discipline and emotional equanimity
To learn self-defense skills
To develope a sense of responsibility for oneself and others
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Tae Kwon Do has become the most practiced martial arts in the world. It was a demonstration sport in the 1988 and 1992 Olympics, and a full medal sport in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. However, its popularity is mainly due to its spectacular techniques and its being fun for all ages to learn and perform.
Tae Kwon Do for children
Tae Kwon Do has no age limits and is a very good sport for children. The stress is on helping children build themselves physically, and on instilling character, self-esteem, effort, concentration, sincerity, respect, self-control, and etiquette. It is a fun, safe system of self-improvement and personal development that is highly recommended by parents, physicians, and educators.
Tae Kwon Do for adults
Tae Kwon Do for adults is for men and women who want to learn Taekwondo for self-defence, fitness, weight control and confidence. This is the traditional Taekwondo that stresses discipline, speed, power, and combat techniques. It includes free- sparring techniques as well as combat techniques for real-life self-defence situations.
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AIMAA - The Action International Martial Arts Association
proudly grows on the foundations of the true martial art tenets and works toward the prosperity of its members. From our commitment to no politics, to our scientific approaches on curriculum to our President and Founder who has gained world wide popularity as a living legend of his art, you will quickly find what makes the AIMAA such a unique organization that stands out from any other.
About Grandmaster Hee Il Cho
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Grandmaster Hee Il Cho
, a true legend in the martial arts community, is one of the most respected martial artist of our time. Grandmaster Cho has been inducted to every major martial art Hall of Fame and has shared his 50 years of knowledge with thousands of people around the world. Grandmaster Cho has students journey from all parts of the world to train and study with him. From Ireland to India and all throughout the United States and Canada, martial arts students travel several times each year to enhance their skills as a martial artist. Grandmaster Cho has also instructed some of Hollywood’s biggest stars as well as co-starred in several motion pictures himself
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Tae Kwon Do
is a Korean martial art and combat sport. Tae Kwon Do is the national sport of South Korea. It is also regarded as the world’s most popular martial art in terms of number of practitioners, and sparring, or kyeorugi, is an official Olympic sporting event.
In Korean hanja, tae - means to trample with the foot;kwon- means fist; and do - means way, Tae Kwon Do is loosely translated as to the foot and hand way.
Tae Kwon Do’s
popularity has resulted in the varied evolution of the martial art into several domains: as with many other arts, it combines combat techniques, fast, high, jumping, spinning kicks and quick footwork. It is an all-around program that offers self-defence training, physical exercise, and artistic expression; all taught by an experienced professional instructor. self-defense, sport, exercise, meditation and philosophy.
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A.I.M.A.A HAD AN OLYMPIC HOPEFUL!
The Olympic WTF committee threw open the doors early this year to allow non-WTF members to try out for a place within the Olympic squad. Over 1,000 hopefuls applied, and only 200 where chosen to attend the trails. A.I.M.A.A was very proud to have three students chosen to attend the 1st trails in England. The students where Instructors Mr John Kirkwood Jnr, Miss Monika Markowska, as well as Miss Kirsty Gough.
Due to the commitments required to go further within the selection, especially as all training will be based in Manchester, England. Mr Kirkwood withdrew his name from the 1st faze, but was very proud to have been selected out of all those who had applied. Both Monika and Kirsty both attended the trails, which was a full day of intense training and assessment.
It was great pride that A.I.M.A.A Jersey - Miss Monika Markowska has been selected to attend the next faze, which had have a more complex training and scientific assessment for her in store. Everyone in our club and A.I.M.A.A wished Miss Markowska all the best for her next trail. Monika has previous WTF experince and has fought at International level within the Polish WTF team.
The Fighting Chance Phase 2 Assessment Camp, was on 27th March 2010 at the Elite Taekwondo Academy in Manchester,from previouse 200 talented martial artist, only 28 where invited to this stage.
The trial day - include lots of excitiments - and a bit of disapointments the same time. The day started with 45min training sessions with the British National Team coaches followed up by sparrings sessions, Monika was matched against European Champion from WTF, and lost her match with the difference of couple points, the second match with the numeber one of ITF federation fighter Monika went on to win the fight with a unanimous decision. The next few hours of the trial was full of body measurements, filling lots of different questionnaire forms, and a chat.
After that stage the WTF Fighting Chance - Officials were impressed with the high standard of participants, the level of effort put in, and the positive interest displayed by all investigating their Talent Transfer potential into Olympic Taekwondo. Unfortunately Monika on this occasion wasn't selected to the final 2 candidates for the British Fighting Chance Team.
Well done to everyone who got chosen from A.I.M.A.A you should be very proud of yourselves, as we are proud of you
(text kindly provided from AIMAA Scotland website..)
COMBAT MAGAZINE
In November edition of Combat Magazine Chos Tae Kwon Do Jersey was choosen to write a martial arts article!!.
Robert Fernandes of Cho’s Tae Kwon Do Jersey Club was choosen to write a martial arts article. He wrote about exercises to improve kicking ability. Tae Kwon Do is renowned for it's kicking techniques and this separates it, from other martial arts. The article was entitled “Exercises to help you : improve your kicking ability”, the piece was illustrated with great and detailed photos of Monika Markowska, and Jorge Basilo, showing excellent technique, flexibility and balance.
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