Junior Taekwondo at Arcadia Library & Leisure Centre

Whatever your martial arts background – whether you're looking for a place to enable your child to gain self-defence skills, get fit and active, learn the traditional art of Taekwondo, or one day become a full-time Taekwondo athlete, then our junior sessions at Arcadia Library and Leisure Centre, run in partnership with British Taekwondo are the perfect place to start!

Sessions take place on a Thursday 16:45 - 17:45 and are available by monthly direct debit. 

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TRADITIONAL TAEKWONDO

Traditional Taekwondo is aimed at improving hand-to-hand combat abilities. The main focus in traditional Taekwondo is improving self-defence, as it aims to prepare the individual to defend themselves in the most efficient ways in real life scenarios. Traditionl Taekwondo involves striking with kicks, punches, knees and elbows.

OLYMPIC-STYLE TAEKWONDO

Olympic-style Taekwondo emphasizes on fast and precise striking within a limited set of rules, and the main goal is to prepare you to win points and matches in tournaments. Main areas of focus involve utilisation of high level of technique, speed and coordination of the moves, kicks to the torso and head of the opponent, and punches to the torso.