2014 Junior Olympics

During the 4th of July weekend, 7 TKS Martial Arts students traveled to San Jose to compete in the 2014 Junior Olympics. Each student qualified for the tournament by competing and placing in either poomsae, sparring, or both, at qualifier competitions earlier in the year. All competitors underwent strenuous training year round, but unfortunately, none were able to bring home any medals. However, their hard work and commitment did not go to waste, as competition training is a process. We are proud of our TKS Martial Arts members for competing in such a prestigious tournament, and congratulate them for an outstanding competition season. With this season behind us, we now look towards the future as we hope to do even better next season.

4th of July Weekend

This is a schedule notice for all TKS Martial Arts students and parents. TKS Martial Arts will be closed on Friday, July 4 for Independence Day. All classes will resume as scheduled after the long weekend on  Monday, July 7. We hope everyone enjoys the long weekend filled with plenty of food and fireworks!

June Promotion Testing

Our next promotion testing will be held on Friday, June 27. The time for testing will be determined based on belt. The timings are as follows:

White ~ Yellow ~ Green ~ Blue : 4:00 – 6:00

Red ~ Black : 6:00 – 7:30

      We encourage all students to arrive 15 minutes before testing begins in order to stretch or practice.

Schedule Change

Effective Monday, June 9, there will be a new schedule in place. The schedule has been posted on the site, so feel free to print out a copy of your own.

The changes include:

  – Only one special class per week, rather than two.

– All Belt Class at later time, belt specific classes will be earlier.

                 – Tuesday/Thursday All Belt Class will be at 6:30.

We have taken everyone’s concerns and busy schedules into consideration, and we hope the new schedule works well for everyone.

Memorial Day Weekend

Hello all TKS members! This is a notice to inform all students and parents that we will be closed this upcoming Monday, May 26, for Memorial Day Weekend. All classes will resume as scheduled starting Tuesday, May 27. We hope everyone has an enjoyable long weekend and we look forward to seeing you soon!

2014 International Taekwondo Festival

This past Saturday, May 10, TKS Martial Arts competed and showed great achievment in the 2014 International Taekwondo Festival. Our students had great success in the tournament, as we had more than 15 First and Second Place winners! We would like to thank everyone who competed, attended, and showed support for TKS, as we hope to repeat the same success in future competitions. For those of you who attended your first tournament, we hope you enjoyed the experience and come out again next time! And for those of you who missed out on the opportunity, we certainly hope you can make it to the next competition!

Successful April Testing and Upcoming Competition

We would like to thank all parents for the support as our April Testing was an extreme success! Thank you to everyone who came to watch, all the students who participated, and Grand Master Jae Kim for attending and helping to better the students’ taekwondo technique. The testing was a success and we look forward to the upcoming testing in June.

We would also remind everyone that the International Taekwondo Festival is this upcoming Saturday, May 10. TKS Martial Arts will have over 20 competitors attending, and we are looking forward to seeing many of you out there. For those of you who were unsure whether or not to sign up for the competition or simply missed out, experience the tournmanet environment and please attend to show support for your fellow TKS members. We would like the wish all competitors the best of luck and we look forward to seeing you all this weekend.

April Testing and Degree Testing

Here is the schedule for the upcoming test in April.

Friday, April 25:

White – Yellow : 4:00 pm ~ 5:30 pm

Green – Blue – Red : 5:30 pm ~ 6:30 pm

Black (Credit Testing) : 6:30 pm ~ 7:30 pm

Rather than having degree testing immediately follow color belt and credit testing, we will be holding the degree test the following day on Saturday, April 26 from 1:00 pm ~ 3:00 pm.

New Special Class Term

New terms for the World Class Poomsae and Olympic Style Sparring classes will begin, starting on April 1, 2014. All current members have already received their renewal forms, which must be turned in by the end of the month.

In special class, students will be trained physically and mentally, weekdays and weekends, in preparation to compete in presitigious local, regional, national, and international tournaments. All students that wish to join must be Yellow Belt or Higher.

Coupons

We have currently gained possession of a few coupon booklets courtesy of the Missing Children’s Resource Center. The booklet contains coupons for mechanics, tire shops, child play areas (such as Boomers and SkyZone). So if anyone is interested feel free to ask either Master Lee or any Instructor for any coupons you would like.