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OR 97214 / (503) 736-9634
The O'Loughlin Family Three black belts, one brown belt, one purple belt
"We
have seen so many changes in all of the kids it is an amazing thing to
watch. It is also nice to have friendships with kids all over the city
that have their sport in common but all different backgrounds. Whenever
they have problems at school I tell them how nice it is to have their taekwon-do
friends as well to get away from some of those growing up pains and just
be themselves around kids who accept them for themselves."(Read
More)
Vance Perry 2nd degree black belt "I
have a busy job with a lot going on. To be able to put all that out of
my mind to concentrate on Taekwon-do is a means of stress relief
better than any other I have found." (Read More)
Ron Milligan 1st degree black belt "Taekwon-do
is a way for me to help keep the weight off as I get older, and it is a
way that I find is much more engaging than going to the gym or running.
I find that it’s easier for me to come to class regularly because the challenges
are always different and every class is unique. Also, at the end
of each benchmark in Taekwon-do, I have a new valuable skills and abilities,
which I don’t get with spending weeks on the elliptical trainer or running."
(Read More)
Irina Alonso 1st degree black belt "I've
been at Traditional Taekwon-do for over five years and I got to say it's
great. Mr.Johnson is a cool instructor and he's funny. He's a really good
teacher, as well as a mentor. You learn a lot, and you actually apply what
you learn, through demonstrations and sparring. I'm a teenager, so for
me having a sport that allows me to be myself and learn is cool. It's a
great place to grow, you not only develop your skills, but you also grow
as a person and the lessons that you learn can be applied to everyday life.
Honestly, you feel as though you have a second family there."
Rockne and Morgan Helms Purple belts “After
2 years of taking Taekwon-do here with my son I can easily say there isn’t
enough space to adequately talk about the benefits we’ve both gotten.
It’s been more than a great bonding experience, and more than physical
exercise and more than acquiring valuable defensive skills. It transcends
all of those and all I could write about it. For my son it’s been
building confidence without arrogance and having a purpose behind his effort
that stimulates his growth. It’s being surrounded by a diverse group of
people that work together to achieve something within themselves that reaches
beyond themselves. It’s been fun and rewarding and hopefully it’s
just begun. I’d certainly like to see my son make this an integral
part of his life because it certainly become so in mine.” -- Rockne Helms
Bonnie Martin Blue belt
"The
biggest benefit so far has been the realization that I can do taekwondo.
During the first month that I attended classes I had some big doubts about
whether I was "athletic enough" or "cut out for" something like taekwondo.
Again, the fact that perseverance is one ofthe tenets helped me tremendously
because it showed me that I wasn't expected to get everything right the
first time, and that I was encouraged to keep trying." (Read
More)
Evan Davenport 1st degree black belt "Evan
has derived great confidence in himself,and has synthesized Tae Kwon Do
discipline into his daily life. He now has great physical self-esteem,
is perhaps one of the strongest distance runners in his age group in a
large school, and has
been extremely confident in moving from an elementary
school that he
attended for five years to a new junior high school in
which he knew
virtually no one." -- Gary Davenport, Evan's father.
(Read More).
"We
have seen so many changes in all of the kids it is an amazing thing to
watch. It is also nice to have friendships with kids all over the city
that have their sport in common but all different backgrounds. Whenever
they have problems at school I tell them how nice it is to have their taekwon-do
friends as well to get away from some of those growing up pains and just
be themselves around kids who accept them for themselves."(
"I
have a busy job with a lot going on. To be able to put all that out of
my mind to concentrate on Taekwon-do is a means of stress relief
better than any other I have found." (
"Taekwon-do
is a way for me to help keep the weight off as I get older, and it is a
way that I find is much more engaging than going to the gym or running.
I find that it’s easier for me to come to class regularly because the challenges
are always different and every class is unique. Also, at the end
of each benchmark in Taekwon-do, I have a new valuable skills and abilities,
which I don’t get with spending weeks on the elliptical trainer or running."
(
"I've
been at Traditional Taekwon-do for over five years and I got to say it's
great. Mr.Johnson is a cool instructor and he's funny. He's a really good
teacher, as well as a mentor. You learn a lot, and you actually apply what
you learn, through demonstrations and sparring. I'm a teenager, so for
me having a sport that allows me to be myself and learn is cool. It's a
great place to grow, you not only develop your skills, but you also grow
as a person and the lessons that you learn can be applied to everyday life.
Honestly, you feel as though you have a second family there."
“After
2 years of taking Taekwon-do here with my son I can easily say there isn’t
enough space to adequately talk about the benefits we’ve both gotten.
It’s been more than a great bonding experience, and more than physical
exercise and more than acquiring valuable defensive skills. It transcends
all of those and all I could write about it. For my son it’s been
building confidence without arrogance and having a purpose behind his effort
that stimulates his growth. It’s being surrounded by a diverse group of
people that work together to achieve something within themselves that reaches
beyond themselves. It’s been fun and rewarding and hopefully it’s
just begun. I’d certainly like to see my son make this an integral
part of his life because it certainly become so in mine.” -- Rockne Helms
"The
biggest benefit so far has been the realization that I can do taekwondo.
During the first month that I attended classes I had some big doubts about
whether I was "athletic enough" or "cut out for" something like taekwondo.
Again, the fact that perseverance is one ofthe tenets helped me tremendously
because it showed me that I wasn't expected to get everything right the
first time, and that I was encouraged to keep trying." (
"Evan
has derived great confidence in himself,and has synthesized Tae Kwon Do
discipline into his daily life. He now has great physical self-esteem,
is perhaps one of the strongest distance runners in his age group in a
large school, and has