PACIFIC KARATE LA JOLLA
Karate and Tang Soo Do - FAQs
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Who Can Learn Karate?
Any man, woman, or child can learn Karate and Hapkido (special self defense techniques).
Age, sex, or fitness are not barriers to mastering this art. Training begins with simple motions of attack and defense and gradually progresses into more complex combinations of techniques and action forms. As coordination and ability improve, students are upgraded in rank and given more advanced instruction appropriate to their abilities. Fitness and flexibility improves by performing these techniques and by stretching before and after each class.
To begin, all you need is the desire to learn... It's never too late to start.
Spiritual Benefits
Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan (a brotherhood and school of stopping inner and outer conflict, and developing virtue according to the way of the 'worthy hand') is not a sport. It is a classical martial art, and its purpose is to develop every aspect of the self, in order to create a mature personality who totally integrates his/her intellect, body, emotions and spirit. This total integration helps create a person who is free from inner conflict and who can deal with the outside world in a mature, intelligent, forthright and virtuous manner.
This was perhaps best described over 2000 years ago by the famous Chinese sage Lao Tzu:
He who knows others is wise
He who knows himself is enlightened
He who conquers others is strong
He who conquers himself is mighty
-Tao Te Ching, 300 BC
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At Pacific Karate, you will develop the skills and confidence needed to take control in difficult situations and the mental awareness to recognize and avoid potential confrontations.
'Developing your strengths will give you
confidence,
embracing your weaknesses
will bring you inner peace.'
-Master John Gehosky
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Physical Benefits
No one is born with a particularly strong body and spirit, it must be developed through exercise and a healthy lifestyle.
Tang Soo Do Karate provides the stimulus, the exercise and the discipline for a lifetime of healthy activity. It conditions muscles, promoting flexibility and improving coordination and reflexes. Regular training increasesenergy levels and strengthens the heart and lungs.
Women enjoy the added benefits of a trim, firm figure while at the same time gaining freedom from fear of physical attack.
Men find Tang Soo Do an excellent way to stay in shape and an effective way to relieve the tensions and stresses of every day life.
Children become more focused and confident and develop a positive 'can do' attitude from Tang Soo Do training.
Especially important is the disciplined and structured class environment which stresses respect for others and themselves from the very first lesson.
Here they gain the inner strength and discipline needed to reject the many temptations facing children today.
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