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I and my kids all took Tae Kwando, not at the place you mentioned. Pluses were excellent workout, great confidence builder in two teen boys and daughter who started at 6. Negatives were Tae Kwando is a kicking self defense, so it didn't teach any use of hands and in the end I wish we had taken Karate, after all that investment in self defense, I didn't think we were well trained in self defense. Also, there was a huge amount of memorizing Korean, and two out of the three kids dropped out because it became boring and pointless and frustrating to fail tests due to lack of knowledge of Korean when they were well versed in the physical skills. In the end I felt that the person running the dojo was just making us redo tests to increase his income. If I had it to do over I would find a Karate type all around self defense program and not Tae Kwan Do that didn't require learning Korean and the memorizing of "forms" and instead focused on building useful skills and getting them through to Black Belt and "done" in a timely way rather than frustrating them into quitting. Also, do this with your kids, I did and I'm glad I spent the time with them. Also, had a bad experience with the master bullying my kids, actually kicking them hard when they were supposed to be targets for "demonstration" and if I hadn't been there to see it I wouldn't have believed it, but as it was I was able to prevent him from injuring my kids further. All in all, it was not a positive experience in balance. hope you have better luck!

 

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Glad yours was better. I just wish someone had given me a heads up about Tae Kwon Do in general before we started, though I haven't taken Karate, I understand it is a balance between legs and hands, which we sorely lacked!

It was frustrating! Had a great time spending time with the kids though, can't take that away from it!