Three local youths competed in the 7th Korean Martial Arts World Championships held in Seoul Korea on April third.
Three local youths competed in the 7th Korean Martial Arts World Championships held in Seoul Korea on April third. Master John Murphy owner of Progressive Martial Arts was very happy to take his students on the bi-annual trip to Korea hosted by World Kido Federation and the south Korean government.
Murphy’s students competed and did fantastically with over 1,000 talented competitors from Korea, Canada, Panama, Brazil, Sweden, and Turkey (just to list a few of the nations represented). With our three competitors from Fannin county that made up a fourth of the total U.S. team the kids felt the pressure. All three of Master Murphy’s students not only did a fantastic job at the World Championships they ALL placed and received bronze medals as well as a certificate of achievement from World KIDO federation and the South Korean government.
Winners from Fannin County were: Anthony Johnson: bronze medal in teen black belt weapons from Ravenna, TX
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About 10 students gathered around Adam Cuddyer as he stood in front of a large blue bag in the practice space of Alliance Martial arts. After watching Mr. Cuddyer demonstrate a kick, the students lined up to practice what they’d just been taught.
”My parents enrolled me in Tae Kwon Do, and I just stuck with it,” Mr. Cuddyer, who began learning Tae Kwon Do at age 4, said. “It’s great for building confidence, for building discipline and structure.”
”That’s really the goal of martial arts,” he added. “What they learn from the martial arts is something they can use outside (of it).”
Alliance Martial Arts is the first school Mr. Cuddyer opened in Hillsborough, and it builds on 20 years of practicing martial arts for Mr. Cuddyer, and about 12 years of teaching two forms —Tae Kwon Do and Krav Maga, an Israeli martial art.
Located on South Branch Road, the business opened March 20, and offers classes for children and adults. The school also offers family discounts if multiple members of a family enroll in the school.
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WAKE COUNTY, N.C.
The ten tenets of TaeKwonDo Honor, Courtesy, Integrity, Perseverance, Self-Control, Courage, Community, Strength, Humility, and Knowledge are taught and stressed in each taekwondo lesson that the academy instructors teach. However, one tenet that is often overlooked in the martial arts industry is Humility.
Parents have gotten the wrong idea about martial arts lately as mixed martial arts (The UFC) has become more prevalent. For some reason, parents think that if I am a mixed martial artist, I am laden with tattoos, I fight in a cage, and am extremely arrogant and full of pride. While this may be what you watch on television, this is not the martial arts experience you seek for your children.
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Coquille Martial Arts hosted its fifth-annual open tournament last weekend at the Coquille Community Center.
The tournament drew competitors from schools in Medford, Eugene and Salem, who had never been to Coquille to compete, and also drew a representative from Sparks, Nev.
Tournaments are important in allowing martial artists to see which techniques are of value and which aren’t, according to a recent article in Black Belt magazine.
But Coquille Martial Arts instructor Karen Saxton said the events also are a time when competitors learn to “get their edge.” Some are shy in practice, while others are overly confident.
“Then there are those who in practice never quite turn on the power, but confronted with an audience and opponents unknown, suddenly show their mettle,” she said.
An example of that is 11-year-old Myrtle Point resident Kayla Houston, who placed first in three of her four divisions, including sparring.
Houston was one of six athletes from the local club in the running for best all-around martial artist, along with Franklin Smith, Tianna Huffman and Jason Brant of Coquille and Max Underdown and JJ England of Bandon. The award is based on the number of events entered and total scores.
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