ABOUT US

AWAKEN THE MIND...

STRENGTHEN THE BODY...

INSPIRE THE SPIRIT...

SPIRIT

OF THE

FAMILY

GRAND MASTER MARC FORTIN

KOREAN SWORD INSTRUCTOR

1984 PINE MIDDLE SCHOOL

FIRST TANG SOO DO SCHOOL IN RENO, NV

CO FOUNDER SAM DAN HARRY JOHNSON'S

JUMP SPINNING CRESENT KICK

MASTER YI

MY INSTRUCTOR IN KOREA

THE RIGHT WAY TO FOLD A UNIFORM BY HARRY JOHNSON

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OSAN AFB TSD, KOREA 1973 - 1974 GUP TEST

NOVEMBER 13-14, 1982 WORLD TANG SOO DO

CHARTER CONVENTION

JAE CHUL SHIN

GRAND MASTER OF WTSDA

KU (9TH) DAN

SAM DAN ZANAAN BENNETT

MEDITATING BEFORE THE MATCH

MASTER CARLA BENNETT

1ST WOMAN OH (5TH) DAN IN THE

WORLD TANG SOO DO ASSOCIATION

WORLD KI GONG CLUB IS DEDICATED TO THE TRAINING AND TEACHING OF THE SCIENCE, ART AND PHILOSOPHY OF KI GONG. THIS IS DONE BY HEALTH AND HEALING EXERCISES, TRAINING, SEMINARS AND RESEARCH.

ABOUT US

THE SPIRIT OF THE FAMILY IS ONE OF THE IDEALS THAT TEAM MARTIAL ARTS ACADEMY FOCUSES ON. WE BELIEVE THAT THE FAMILY IS THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR SOCIETY. IT IS THE FORCE THAT SHAPES THE QUALITIES OF MIND, BODY, AND SPIRIT. THE FAMILY PROMOTES AN ENVIRONMENT THAT GENERATES AN INDOMITABLE SPIRIT WHICH OVERCOMES ALL THINGS. TEAM MARTIAL ARTS ACADEMY HELPS TO REINFORCE THIS SHAPING THROUGH THE STUDY OF TANG SOO DO IN A POSITIVE AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE FAMILY.

OUR POWER AS INDIVIDUALS IS MULTIPLIED WHEN WE GATHER TOGETHER FOCUSED ON COMMON GOALS AND SHARED VISION. THE COLLECTIVE STRENGTH FAR OUTDISTANCES THE REACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL. AS INDIVIDUALS WE LOSE NOTHING, WE ARE ONLY ENHANCED.

THE ACADEMY STARTED IN RENO, NV AT PINE MIDDLE SCHOOL IN 1982, WITH INSTRUCTOR'S HARRY L. JOHNSON AND JOHN L. BENNETT, WHO BEGAN THEIR TRAINING AT OSAN AFB, KOREA IN 1973. SINCE THEN, MR. JOHNSON MOVED OUT OF THE AREA TO A NEW JOB, BUT THE DREAM OF TEACHING TANG SOO DO IN THE RENO - SPARKS AREA STAYED ALIVE.

AT TEAM MARTIAL ARTS ACADEMY THE MASTERS AND INSTRUCTORS HAVE A COMBINED EXPERIENCE OF 210 YEARS IN MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING. THIS EXPERIENCE GIVES US A VAST STORE OF KNOWLEDGE TO DRAW FROM WHILE TEACHING TANG SOO DO.

OUR TRAINING CONSISTS OF THE BASIC TECHNIQUES OF MAHK KEES (BLOCKS), KONG KYUCKS (ATTACKS) AND CHA KIS (KICKS) WHICH ARE TAUGHT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRINCIPLES OF MARTIAL ARTS. TRADITIONAL EMPTY HAND HYUNGS (FORMS) AND WEAPON HYUNGS USING: BONG (STAFF), DAN GUM (KNIFE), AND JANG GUM (SWORD) ARE TAUGHT BY PUTTING TOGETHER THE BASICS. IL SOO SIK (CONTROLLED SPARRING) AND SELF-DEFENSE TECHNIQUES UTILIZING JOINT LOCKS, TAKE DOWNS AND PRESSURE POINTS PREPARE THE STUDENTS FOR DAE RYUN (FREE SPARRING).

TANG SOO DO TRAINING TAKES PLACE IN A FORMAL ATMOSPHERE WITH AN EMPHASIS ON ETIQUETTE, RESPECT FOR OTHERS, CONTROL AND SERIOUS PHYSICAL EFFORT.

TANG SOO DO AND KI GONG

TANG SOO DO, MEANING "THE KOREAN CLASSICAL MARTIAL ART WHICH WAS INFLUENCED BY THE TANG METHOD OF MARTIAL ART", IS THE GENERAL TERM USED TO DISCRIBE THIS TRADITIONAL MARTIAL ART FROM KOREA. ITS FOUNDER, GRANDMASTER HWANG KEE, STUDIED CHINESE, KOREAN AND OKINAWAN MARTIAL ARTS TO CREATE THIS ART WE TRAIN IN.