5 Myths About The Quest For a Black Belt
Whenever anyone walks into a training hall ready to sign up for lessons, their first thought is that they’re ready to dig in and get that black belt. However there are some amazingly common myths about the …
The Value of Blocking Techniques
This blog was written by Snr Instructor Margaret and is based on her own experience from her beginnings in Taekwondo in 1973 “Taekwon-Do was designed primarily as a self-defense, and this is the main reason…
Discipline – How it Can Be Enjoyable
Discipline: ‘Training expected to produce a specific character or pattern of behaviour, especially training that produces moral or mental improvement’ How could discipline be enjoyable? The word…
Why Your Child Needs You to Support their Martial Arts Training
There’s a popular idea among some parents today that they need to accept their kids opinion no matter what the endeavour may be. And it’s certainly true that kids need to feel their…
What Are The Martial Arts?
People who aren’t part of the martial arts community are often misguided as to what it means to practice Taekwondo or to be a martial artist. Martial arts is not just a sequence of stylized fighting moves. Taekwondo isn’t a training hall of people, elaborately jumping and kicking together. And none of this is done…
The Benefits of Taekwondo Training for Women & Girls
Our Brisbane Taekwondo classes are good for everyone, yet when most people think of martial art training, they form a mental picture of men participating in the lessons. Women and girls rarely, if ever, come to mind. However, the reality is that learning a martial art is wonderful for both girls and women, and there…
6 Ways Martial Art Training Improves Emotional Health
Our Taekwondo training sessions boost physical and mental fitness, and that is vitally important. Humans are not only physical creatures. We are essentially emotional ones. In order to live full and happy lives we need to know how to live emotionally healthy lives. Of course, a martial art school in Brisbane isn’t the obvious place…
Physical Strength Isn’t The Key to a Black Belt
The absolute most common misconception about becoming a black belt is that it mostly about physical skill- nothing could be further from the truth. A black belt is not something that comes from any physical ability, though there is certainly a physical aspect to it. The keys to earning a black belt have much more…
Martial Arts for Teens: Physical Activity with Academic Outcomes
Martial art training for teenagers, which obviously includes Taekwondo training, can boost kids’ confidence and focus. I know this because I have witnessed it for myself, and I am so confident in the benefits of Taekwondo training for teens that Pacific International Taekwondo offers a free trial lesson! Here’s a prime example of how our…
Taekwondo – Life Tools
As a Taekwondo instructor I teach life skills. I’m not talking about how to cook a meal, clean a house or even manage a family budget with finesse. No, the life skills I teach are far broader than this. You see, what happens during training goes way beyond kicking, punching, breaking wood, or even self-defence….
