Your Child at Wilton Martial Arts

Why Your Child Should Be Enrolled In The Martial Arts.

BUILDING SELF-CONFIDENCE: Children who train in martial arts build better self-confidence. This is achieved through positive encouragement from the instructor. Your child will learn that they can succeed at anything as long as they put the proper time and effort into what they are doing.

CONCENTRATION: Children enrolled in martial arts learn to stay focused on what is being taught both inside and outside the studio.

IMPROVING ACADEMICS: With the building of SELF-CONFIDENCE and CONCENTRATION, your child will begin to see an improvement in his/her grades at school. Your child will now have the confidence to stand up and answer questions without feeling that somebody may ridicule them if they get the answer wrong. Concentration will also improve your child’s grades at school because he/she will learn how to stay focused on the lesson at hand. By staying focused in the classroom, your child will learn the new material faster than those with a lack of concentration.

BUILDING HEALTHY KIDS: In addition to giving your child a good work out, the martial arts are going to help them eat, sleep and breathe better. Your child will want to be in their best physical condition so that they can perform to their best ability. Building healthy children also means preventing students from falling victim to harmful peer pressures such as smoking or using drugs.

BUILDING POSITIVE ATTITUDES: Children in martial arts programs will develop a positive and respectful attitude both inside and outside the studio. This is reflected in their relationships with their peers, their teachers, and with you, their parents. You will find that as a parent, you will not have to argue and repeat things over and over with your child.

LEARNING SELF-DEFENSE: Martial arts training will teach your child highly effective self-defense techniques. In the world that we live in today, it is critically important that we teach our children how to protect themselves in challenging and difficult situations that may arise. Martial arts training provides the physical skills as well as the mental preparedness training which is needed in confrontational interactions with others.

TSDMGK Student Creed

• I intend to use Tang Soo Do to develop myself in a positive manner, and I will avoid anything that would limit or reduce my mental growth or physical health.
  
• I intend to develop self-discipline in order to bring out the best in myself and in others.
  
• I intend to use what I learn in class constructively and defensively to help myself and my fellow man, and I will never be abusive or offensive.

The Tang Soo Do Eight Key Concepts

• Yong Gi - Courage 
• Chung Shin Tong Il - Concentration
• In Neh - Endurance 
• Chung Jik - Honesty 
• Kyum Son - Humility 
• Him Cho Chung - Control of Power
• Shin Chook - Tension & Relaxation
• Wan Gup - Speed Control

Song of the Sip Sam Seh


Never neglect any of the Sip Sam Seh.
The source of the will is in the waist.
Pay attention to the slightest change from full to empty.
Let energy flow through the whole body continuously.
Stillness embodies motion, motion stillness.
Seek stillness in motion.
Surprising things will happen when you meet your opponent.
Give awareness and purpose to every movement.
When done correctly all will appear effortless.
At all times pay attention to the waist.
Relaxed clear awareness of abdomen, the energy can be activated.
When the base of the spine is erect, energy rises to the top of the head.
The body should be flexible.
Hold the head as if suspended from a string.
Keep alert and seek the meaning and purpose of your art.
Bent and stretched, open and closed, let nature take its course.
Beginners are guided by oral teaching.
Gradually one applies himself more and more.
Skill will take care of itself.
What is the main principle of the martial arts?
The mind is the primary actor and the body the secondary one.
What is the purpose and philosophy behind the martial arts?
Rejuvenation and prolonging of life beyond the normal span.
So an eternal spring.
Every word of this song has enormous value and importance.
Failing to follow this song attentively, you will sigh away your time.