Classes
Maynooth Taekwon-Do School has two scheduled classes per week (Tuesdays and Thursdays) for children and adults aged 8 and older.
All classes are in St. Mary's Boys National School, Moyglare Road, Maynooth, and students are requested to arrive ten minutes before the beginning of class.
To find out more information about a free trial class please contact us.
Activities during classes
Typical classes include the kinds of activities listed below, although of course not every activity takes place in every class:
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Formal start
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The class begins with all students lining up and bowing to the instructor.
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Warm up
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Exercises and games are carried out to warm up each body part.
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Stetching
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Arms, legs and other body parts and muscles will be stretched after the warm-ups to increase flexibility and mobility and to help avoid injury while performing Taekwon-Do during the class.
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Learning & practising techniques & theory
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Typical techniques include:
- blocking, kicking and other striking techniques, either non-contact or to pads held by another student
- self-defence techniques and practising with other students
- patterns - learning the progressively more sophisticated sequences of set movements, both to improve techniques and their application, and to exercise the body
- power - higher grades learn to break wooden boards to demonstrate the correct application of hand and foot striking techniques
- light contact sparring, with other students, all wearing regulation safety equipment, under the supervision of instructors
- Korean language practice - while beginners are trained and examined in English, higher grades are expected to learn the names of techniques in Korean, and so very often part of a class will include practice and learning of Korean language for Taekwon-Do techniques and parts of the body
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Mock gradings
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Some classes, near to the time of a grading or examination, will include practice gradings to ensure students are familiar with the examination procedures, and to help them become aware of the extend to which they are able to perform the theory and techniques required to progress to the next Taekwon-Do grade.
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Fun and games
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Sometimes instructors will get students to play enjoyable games, with the aim of improving balance, speed, awareness and other important attributes.
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Warm down
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Warm down and conditioning exercises performed at the end of class.
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Formal end
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The class ends with all students lining up and bowing to the instructor.
