Benefits

Benefits of Takewondo

 

• Promotes a Healthy Body
• Keen Mind
• High Moral Character

 

Promotes a Healthy Body

 

Health wise, training in Taekwondo normalizes body weight by exchanging flabby fat tissue for lean muscular tissue.  It is estimated that a vigorous Taekwono workout burns about 600 calories an hour.

 

Aerobically, Taekwondo conditions the hear and lungs to operate more efficiently.  Also it lowers your Diastolic Blood Pressue by enlarging the blood vessels and reducing the resistance to blood flow.

 

Increased muscular strength through high repetition, controlled motions and Taekwondo exercises every muscle in your body from your fingers to your toes.

 

Develops balance, coordination, and agility characteristics of good performance in other sports as well.

 

Flexibility of joints, muscles, and ligaments which can really make you feel better as you grow older.

 

Taekwondo training also provides benefits in perceptual motor skills, peripheral vision and body development.

 

Good health is one of life's most treasured assets.  Wealth, power, and fame or the blessing of physical beauty are relatively unimportant if one does not possess good health.

 

Mental Effects of Taekwondo

 

Taekwondo is practiced in a formal atmosphere stressing the development of cooperation and respect.  The constant repetition in practice develops the student work ethic which carries over into all aspects of their life, as well as teaches patience and the resolve to overcome difficulty.

 

Develops concentration which helps to improve school grades.

 

Improves self-discipline and builds self-esteem.

 

It is a great way to relieve tension and promotes personal success.

 

High Moral Character

 

Taekwondo instills these character traits:

 

Courtesy

 

Integrity

 

Perserverance

 

Self-Control

 

Indomitable Spirit