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Since 1996,
Performance Martial Arts has been providing instruction in Tae Kwon Do and the martial arts in the
Bowie, MD area.
We hope you enjoy our website and will stop by and visit us if you are in the area. This site is designed to give you information about our facility, our style of martial arts, our staff and provide you with information on how to contact us as well.
What is Tae Kwon Do?
Tae Kwon Do is a modern martial art, characterized by its fast, high and spinning kicks. There are multiple interpretations of the name Tae Kwon Do. Tae Kwon Do is often translated as 'the way of hand and foot.'
Tae = 'Foot' or 'to kick' or 'to jump'
K'won = 'Fist' or 'to strike or block with hand'
Do = 'The way of' or 'art'
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Put this together and Tae Kwon Do means: "The art of kicking and punching" or "The art of unarmed combat."
Disciplines of Tae Kwon Do
Tae Kwon Do has four disciplines:
- Patterns
- Sparring
- Self-defense
- Break Test
It is the combination of these four disciplines that make the art of Tae Kwon Do.
Objectives of Tae Kwon Do:
- to develop an appreciation for Tae Kwon Do as a sport and an art
- to achieve physical fitness through positive participation
- to improve mental discipline and emotional equanimity
- to learn self-defense skills
- to develop a sense of responsibility for one self and others
Tae Kwon Do is primarily a kicking art, often with a greater emphasis on the sport aspect of the art. Tae Kwon Do stylists tend to fight at an extended range, and keep opponents away with their feet. It is a hard/soft, external, fairly linear style and is known for being very powerful. There is a lot of competition work in many dojongs. Training tends to emphasize sparring, but has forms, and the basics are important as well.
Ten Reasons for becoming a Black Belt
1. The Black Belt represents high personal standards
2. Black Belts have high levels of self confidence in their ability to follow through and get the job done despite any obstacles
3. Black Belts have razor sharp focus and concentration skills.
4. Black Belts are secure in their ability to take care of themselves and feel no need to showoff or brag.
5. Black Belts understand the importance of respect and courtesy.
6. Black Belts develop intense levels of self discipline and self control that aid them in all areas of achievement.
7. Black Belts finish jobs. The world is full of great starters, but Black Belts realize that it's the completion of the final 10-15% of a project that separates the best of us from the rest of us.
8. Black Belts are healthy, coordinated people who value their physical and mental well-being. They are less apt to fall into abusive habits that might threaten their sense of wellness.
9. Black Belts are leaders. (leadership training is an important aspect of advanced level of training in the martial arts.)
10. Black Belts place a strong value on contribution and service to others. Black Belt training teaches that we can have anything in life we want, as long as we help many people as possible achieve what they want in life.
Developmental Goals for our Students.
Our Life Skill Training Philosophy
To be strong so that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.
To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
To think only of the best, and to expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.
To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to greater achievements of the future.
To give so much time to improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.
Why Performance Martial Arts?
For nearly 14 years, Performance Martial Arts has served the greater Bowie community the areas of martial arts instruction, summer camps, after school instruction and other related programs.
Instructors employed by PMA are background checked and fingerprinted for security purposes. This ensures absolute confidence from our parents regarding the quality of staffing at our school.
Our program emphasizes individual achievement, and reward while working at a pace comfortable to their ability to learn. We are a strong advocate of value systems consistent with leadership, self discipline, self control, in addition to self confidence. These are vital life skills essential to each student.
Our structured program helps young students improve in their academic areas.
We have as part of program, the Powerful Words Program, which is written by our associate Dr. Robyn Silverman a noted child psychologist. This monthly program is covered several times per week in our after school program.
