Welcome to the York Area Tae Kwon Do Academy!  We offer classes at the Yorktowne Racquet, Fitness & Sports Complex, located at 2810 E. Prospect Road in York, Pennsylvania .  Please feel free to call us at 717-318-6692 if you have any questions or would like additional information.

PROGRAMS OFFERED BY THE SCHOOL

• All classes have a specific focus, including: Forms, Hapkido, Basics, Breaking, and Sparring.
• A monthly focus schedule is available so that students can prepare accordingly.
• Students may attend an unlimited number of classes monthly.

Students may participate in different area tournaments (please contact the School for upcoming tournament dates and locations).  Competition includes divisions for Forms, Weapons, Breaking, and Sparring.  Students are taught and trained in Olympic-style Tae Kwon Do sparring for competition.

CLASSES OFFERED

If you or your children would like to begin training in Tae Kwon Do, we invite you to visit our School to experience our classes.  For new students, we offer 2 introductory weeks including a free uniform with unlimited classes for $19.99.

CLASS SCHEDULE

Classes at the York Area Tae Kwon Do Academy will be offered during the following times:

• Sundays                  4:00 – 5:00 p.m.(Adults Only) 5:00 - 6:00 p.m
• Tuesdays                6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
• Thursdays               6:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Please see our monthly schedule for the daily, class-specific focus and classroom location.  Visit the above tab labeled “Schedules” to view our current monthly schedule.

ABOUT TAE KWON DO

Tae Kwon Do is a dynamic Korean martial art that leverages on the longer reach of the legs to attack from further away.  Kicking techniques, especially spinning and jumping ones, characterize this unique style.  Tae Kwon Do is the most practiced martial art in North America and an official sport of the Summer Olympic Games. 

Various aspects of this Korean martial art will be offered as a daily class focus, including:

• Poomse – Rank-specific patterns (commonly called “forms”) of defensive techniques meant to teach students balance in movement while building confidence.  Forms using weapons (such as the staff and sword) will be taught to advanced students.
• Hapkido – Rank-specific, unarmed, self-defense techniques against grabs, holds, chokes, and armed attacks.  Students are encouraged to work together to reduce reaction time against a controlled attack, while smoothly applying escape maneuvers.
• Basics – Elementary stances (balances postures), blocks, kicks, and strikes are reviewed to ensure that students are correctly applying knowledge gained from poomse.
• Breaking – Control and power are demonstrated while students are allowed to break wooden boards using kicking and striking techniques.
• Sparring – Speed and reaction time are developed so that students can apply basic kicking and striking techniques while in a mobile stance.  Focus pad and punching bag drills are used to teach combinations.  Supervised, paired sparring bouts are offered so that students can apply learned combinations, footwork, and timing.  Instruction will be offered in both point and Olympic-style sparring for interested students.

The York Area Tae Kwon Do Academy acts as a branch School in York, Pennsylvania under the Harrisburg Institute of Tae Kwon Do (our School’s main headquarters in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ).  Accordingly, feel free to visit the above tab labeled “About TKD” for additional information, including:

• Explanation of the meanings behind the colors of uniform belts.

• How to represent the art of Tae Kwon Do in your daily life outside of the School.
• List of basic Korean vocabulary words and phrases commonly used within the School.
• Children’s home rules – special requirements for junior students.
• Rules of the martial arts – how best to approach Tae Kwon Do in mindset, practice, and application.
• School rules – the expectations for behavior while practicing at the School.

Promotions for rank are presided over by Grandmaster Joe Fox to ensure that the arts taught at both locations retain their technical quality. 

OUR INSTRUCTORS

Boo Sabumnim Michael Koons

• Head Instructor (Kwan Jangnim) of the York Area Tae Kwon Do Academy
• Assistant Instructor with the Harrisburg Institute of Tae Kwon Do
• 3^rd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do under Grandmaster Joe Fox
• 2^nd degree black belt with the World Tae Kwon Do Federation (Kukkiwon)

Boo Sabumnim Michael has been training in Tae Kwon Do since 1991, and has been teaching since 2002.

Grandmaster Joe Fox (presiding over promotions for rank)

• Kwan Jangnim of the Harrisburg Institute of Tae Kwon Do
• 8^th degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do under Grandmaster Nam Kyu Yoon
• 4^th degree black belt with the World Tae Kwon Do Federation (Kukkiwon)
• 2^nd degree black belt in Tactical Hapkido
• 9^th degree black belt in American Karate

Grandmaster Fox began teaching in 1977, starting the Harrisburg Institute of Tae Kwon Do in 1987.

For more information about Grandmaster Fox and Grandmaster Yoon, please feel free to visit the above tabs labeled “Instructors” and “Yoon”, respectively.