EMPOWER YOURSELF WITH MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING
STOP LAYING AROUND
START MOVING AROUND!
Life skills & fitness disguised as fun! It’s time to feel great about yourself. Feel confident. Feel centered. Feel like you have control over your life. Martial Arts classes can deliver an effect you never realized and can get your life to the next level.
STRONGER. FOCUSED. DRIVEN.
ADULTS | A HAPPIER, HEALTHIER YOU
You are busy. We get it. But you are not any good to your family if you are stressed out always worrying about the struggle between life, job and kids.
Martial arts provides balance to this problem. No matter if you are after physical fitness, self-defense, or even just an athletic social outlet, we provide an environment that is positive and promotes a YES I CAN attitude. Training can take both your home life and work life to that next level. As an added bonus you will likely make friends with people who have common interests! Many of our students state that the time that they spend in class is an oasis in the middle of their lives where they can focus on themselves without feeling selfish or guilty.
These benefits are just the beginning. You’ll develop mental skills, as well as be more focused and competitive both in your business and your personal life. You’ll perform better, feel better and overall just BE better.
No experience necessary!
TEENS | UPGRADE YOURSELF... NOT YOUR PHONE!
TOOLKIT FOR LIFE
Today's world keeps getting tougher for teens. Here at Appleton ATA Martial Arts, it is our goal to create a safe and encouraging learning environment, where they can learn self-defense, discipline and confidence without being ridiculed for their mistakes. This sense of identity will boost their confidence, resulting in increased assertiveness when dealing with the high-pressure situations.
ACTIVITIES
Teens need a place to become independent from their parents, while being challenged to work toward their maximum potential. Our frequenly-hosted activities are an excellent way for teens get involved with peers that share similar goals and standards. By expanding their network with positive influences, they'll be able to maintain accountability and increase their social-skills.
4 REAL BENEFITS OF TEEN / ADULT CLASS
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says only 1 in 5 adults meet physical activity guidelines set to improve wellbeing. Just as you’d think, physical activity has far reaching benefits. It can help control your weight, reduce risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, certain cancers, and more. The physical activity alone can help improve your mental health and mood, strengthen your bones and muscles, and improve your chances of living a longer, healthier life.
In adulthood, it can be very tough for some to find peers with mutual interests and outlooks. Martial arts is a great place to meet new people, from all walks of life, and the shared dedication to their art can help bond people. Lifelong friends are made all the time at martial arts gyms; going through difficult trials – such as belt testing – can really help create social bonds between friends. Martial Arts will also help bond with your children, especially if you are participating as family, which we strongly encourage!
Let’s not forget where it all began, defending yourself. Unlike any other form of exercise, with martial arts you learn potentially life-saving self-defense skills.
THE BELT SYSTEM
WHITE BELT
Purity of white.
The student has no knowledge of Songahm Taekwondo and begins the journey with a clean (pure) slate.
ORANGE BELT
Sun is rising.
The student sees the beauty of the art but has not yet experienced the power of the proper technique.
YELLOW BELT
Sun appears yellow.
The student begins to understand the foundation of taekwondo as they rise upwards toward the sun.
CAMO BELT
Hide among the trees.
Realizing their progress and potential, the student must now begin to spar in order to promote in rank.
GREEN BELT
Pine needles are forming.
The student's technique is starting to develop power and basic movements are beginning to work in unison.
PURPLE BELT
Coming to the mountain.
Reaching higher levels the training becomes more difficult, creating a "mountain" that must be overcome.
BLUE BELT
Upward towards the sky.
Having passed the mid-way point, the student now focuses his/her energy upward toward black belt.
BROWN BELT
Roots growing in soil.
At this point the student has mastered many basics moves and has developed deep roots in taekwondo.
RED BELT
Sun is setting.
The physical skill has been developed but lacks control. Physical and mental discipline must be achieved.
RED/BLACK BELT
Sun breaks through night.
The sun sets and the student must begin a new phase of training; that of being a black belt student.
BLACK BELT
Absence of color.
Completion of the nine grades of Songahm taekwondo and absorbing all the color rank knowledge.