Preventing Injury: Tips for Safely Increasing Side Kick Flexibility
Taekwondo is a martial art that requires a high level of flexibility, particularly in the legs. A powerful side kick
Students have fun while they learn Taekwondo, values and coping skills to better manage their mood & stress.
Students exercise, meditate and learn coping skills for the many health benefits from martial arts training.
Increased assertiveness and self esteem that comes with students learning physical and psychological self defense.
Students achieve their goals confidently while making friendships and belonging to a community, a TKD Family.
Students practice growth mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and experience the benefits of Taekwondo.
Students become apart of a worldwide community of Taekwondo athletes striving for excellence of one's self.
I’m the owner and head coach of TKD Wellness. I’m also a licensed clinical psychologist and believe that Taekwondo can be tremendously therapeutic.
TKD Wellness is an Olympic sport Taekwondo fitness facility in southern Arizona (Tucson, Oro Valley) with a mission to improve the mental and physical health of community members from toddlers to the Olympic athletes. The focus of our services are to provide fun, fitness and empowerment. Students can expect to:
I’m the owner and head coach of TKD Wellness. I’m also a licensed clinical psychologist and believe that Taekwondo can be tremendously therapeutic.
TKD Wellness teaches Olympic sport Taekwondo to kids, teens and adults living in southern Arizona (Tucson, Oro Valley). Our mission is to cultivate health and joy, which translates to students:
Try a Free Class… You Won’t Regret it.
Our monthly membership rate makes it affordable to learn Taekwondo.
We give deep family discounts so the whole family can train together.
Our students train with us because of quality instruction not contracts.
Taekwondo is a martial art that requires a high level of flexibility, particularly in the legs. A powerful side kick
Happy Labor Day, a time to honor the achievements of workers and the spirit of hard work, what better way
As parents, we always look for activities that can help our kids develop physically, mentally, and emotionally. Tucson’s Empowerment Hub,
This is probably one of the most frequently asked questions and misconceptions about martial arts. In short, martial arts can actually reduce aggression. However, research has shown that training in a martial arts school that solely focuses on competition does increase aggression while training in a martial arts school that incorporates philosophy, forms, sparring, meditation in addition to competition actually lower aggression. TKD Wellness does participate in competition/sport Taekwondo but our curriculum includes many of those key components.
No, new students are not required to have previous martial arts experience.
Children classes at TKD Wellness start at age 7 and up.
No, we don’t do contracts because we also value flexibility and we are confident that our students will want to be apart of our community. We offer month to month memberships as well as discounted memberships for multi-month memberships paid in advance.
TKD Wellness membership fees are affordable compared to other programs that can cost over $150/month. We also want to encourage families to train together and give large discounts as a result.
Our prices are:
$125 Monthly Membership
$85 Monthly Addition Family Member
$230 Monthly Family (3 or More Members) Membership
TKD Wellness membership fees include unlimited in-person and virtual classes. In addition, membership also grants students access to our YouTube tutorial library, video reviews and gear/event discounts.
TKD Wellness strives to be transparent with students about fees. Like many sports there are equipment, association and tournament costs and fees.
Fees:
Optional Fees:
No, students are not required to compete in tournaments.
Beginning students (white, yellow & orange belt) are not expected nor required to spar. Intermediate (green to purple belt) and advanced students (Brown and higher) are expected to participate in in-class sparring drills but are not required to participate in free-sparring nor sparring competitions.
Yes. TKD Wellness was initially developed by Dr. Torres, clinical psychologist, as a therapy group for children, teens and adults with mental health diagnoses such as depression, anxiety, ADHD, anger and Autism. Students are encouraged to go at their own pace and training drills can be modified as needed. Thus all students with and without special needs are welcomed.
Automated page speed optimizations for fast site performance