Belonging to an ITA-licensed academy brings many benefits, including:


• Annually-qualified Instructors leading all classes
• Exclusive curriculum available only to our members
• Proven standardized teaching systems 
• Participation in local and international testings and events (must have an active academy membership)
• International rank and Instructor certification
• Online access to student profile, membership renewal, certification tests, Tiger Path registration, etc.
• Tiger-Rock member newsletter available online or through ITA-licensed academies
• Possible transfer/visitation privileges with other participating ITA-licensed member academies, and more.

Social Competence
Social Competence refers to the emotional, social, and cognitive behaviors and skills needed for successful social adaptation. A child’s social competence depends upon a variety of factors, including the child’s social awareness, social skills, and self-confidence. TaeKwonDo is indicated in university studies to increase social competencies by helping students build confidence, channel aggressive energy, and create a positive self-image.

Biomechanics
Biomechanics is the science concened with the internal and external forces acting on the body and the effects produced by these forces. ITA has been consistently researching and evolving the stretching, lines of movement, and alignment principles that make up its art for more than twenty years, resulting in the Ho-Am TaeKwonDo forms used today.

Mindfulness Training and Practice
Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment and non-judgmentally. Hence, mindfulness is being present or having Presence. Presence is that quintessential quality of awareness and being that creates peak experiences in living. Mindfulness practice is based on the premise that only in the experience of the present moment can one accurately perceive what is really happening, when life is fully appreciated without the need to judge it, and when effective action can be taken. Mindfulness when achieved can occur every moment. It can be achieved through Mindfulness Meditation during active dynamic Life (TaeKwonDo, shopping, eating, walking, exercise, singing, dancing, etc.), or during passive breathing exercises.
What day is it? Today. What time is it? Now. Where are you? Here.

Interesting Articles

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Interesting Links

Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical School

My Pyramid Plan (Nutrition)

Old Ways (Nutrition)

Weight Loss