About four years ago I separated from my husband. Our son was nine years old at the time and I had sole custody. He had been doing some swimming training and the coach advised me that although his arms were strong, he needed to develop some inner core strength and suggested a martial art would be a good way to achieve that. I had been looking for a form of exercise that we could do together as being [...]

Taekwondo There are only so many things in life you can claim, with a 100% certainty, without doubt or regret that you made the right choice. For me, Taekwondo was one such decision. I started Taekwondo before my HSC exams in 2004 to help me improve my focus for my studies, to improve my health and energy levels, and also develop confidence in my wellbeing. It also seemed like something really [...]

Taekwondo I started Taekwondo as a chubby high school kid (about 14 years of age), and I stopped after 6 months of training. However, something about the atmosphere made me return when I was 17 (just after my HSC) and I haven't stopped for the past 7 years. Lindsay & Maria have been there with me every step of the way, from falling on my backside to throwing dynamic well-balanced movements. ..they [...]

I started in 1994 at 39 It has been an incredible learning experience. Great for the mind. Great for the body. I have met some fantastic people and had a lot of laughs on the way. Highly recommended. Geoff Morgan

I guess there are a couple of things I would like to say about taekwondo in general and Lindsay and Maria's school in particular. The first is that I never thought I would be the kind of person who did martial arts. As a child and teenager, I hated aggression, would do anything to avoid a fight and thought that people who did things like taekwondo just wanted to be violent in more effective ways. Now, [...]

I was always quite self-disciplined when it came to academia but as I became a bit older I found that same level of self-discipline did not apply to my personal fitness or my waist line. As a young man at the age of 22 I was quite shocked to discover I had put on 11 kilograms in the 4 years after I finished high-school and realised that I needed to make a positive change for the better. For me that [...]