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  • What is Choi Kwang Do? The Origin Story of the Martial Art

    What is Choi Kwang Do? The Origin Story of the Martial Art

    Kwang-Jo Choi is the founder and head of the Choi Kwang Do international martial art organisation, with its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Grand master Choi Kwang-jo is a former South Korean national champion in taekwondo, and is one of the twelve original masters of taekwondo of the Korea Taekwon-Do Association. Due to injuries sustained from his martial arts training he sought medical attention in the United States of America, emigrating there in 1970, and began to study different physical therapy techniques. In 1987, Choi incorporated everything he had learned into his own martial art system called Choi Kwang Do, which translates as “the art (or method) of ....

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  • Teddington Adult Martial Arts Students

    Teddington Adult Martial Arts Students

    The adult grading gang have smashed it! Successful results for Teddington Clarke Academy adult martial art students: Can, Caroline, Adriana, Sally-Jayne and Nicola. Well done on all your hard work and the quality of results have been excellent from you all to end the summer season gradings. ....

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  • Clarke Academy of Martial Arts Teddington Head Instructor

    Clarke Academy of Martial Arts Teddington Head Instructor

    Meet Mr Clarke-Greenfield our highest qualified Protégé Martial Arts Head Instructor. Mr Clarke-Greenfield’s outlook and philosophy to martial arts: Having a calming presence while maintaining a high level of discipline I pride myself on creating a family feeling of belonging within my student base honouring my role within our family business. I like to get the best out of our students by using positive discipline techniques which keeps our student engagement high proven by high attendance of the awesome students we train. I really enjoy getting the best out of students by training them with a high technical ability without compromising the warmth of a supportive ....

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  • Junior Black Belt Martial Artist Instructor

    Junior Black Belt Martial Artist Instructor

    Meet Mr Stone who has been a 1st Degree Black Belt junior team leader instructor since he was 8 years old (he is now 10!) Mr Stone is an incredibly knowledgeable young junior martial artist and one of the original members of Clarke Academy of Martial Arts in Teddington! Despite his young years Mr Stone is trained to a professional level and has developed both a strong sense of responsibility and technical knowledge that he very much enjoys supporting his fellow students with. “I find pass on my knowledge and skills to younger members is highly enjoyable and something that I hope to do for many years to come” Mr Stone is an avid collector of Football trading cards and has an ....

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  • Qualified Martial Arts Head Instructor

    Qualified Martial Arts Head Instructor

    Meet Ms Woodgate our newest qualified Martial Arts Head Instructor🥋 Ms Woodgate’s outlook and philosophy to martial arts: Enthusiastic, encouraging, engaging, welcoming, technical, able to discipline (gently) when needed to. I treat every student equally regardless of their ability or background🙏🏻 Passionate about our martial art & I want our students to fall in love with it as much as I love it!🤩 I genuinely care about all our students and want to bring the best out of them. I want to positively mould our students into awesome martial artists with technical flare. I am Fun, Firm and fair🥳💪🏻🙏🏻 ....

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  • Teen Students get Black Belt in Martial Arts!

    Teen Students get Black Belt in Martial Arts!

    Superb result for both Miss Beesley and Mr Janssen, they have both achieved the rank of 1st Degree Black Belt!!🥋👏🏻👏🏻🏅 We are super proud of our Teen students to have performed so well in a demanding grading, our team at the Clarke Academy of Martial Arts are very proud of your achievement!! Pil seung!🙏🏻🇬🇧🇰🇷 ....

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  • Black Belt 1st Degree in Martial Arts!

    Black Belt 1st Degree in Martial Arts!

    The team at Clarke Academy of Martial Arts are thrilled to announce that Mr Taylor has achieved the rank of 1st Degree Black Belt🥋👏🏻 As an adult martial art member of Clarke Academy in Teddington Mr Taylor gave a relentless show of endurance with an outstanding performance during his grading earning every last thread of his black belt and ranked title of Sir🏅 We are proud to see how far he has come and this gent has the absolute heart of a lion! Pil seung!🇰🇷🇬🇧🏅 ....

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  • Black Belt Grading Students

    Black Belt Grading Students

    These are the four warriors that went forward for a gruelling two hour Black Belt Grading martial art examination today: Olivia (Shepperton) Freddie (Teddington) Russell (Teddington) Catherine (Teddington) They all without exception put in maximum effort and we can only anticipate the result!👏🏻 wishing you all the best of luck!🥋 Pil seung!👊🏻🇰🇷🇬🇧 “At Clarke Academy we invest in you to become the best version of yourself!” ....

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  • Martial Arts Instructors Wanted Vacancy Jobs

    Martial Arts Instructors Wanted Vacancy Jobs

    Clarke Academy of Martial Arts in Teddington and Shepperton is hiring! We are looking for qualified martial arts and self defence instructors to teach at our Academy. Please contact us on our email address with your qualifications. Martial Arts and Self Defence Instructors - Vacancy/Hiring/Jobs/Staff Wanted ....

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Wendi B

I joined Clarke's Academy of Martial Arts in September 2019.

As soon as I went to my first, free trial I knew it was for me.

Mr Clarke, the teacher, is excellent. 

He is very patient and made me, as a 55 year old woman, feel comfortable.

It is a friendly class and I felt part of it immediately.

 

Since I started I have lost weight and gained fitness and confidence. And I have learned to protect myself too.

I intend to get a black belt and I know under Mr. Clarke's instruction, that I shall get it.

I go 4 times a week as I want to achieve that aim as fast as I can plus I thoroughly enjoy going and have made some new friends.

I love it!

 

Choi Kwang Do is a martial art for all ages and genders 

I highly recommend it to all.

 

Pil Seung as we say in Choi Kwang Do!

 

 

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Caroline Wren

This weekly class is one of the absolute highlights of my week. It keeps me fit, physically and emotionally. It’s a brilliant exercise experience for people of all abilities. And a great social experience too: everyone is really friendly and supportive, and you can meet people of all ages.

You can progress through the belts even if you’ve no experience, or no natural talent for sport, because you’ll get all the support to make sure you can learn, and the structure of the classes is a big help to enable constant progression.

You can take it as seriously as you want, too. For some people it’s a way of life, in which case you can train many times a week and add in tournaments; for others it’s just an hour a week. And that’s all fine. You can take it at your own pace.

A great class with tonnes of energy, talent, and the feeling of a supportive family.
Highly recommend!

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Mr Can Arig

I go to sessions every week with pleasure and excitement at the Clarke Academy of Martial Arts Teddington, which I have been attending for more than 2 years. The atmosphere of friendship in the club, the harmony of the participants, and the respect and dedication of the instructors motivate me. I'm making new friends and staying fit while learning the art of self-defense, it's great ! The professionalism, sincere approach and quality training of our instructors enable us to get maximum benefit from each session. I definitely recommend it.
Pil seung!

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