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Grandmaster Clint Robinson • Tae Kwon Do Black Belt, 9th Dan
Kicking Your Way to the Top! Taekwondo Reaching Beyond London Games
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involving brutal cage MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR ACTION! The 2013 matches and valSacramento Invitational Tournament Championships are ues inconsistent with many families. coming Saturday, February 2, 2013 to Memorial Auditorium. In the 21st Century Taekwondo has been Expect a very special guest and fast, furious tournament proven superior in overcoming challenges sparring action as competitors from across the west come to and competitors utiwin. Call 916-783-3191 for more information. Visit www. lizing these dated 20th Century systems, robinsonstkd.com and click on Contact Us for a free trial. while the lower-body It’s no surprise to me, as I have seen interpower-based TKD est grow every day since I began training has boomed in popin the early 70’s, creating my first school together in our Family Class choice, while ularity in the 21st on Broadway in Sacramento in 1975. Since giving variety at our 17 area schools with now practiced in more than 200 countries. those days, Taekwondo has become the additional fitness and strength training Some MMA fighters have been seen trainmost taught martial art in the solar system, options including MMA Fitness, Zumba ing and are now winning matches, with, you eclipsing previous training regimens and Latin Dance exercise, high energy Cardioguessed it, TKD! self-defense systems like kung fu (David Kickboxing and have recently added limited Carradine/Bruce Lee), karate (Chuck classes in Capoeira, the Caribbean martial That’s from a competitive viewpoint. What’s Norris/Jean Claude Van Dame), aikido art. maybe more important to you is how TKD (Stephen Seagal) popularized in television can provide life-saving skills, tremendous and movies of the 70’s and 80’s. With students learning hand eye coordifitness advantages; like weight control, nation, balance and confidence with the cholesterol lowering, aerobic endurance, The rise of MMA has been short-circuited Tiny Tigers, to our Black Belt Club perstrength, flexibility and better balance. by its very nature in recent years as parfecting skills and the active adults in our That might not kick you into the Olympic ents backed away from a form of fighting Silver Tigers keeping flexible and fit, there games, but it will make is something for everyone in martial arts your life more enjoyable, training. keep fitness levels high, help improve your perWhether TKD, or one of the many other formance in school or training choices at Robinson’s Taekwondo, work, and at Robinson’s we invite you to join us, get fitter, stronger you can find one day, two and better able to overcome life’s chalday a week, or Black Belt lenges. As I was reminded recently, your life level options to fit your is choices and some days you get better and schedule. some worse. What are you choosing? H&F We also offer families the With this coupon for the first 25 registrants ‘quality time’ in training his down-to-earth self-defense skill created in Korea has reached prominence as one of the most exciting new sports offered to Olympic Game audiences. The 2012 Games brought athletes from every corner of the planet to London, and almost every team included martial artists who had ‘kicked their way’ to the top games on Earth coming to Great Britain for TKD competitions.
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