Martial Arts at MIT

<p>I was on the MIT Sport TKD club for 3.5 years (2002-2006). The club/team holds practices 4 times a week, MWF for 2 hours (usually from 7-9), and on Sundays for 2 hours. During tournament season (basically all year), some practices might be 3 hours long. Monday/Wednesday practices usually focus on curriculum work, fine-tuning techniques, and poomse. Friday practices focus entirely on sparring and are meant for more advanced members. Sunday practices are open workout - anyone can come and work on whatever they want.</p>

<p>Master Dan Chuang expects club members who are committed to attend at least 2 practices a week. During tournament season, there are additional 1 hr competition workouts twice a week (usually held right after a MWF workout).</p>

<p>The team develops a great camraderie over the year - the team makeup is pretty evenly mixed, since we constantly have an influx of white belts every few months or so. We’ve just won four straight league trophies (2002-2006) and are aiming for a fifth.</p>

<p>Please email the instructors, <a href=“mailto:sport-tkd-instructors@mit.edu”>sport-tkd-instructors@mit.edu</a>, for more information.</p>