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Look for a less commercial school. Don't be scared off by heavy contact sparring or a little blood in the adult class. An instructor who specializes in full contact will be alot gentler with children. People who can give and take punishment have nothing to prove and do not act like bullies.

 

There is a chain of schools in SouthEast Texas known as TaeKwonDo Plus. There instructors have been known to shout at kids and belittle them in front of the class and have also been seen using switches to correct them. This particular org only uses light contact in sparring (although I'm sure they will demonstrate with hard contact on a cooperative opponent) and awards black belts after 2 years of training. They will also promote children to BB, an honor that should be reserved for the mentally tough and physically mature.

 

These non-contact schools are magnets for bullies and sociopaths. In addition they do not deliver on all of the sugary promises they make in their pitch. So in short if you're wanting him to learn something real you need to get him out of there and with an instructor who doesn't feel the need to play mind games with children.

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Yeah, I've heard some horror stories from the TaeKwonDo Plus in Tyler! I was hoping it was just that one school, geuss not...

 

Can you say Burger Kwon? :D

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Switches?? what are those

 

But if its anything like a stick or something then someone needs to have a few words with the police.

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Switches?? what are those

 

But if its anything like a stick or something then someone needs to have a few words with the police.

 

Hey, I've never been to the school, I just heard crasy stuff goes on down there. Maybe I should pay a "visit" to the class. As intense as TKD guys are about their training, I would not doubt it.

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"Yeah, I've heard some horror stories from the TaeKwonDo Plus in Tyler! I was hoping it was just that one school, geuss not..."

 

They have managed to infest the Gulf Coast of Texas. They are headquartered in a fairly affluent section of Beaumont. I didn't realize they had gotten as far inland as Tyler.

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Yeah, that have really spread. Anyone know the main page for the head office? How far are they?
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Apparently I was mistaken. They are not headquartered in Beaumont. I believe that the Beaumont school had their own org at one time though.
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