NEW STUDENT SPECIAL – ONE MONTH FREE – NO OBLIGATION!
At Silent Thunder Taekwondo, you will find a splendid array
of creative, intriguing, and effective training methodologies.
But true freedom comes from discipline, so while our classes
are profoundly interesting and exciting, the underlying theme
of spiritual evolution through mind and body discipline using
martial arts is continuously present. Our curriculum consists of
much more than acrobatic kicks and tournaments. For instance,
elements of Aikido, Jiu-jitsu, Karate, as well as weapons, are
taught in the same class. Our rank tests include not just
performance of forms, sparring, self-defense techniques,
and board-breaking, but various other challenges involving
blindfolds, tricks, and surprises to intrigue even those most
experienced in labyrinths. Adults seeking the rank of black belt
must be able to run five miles in less than 40 minutes,
do 100 push-ups, be familiar with Oriental philosophy,
be non-smokers, and be of profound moral character,
just to qualify to take the test.
CLASSES : MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY
6 – 8 PM
MUST BE AT LEAST 6 YEARS OLD
SUGGESTED DONATION: $80/MONTH
OR JOIN THE SILENT THUNDER $1,000 CLUB
(LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP, NO MORE DUES)
THE THREE NOBLE QUALITIES
DIGNITY
When we obey the command of an inward
King whose throne sits in the highest
dimensions of our soul.
DISCIPLINE
When we consistently perform the techniques
with the highest skill level presently possible.
DRAGON SPIRIT
When we combine dignity and discipline
to perform the techniques with an energy
intensity level that borders on the mystical.
A WARRIOR’S CREED
I have no parents: I make the heavens and earth my parents.
I have no home: I make awareness my home.
I have no life or death: I make the tides of breathing my life and death.
I have no divine power: I made honesty my divine power.
I have no means: I made understanding my means.
I have no magic secrets: I make character my magic secrets.
I have no body: I make endurance my body.
I have no eyes: I make the flash of lightning my eyes.
I have no ears: I make sensibility my ears.
I have no limbs: I make promptness my limbs.
I have no strategy: I make ‘unshadowed by thought’ my strategy.
I have no designs: I make ‘seizing opportunity by the forelock’ my design.
I have no miracles: I make right-action my miracles.
I have no principles: I make adaptability to all circumstances my principles.
I have no tactics: I make emptiness and fullness my tactics.
I have no talent: I made ready wit my talent.
I have no friends: I make my mind my friend.
I have no enemy: I make carelessness my enemy.
I have no armor: I make benevolence and righteousness my armor.
I have no castle: I make immovable-mind my castle.
I have no sword: I made absence of self my sword.
~Anonymous Samurai, fourteenth century~
ANSWER THIS QUESTION FOR FREE
MARTIAL ART UNIFORM:
(new students only)
When you reach the top of the mountain,
how can you keep climbing?
MORE RECENT
The rocks are singing,
the trees are clapping their hands,
and dead things come back to life.
WHY?
MOST RECENT
How many angels can dance on
a pinhead, if the pinhead is
already filled with medieval scholars?