Chosun Taekwondo Academy hosts 88th quarterly promotion test
| 03 Dec 2019 | 07:56
The Chosun Taekwondo Academy hosted its eighty-eighth quarterly Belt Promotion Test on Nov. 17 at the Warwick Town Hall with well more than 100 students testing for rank promotion. (
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The Chosun Taekwondo Academy, located at 60 Galloway Road in Warwick, hosted its eighty-eighth quarterly Belt Promotion Test on Sunday, Nov. 17, at the Warwick Town Hall.
With well more than 100 students testing for rank promotion, the event was overseen by Grandmaster Doug Cook, Master Terri Testa, MMaster Cheryl Crouchen and Master Nancy Garrett. Additionaster Danielle Roche, Master Arun Salgunan, Master Jake Garrett, al Chosun teachers assisted with command and control responsibility, emphasizing safety and precision.
The Chosun students, all from the Warwick headquarters, were required to demonstrate proficiency in skills ranging from basic self-defense techniques and poomsae – the choreographed, dance-like formal exercises unique to taekwondo - to free-sparring and the breaking of wood with intense kicks and hand strikes, a dramatic component of the national Korean martial art that expresses raw power.
“Our students did a exemplary job demonstrating their skill," said Grandmaster Doug Cook, owner of the Chosun Taekwondo Academy, president of the United States Taekwondo Association, a six-time gold medalist and author of four best-selling books centering on taekwondo. "We are fortunate indeed to retain such a loyal group of martial artists, many of whom have been with our school for almost twenty-two years. I partially attribute this to the fact that we teach an authentic, pure form of taekwondo that is certain to enhance one’s life physically, mentally and spiritually, at any age.”
Unlike the vast majority of martial arts schools that cater to children, the Chosun Taekwondo Academy boasts an unusually high percentage of adults due to a holistically oriented curriculum focusing on genuine Korean defensive doctrine, martial arts philosophy and meditation. In addition, the academy offers a variety of unlimited classes throughout the day, all taught by qualified black belt instructors.
For more information, call (845) 986-2288, or visit the Chosun website at www.chosuntkd.com.