Martial Arts Info Westchester NY: White Plains, Yonkers, New Rochelle, Bronx

Tae Kwon Do Westchester NY: Adults - Kids

Martial Arts Presented:     Aikido - Kung Fu - Tai Chi - Karate - Tae Kwon Do - Judo - Jujitsu - MMA - Weapons

This educational section is for beginners to search for martial arts training in Westchester.  Aikido Westchester provides instruction in Aikido and Shaolin Westchester (adults - kids) in Shaolin Kung Fu (adults - kids) and Tai Chi Chuan, both in White Plains (centrally located in Westchester for White Plains, New Rochelle, Yonkers, Bronx)

Tae Kwon Do is the most recent of the modern Asian martial arts. Tae Kwon Do developed via a combination of Karate and indigenous Korean martial arts, emphasizing competition, katas and striking similarly. However, Tae Kwon Do also emphasizes kicks, especially high kicks. Tae Kwon Do classes are similar to Karate in that they may include stretching, basic movements, forms and competition. Quite often, Tae Kwon Do training is partnered with Hapkido, a Korean martial art that developed from Daito Ryu Aiki Jujitsu, and thus shares the same roots as Aikido. Application of self defense technique may also derive from Hapkido. While Tae Kwon Do itself emphasizes external (hard) power and teaches destructive technique initially followed by control, partnering with Hapkido may change this dynamic. Weapons use in Tae Kwon Do is an additional element of practice.  Exercise is often aerobic.

In Westchester County, Tae Kwon Do is in Northern Scarsdale and Mount Vernon as well as New Rochelle, White Plains & Yonkers.