Teen Martial Arts

Martial Arts Classes for Teens

Martial arts can be an excellent activity for teenagers, providing numerous benefits beyond physical fitness. Regular practice of martial arts can improve self-confidence, self-discipline, and mental focus, leading to better academic performance and reduced stress.

Additionally, teen martial arts can teach valuable self-defence skills and promote a healthy lifestyle. In today’s world, where bullying and violence are prevalent, learning martial arts can provide teens with the tools to handle challenging situations with confidence and calmness.

Here at Five Rings TaeKwonDo, we’re dedicated to providing teens with the best curriculum and training available.

What’s Different About Teen Martial Arts?

TaeKwonDo offers a complete body workout that improves physical fitness by enhancing balance, flexibility, and stamina. It helps build physical strength through complex kicks and punches while also developing mental strength. It also helps manage stress by focusing on concentration and self-awareness.

Martial arts classes provide a positive environment to socialize and develop friendships with like-minded people. Additionally, regular physical activity releases endorphins, promoting a positive attitude and brightening mood.

These programs are specifically designed to cater to the unique needs and abilities of teenagers. It focuses on developing:

Physical fitness
Self-defence skills
Character development
Emotional and social challenges

Teen martial arts classes often involve more advanced techniques and drills, encouraging teens to push themselves and achieve their goals. Our program provides a supportive environment where teenagers can build confidence, make new friends, and develop important life skills.

Learn How to Stand Up for Yourself

Standing up for yourself is important for teenagers, as it empowers them to set boundaries, defend their rights and beliefs, and communicate their needs effectively. It can boost their self-confidence, self-respect, and assertiveness.

Martial arts are an excellent way to learn how to stand up for yourself. It teaches teens:

Physical and strength training.
Valuable mental and emotional skills.
Confidence and assertiveness.
Self-control, self-esteem, and self-discipline.
Self-defence.

We also place a lot of importance on:

Philosophy
Spirit
History
Breathing techniques
Focus training
Stretching

By mastering martial arts, individuals can gain the necessary skills and mindset to stand up for themselves and others, both physically and mentally. Teens can build their confidence by providing a sense of achievement through mastering new skills and overcoming obstacles. They’ll be able to improve in multiple areas in their life while also learning self-defence skills.

Get Your Kid off the Couch With Karate

It’s a challenge for any parent to pull their kids away from a screen. Phones, television and videogames can end up taking over your child’s life and most parents want to avoid that. Too much screen time can lead to obesity, poor sleep, behavior problems, delays in language and social development, attention problems, and less time spent learning. One way to avoid these negative outcomes is to get your child involved in any martial art, from karate to taekwondo. Our teen martial arts lessons help children overcome screen-time problems.

Set a Schedule: You need regular activities to draw your children away from their screens. Taekwondo is a great, regular evening class that can take up their time. We provide a supportive environment and teens don’t use their phones during our class. It’s a great real-world break from digital engagement.
Encourage Proper Sleep: It’s always challenging for teenagers to get enough sleep. Many stare at screens late into the night and have trouble rousing in the morning. Regular physical activity can help exhaust teens and trigger them to sleep both earlier and deeper. Teens who are wiped out from taekwondo are more likely to head to bed on their own.
Allow for Social Development: School is only one outlet for social development. To get over shyness and learn to be polite, engaging and interested in others, teens need opportunities to meet new people and make new friendships. Taekwondo is a great social outlet.
Avoid Obesity Long-Term: Some teens leave gym class and don’t exercise again. Those who don’t learn to love exercise, or who don’t find a type of exercise that they love will end up with much higher rates of obesity. You can prevent that by encouraging your teen to find and regularly practice whatever physical exercise they like most. Taekwondo is just one great option.
Outlet for Aggression and Feelings: It’s no secret that teens are flooded with hormones and emotions. Taekwondo is a great outlet for aggression and feelings, while still being safe and supportive.

Judgement Is Essential in Martial Arts

Your teen is becoming an adult. They’re growing in strength, power, and responsibility. Many teens struggle with defining their role as an adult and learning to exercise judgement when exerting their new strength and control. Teaching your child to use judgement is a long process, but martial arts can help. We always use judgement in martial arts. While some think of martial arts as an exercise in violence, it’s more like developing a power and then choosing when it’s appropriate to use that power. Any teen struggling to develop judgement or a sense of their own strength or power can benefit from martial arts training. The lessons we learn about kicking can be well-applied to many other areas of life as well. Boys and girls both have physical strength and social power to learn to wield wisely. Taekwondo lessons are a great way to support them while they grow.

Waterloo & Kitchener’s Best Teen Martial Arts Program

At Five Rings Taekwondo, we believe that Taekwondo is an art that can be learned at any age. Whether you’re a beginner or experienced, our programs and classes cater to all age groups. Our experienced instructors create a positive and fun learning environment, teaching students everything from basic blocks to strikes.

Our martial arts school in Kitchener and Waterloo is the perfect place to start or continue your martial arts journey.