Hwa Rang Taekwon-Do

🥋 Squad Training This Saturday (TMAA) & Club Visit! 🥋

This Saturday's Squad Training is shaping up to be a great session, with a visiting club joining us for training!

This is an excellent opportunity for our students to train with different opponents, challenge themselves, and continue developing their sparring skills in a positive and competitive environment.

Whether you're preparing for upcoming tournaments or simply looking to improve your Taekwon-Do, we encourage all senior students to come along and active competitors among our junior class, let's make the most of this opportunity.

The momentum within Hwa Rang continues to build, and it's fantastic to see more students committing to regular training, competing, and supporting one another. Experiences like this are a big part of developing confident, capable martial artists.

🥋 Saturday Squad Training
📍 TMAA
🕚 11:00am – 1:00pm

Let's get another strong turnout and continue building one of the strongest Taekwon-Do competition programmes in the region.

See you on the mats! 👊🔥

Great to see a good contingent of Hwa Rang students at Nationals training.
Remember we have a squad training session at TMAA this Saturday at 11AM.
See you there.

Second to last Midlands Nationals Squad training with Head Coach Elvin - great progress across all disciplines, remember to keep training hard and asking questions at your clubs! Thanks to GM Rimmer for coming to help and everyone who attended today 🙏 See you on 15th August at our last Midlands Nationals training - we'd like to see you all there! 🥋👊🥋

Success Leaves Clues.

Over the school holidays, our students have continued to demonstrate what can be achieved through consistent effort, commitment, and a willingness to challenge themselves.

Congratulations to all of our students who competed at the recent Star Series Tournament in Wellington, bringing home an outstanding collection of medals. Every medal represents countless hours of training, determination, and the courage to step onto the competition mats.

At the same time, many of our students successfully completed their grading, showcasing the skills they have been developing in class. Every grading is another step forward on their martial arts journey and recognition of the hard work they've put in over recent months.

What we're seeing across the club isn't happening by chance.

Whether your goal is to earn your next belt, compete at tournaments, improve your confidence, or simply become the best version of yourself, the formula remains the same:

Consistency. Commitment. Effort.

We're incredibly proud of every student who continues to invest in their own development. Keep showing up, keep working hard, and the results will continue to follow.

Congratulations to everyone on another fantastic week of achievements. The future of Hwa Rang is looking brighter than ever!

🥋 UPCOMING YOUTH TAEKWON-DO TOURNAMENT

📅 Saturday 29 August
🕘 Starts 9:00 AM
📍 The Martial Arts Academy
154 First Avenue West, Tauranga

Competition is an important part of the Taekwon-Do journey.

Whether your child is entering their very first tournament, wasn't yet eligible for Nationals, or simply wants another opportunity to step onto the mats, this event is for them.

We've designed this tournament to provide a safe, supportive and enjoyable environment where young local martial artists can challenge themselves, build confidence and gain valuable competition experience.

No matter your experience level, every competitor starts somewhere—and this is the perfect place to begin.

Events include:
🥊 Sparring
👊 Power Punch
🦵 Power Kick
🥋 Patterns
⭐ Specialty Techniques

We encourage all of our students to give competition a go. It's not just about winning—it's about learning, growing, gaining experience, stress testing your abilities and becoming a better martial artist.

📲 To register, simply scan the QR code on the flyer, or hit this link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZkknJrLxo9pZuBR-KxCz1voTSJUJjEoj6PEcNfisbhUd6Gg/viewform

We can't wait to see you on the mats! 👊🥋

Confidence isn't something children are born with. It's something they build.

Our Taekwon-Do programme is a more than just martial arts, it's a developmental launch pad for life!
It's a place where children learn to challenge themselves, build confidence, develop discipline, and become part of a positive community.

🥋 Kids Taekwon-Do (7–12 years)
📅 Tuesday & Thursday
🕞 3:45 PM

🥋 Teen & Adult Taekwon-Do
📅 Tuesday & Thursday
🕠 5:45 PM

Your child's journey starts with a single class. Book your FREE 1-week trial today.

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Kids Taekwondo | The Martial Arts Academy Looking for a School Holiday Programme in Tauranga? Our action-packed programme for ages 7–13 includes martial arts, games, activities and fun in a safe, supervised environment. Book now.

This isn't a belt system. It's a journey.

A place where children learn to believe in themselves.

A place where friendships are built.

A place where challenges become achievements.

A place where today's beginners become tomorrow's leaders.

🌟 Belong • Learn • Grow • Achieve • Lead

If those are the qualities you want your child to develop, we'd love to welcome you to The Martial Arts Academy.

🥊 FREE 1-Week Trial

Hit the link to learn more or book your free trial https://www.tmaa.co.nz/kids-taekwondo

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Weekly Classes:

Kids TKD (7–12 yrs) – 3:45 PM Tues & Thurs

Teen & Adult TKD (13+) 5:45 PM Tues & Thurs

Squad Training – 11AM Sat

For those of you who are competing at Nationals in August.

Squad training will be at 9:30AM in Te Puna this Saturday.
It is also the last day for team selection, so make sure you attend please.

This includes our juniors competing at Nationals.

There will also be a squad training session at TMAA at 11AM for everyone else.

See you there!

Term 2 Results Speak for Themselves - Lets Build on Them in Term 3

Hi everyone,

As we prepare to begin Term 3 next week, I wanted to take a moment to recognise what has been an outstanding Term 2 for our students.
Throughout the Term we saw something really exciting happen.

More students committed to training more consistently than ever before, most students were training two, or three times per week.

And not only more often, but with greater purpose, more intent and with specific goals in mind.

That extra commitment quickly translated into better technique, greater confidence, faster progress and better outcomes.

The difference was obvious.
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Term 2 was full of achievements across the club.

🥋 Students successfully grading and reaching new milestones. Almost the entire Junior TKD class double graded, during their stripes grading!
🏆 Our tournament competitors produced fantastic performances, demonstrating both skill, sportsmanship & results at 3 tournaments in one term, including our club being the top club at the Midlands Regional tournament.
👏 Most importantly, we watched students grow—not just in martial arts, but in confidence, resilience, discipline and work ethic.
We're incredibly proud of what everyone achieved.
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Momentum is a powerful thing.

Students who continue training consistently will continue improving.

Those who take long breaks or only train occasionally often find themselves spending valuable class time catching back up instead of continuing to progress.

That's why we highly recommend all students commit to at least a Foundation membership or even better a Plus membership in Term 3, this will help sustain that progress we've made together and ensure we keep seeing the best possible outcomes for our students and your children.
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This term we will continue to offer squad training on Saturdays at TMAA, and we will also as a club be attending the nationals squad training sessions in Te Puna.
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Thank you to every student and family who contributed to such an incredible Term 2.

We can't wait to see what we can achieve together in Term 3.

If you're thinking about joining the academy, increasing your child's training, upgrading your membership or would like advice on which pathway is right for your family, please have a chat with one of our coaching team.

Here's to another fantastic term!
See you on the mats.
Scott Coburn
The Martial Arts Academy