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Spirit Taekwon-Do has a number of different schools operating across the Wellington Region, with a wide range of days and times to choose from. Once you are a member of any one of the Spirit schools, you can train at any of the other schools for free.

Schools take a break over the Christmas / New Year period. The actual dates for each school can be found here.



Brooklyn Kids

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The Brooklyn kids class is specifically geared for childen aged from 7 - 13. Younger students may be accepted, subject to availability. Younger children are able to take advantage of the specially developed children's syllabus, which is designed to make it easy and fun to learn Taekwon-Do.

Thursday 5:00-6:15pm, Sunday 9:30-10:45am

Vogelmorn Hall, Cnr Mornington Rd and Vennel St, Mornington

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Helen Miller joined Spirit Taekwon-Do Brooklyn as a 1st Dan black belt. She has since gone on to achieve 3rd Dan black belt, and since then has been the driving force behind the new Brooklyn Kids class. Mrs Miller has a great affinity with the younger children.

Last Updated on Thursday, 04 February 2010 23:04
 

Karori

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Monday & Friday 6:15-7:45pm

Mondays: Kelburn Normal School, 16 Kowhai St, Kelburn
Fridays: St John's Hall, Cnr Campbell St & Karori Rd, Karori

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D'arcy Mellsop began training in Taekwon-Do for the confidence that being able to defend oneself provides. Mr Mellsop attributes much of his personal and professional growth to the confidence and discipline that training in Taekwon-Do has instilled, and has become an instructor to 'Pay it forward' - to nurture and grow the confidence, self discipline and moral culture of his own students.

Mr Malcolm Doidge joined the original Brooklyn Taekwon-Do club, with his 2 children, in 2005 and graded to 1st Dan in 2009. Mr Doidge shares Mr Mellsop's enthusiasm for fitness and having fun doing Taekwon-Do. He is also committed to instructing that focuses on students and helping them achieve their goals. Mr Doidge illustrated the ITFNZ Taekwon-Do 'Minikids' syllabus book and also helped develop its content. The syllabus is used by Mrs Miller in her 'Kids class' and in dojangs around New Zealand.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 02 February 2010 13:01
 

Beginners Classes

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We have some specially designed beginners classes, which are designed to give you an introduction to Taekwon-Do in a non-threatening environment. For more information please see our Beginners Classes page.

Last Updated on Sunday, 13 December 2009 22:02
 

Brooklyn

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Thursday 6:30-8:30pm, Sunday 11:00am-12:30pm

Vogelmorn Hall, Cnr Mornington Rd and Vennel St, Mornington

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Louise Chan joined Spirit Taekwon-Do Brooklyn as a green stripe, and has since gone on to achieve her 3rd Dan black belt and become one of the instructors of the Brooklyn school.

Ben Wylie-van Eerd began his training in Taekwon-do in primary school in 2000, and joined Brooklyn club the following year. He is currently working towards a PhD in physics and loves to apply mechanics principles to help develop excellent technique in himself and his students. He also loves flying kicks.

Last Updated on Monday, 11 January 2010 12:21
 

Thorndon

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Monday & Thursday 6:30-8:00pm

Thorndon School, Turnbull St,Thorndon

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Don Martin started Taekwon-Do in 1994 at Massey University, with Mr Mantjika, then graded to 1st Dan with Mr Kraiger at Brooklyn. He has been instructing at Thorndon since October 2005

Last Updated on Monday, 14 December 2009 20:39
 

Special Classes and Seminars

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From time to time special classes are held by the Head Instructor, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , IV Dan.

These may be extra seminar-type classes open to all students, or guest-instructing at any of the Spirit schools.

All Spirit students will be notified of these classes well in advance, and all are welcome to attend.

Brett Kraiger has been doing Taekwon-Do for more than 20 years and instructing for more than 13. He opened the original Spirit Taekwon-Do school at Brooklyn in 1995. He has a particular interest in the technical side of Taekwon-Do, including patterns and the theory of Taekwon-Do movement. Mr Kraiger is also passionate about how training in Taekwon-Do can develop skills applicable in day-to-day life.

Last Updated on Saturday, 06 March 2010 20:16
 


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What Our People Say

I like the philosophy and tenets (Courtesy, Integrity, Perseverance, Self Control and Indomitable Spirit) and the discipline of Taekwon-Do. In this world many of the traditional good values have been forgotten or not practised and it's encouraging that this gets promoted in Taekwon-Do. Taekwon-Do is for everyone!!!!
~ Raymond, 55

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