What age limitations are there?
The minimum age of entry is 18. Participants aged 17 are welcome, provided they are accompanied by a parent or legal guardian who must accompany them at all times throughout the ride and be responsible for them. Please note that anyone under 18 must have a recommendation from an experienced rider ensuring that they can handle the route without causing delay to the ride.
While we all believe our children to be exceptional and advanced in maturity, each child must be interviewed to assess their ability to follow direction, to listen, to respond accord to direction and to assess their attention span. Training involves kicking and punching, rapid movement and turning, for safety reasons, a child must be capable of remaining within their allotted space. An out of control child is a danger to themselves and others. A general rule of thumb is commencement at 4 years of age, there is no upper age limit. Don’t you just teach people to fight? No. Taekwon-Do is primarily a self defense art; the level of commitment and discipline involved quickly weeds out those who may have begun training for the wrong reasons. While sparring is part of the training cycle, self control, courtesy and an overriding sense of self discipline is demanded. Training develops self confidence, helps to reduce fear and allows the student to handle stress in a more appropriate manner than
