Black Belt Attitude School Karate for Kids & Self-Defense Classes in Five Forks, Pelham, & Fairview

FIVE FORKS

This school was opened on September 6th of 2011 and is the first ATA School in Greenville, SC. At this moment, the school has more than 230 active students and more than 40 Black Belts. Black Belt Attitude School has their own DEMO TEAM that consists of 2-4 members from each BBAS school, and the demo team training takes place every Friday at this location with Master D. Madriaga in charge of it. This School has over 60 Student that have earned State Champ titles from 2012 through 2016 in Sparring, Forms, Combat Weapons, Weapons, Extreme Martial Arts (XMA), and Creative martial arts. Also, this school has District Champion students and World Champion students.

WHAT IS SONGAHM TAEKWONDO?

Songahm Taekwondo is the style of martial arts practiced by ATA Martial Arts students. The journey from White Belt to Black Belt (10 belts total) is one of incremental learning and skill development that students of any age any fitness level can embark on. 

Taekwondo developed thousands of years ago and has since spread internationally to become one of the world's most successful and popular martial arts. It is often explained that Taekwondo is the “Kicking Art.” It is known for its dynamic ability to use our kicks as our primary self-defense tool. The philosophy is quite logical, use your strongest limbs to defend yourself, and be faster than anyone else while doing it.

Taekwondo practitioners enjoy physical and mental discipline, as well as excellent fitness and the ability to defend themselves if necessary. Taekwondo is not only a combat sport, but is also a way of life for enthusiasts around the globe. Taekwondo also emphasizes breaking power, such as splitting wood and bricks using only the bare hands and feet. Training involves a variety of techniques to include punching, kicking, dodging, jumping, parrying and blocking. Taekwondo also focuses on sparring and learning formal patterns of movement called forms. The style of Taekwondo supported by the ATA is known as Songahm Taekwondo, a style specifically developed over 20 years' time by Eternal Grand Master H.U. Lee to make it accessible to anyone willing to learn, and to truly reflect Taekwondo and the strength and beauty of its kicking techniques.

FUN, EXCITEMENT & PREPARATION: ATA MARTIAL ARTS TOURNAMENTS!

One of the most fun parts of martial arts training is the ability to test your skills by competing in a tournament. Tournaments are not only fun for competitors, but they also become a great social experience for parents as well! There are currently 130,000 ATA Martial Arts members worldwide. ATA Martial Arts students compete in local tournaments against other ATA schools, advancing from District levels, to State levels, to a yearly Spring National competition in Las Vegas, NV. The competition winners gather at the ATA World Expo Tournament in Little Rock, AR in the summer, competing against finalists from all over the planet in one of largest martial arts competitions in the world.