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Welcome
to Beaches ITF Taekwon-Do Schools
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Classes -
Equipment - Courses
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Last updated May
6,
2008
Recent updates
Map of new Main Centre location available
here
- Deadline for pre-registration of 7
June tournament in Ottawa is 10 May!
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We are
committed to providing the community with
traditional
ITF Taekwon-Do as developed by its Founder, the late General Choi Hong Hi.
We also offer private Self-Defence courses for groups of 4 or more.
Distributors of ITF-approved Sparring equipment as well as training
equipment.
For more information, please
E-mail us
Master
Caputo correcting a student's sitting
stance punch.
$24/month
Beginner Special!
See the
Locations page for more information.
Black Belt Picture from the
25th Anniversary Banquet!
From back row, starting
from the left-hand side: Master Caputo, Mr. Zurek, Mr. Spinelli, Mr.
Gonzalves, Mr. Perry Sr., Mr. Levy, Mr. Milani, Mr., Tzanetakis, Mr.
Lambert, Mr. Nguyen, Mr. Vezos, Mr. Asadi, Mr. Campolongo, Mr. Moini, Mr.
Tam Sr., Mr. Lenzi, Mr. Ouellette, Mr. Tam Jr., Mr Simmons.
Front row, starting from
the left-hand side: Miss Campolongo, Miss Goutos, Miss Newton, Miss Tam,
Miss Tarulli, Mis Soltanidji, Miss Malek, Ms. Tapia, Ms. Shoemaker.
About our
school
Since
1982 Master S. Caputo
has made ITF (International Taekwon-Do Federation) Taekwon-Do available in
the Greater Toronto Area. A world-level competitor in the eighties and
nineties, Master
Caputo has recently coached the National Junior
Girls' Team twice and
the National Men's Team coach for the 2003 World Championships.
The memory he prizes
the most, however, occurred in 1995 when he
travelled with the Founder of Taekwon-Do
throughout Central America, becoming an Assistant Instructor to the
Founder. There he assisted
General Choi at
International Instructor's Seminars - an honour that was bestown
on very few Instructors during the Founder of Taekwon-Do's lifetime.
The 2003 National Men's Team after winning Gold
in Power Breaking!
Notice Master Caputo, Mr.
Simmons, Mr. Spinelli and Mr. Harvey from Beaches ITF Taekwon-Do Schools.
Click for a larger picture
Master Caputo and
the Beaches Black Belts attending the
2004 1st Senior and 6th Junior World Championships
in Malaysia.
Benefits of training Taekwon-Do
1. Self Discipline
Adults and children will learn how to set goals, achieve physical and
mental control and feel good about themselves.
2. Positive Goal
Setting
The value of positive goal setting behaviour encouraged by Taekwon-Do
training cannot be overestimated. Belts of different colours are
awarded as the individual progresses towards the major goal of black belt.
Each new belt gives the student a genuine feeling of high self-esteem and
self-confidence.
3. Motivation
Taekwon-Do training provides the motivation to be active physically and
rescues the student from continuous passive entertainment.
4. Personality
Taekwon-Do is a great equalizer in the personality development of the
student. Because of the self-confidence attained from learning how
to defend oneself, it makes the very aggressive student calmer and more
respectful towards others while the timid student becomes more outgoing
and self-assertive.
5. Character
There
are five tenets of Taekwon-Do that students must live by in the do-jang.
Students soon discover that these also affect them out of the school
environment. These tenets (courtesy, integrity, perseverance, self-control
and indomitable spirit) are crucial to Taekwon-Do.
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