• A Complete Martial Art

    We strive to develop the complete martial artist.

    Mind, Body, Spirit

    We seek to develop the mind, body and spirit  of each student through a martial art system called Mo Duk Pai kung fu. 

    Each Student An Individual

    We create an atmosphere that allows students to progress at their own rate while mastering a catalog of basic techniques, enabling creativity and improvisation in a variety of situations, from competition to street to daily life.

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     Check out the connect link, call, or better yet, come by. We're happy to talk, have you watch some classes, or try it out for free. And of course, there's a lot of information here at the site. We hope you'll get in touch, then see for yourself what we have to offer.

     

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  • I would like to thank all of you for your warm regards. It has meant a lot to myself and Gigi.

     

    Our Friendship Tournament has been re-scheduled for Saturday, February 4, 2012.

     

    All tournament information has been updated on our website: www.davestkd.com

     

    If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me by replying to this e-mail or calling me at (503) 362-3538

     

    Sincerely,

     

    David M Wolf

    Dave’s TaeKwon-Do

    We Stretch!   January 19th, 2012

    Sometimes I’ll hear from students that they think we don’t do enough stretching. Here’s my take on stretching within our classes. Stretching is very important. Flexibility is key to health and full range of movement. That said, we are a martial arts school where the curriculum goes beyond just flexibility. To spend the appropriate amount of time to get the body opened up using just traditional stretching methods within an hour long class does not leave much time for practicing other self defense movements. So. We typically start classes with martial art drills (not traditional stretching poses) done at slow speed. The idea is to use movement to warm the body up, increase the range of motion, and do it at a speed that is least likely to injure the participant – all the movements being martial techniques. We are killing 2 birds with one stone! If a student hurries through this process or doesn’t work to go through a wide range of movement, they will miss the benefit of going slow at the start.

    So last night, we stretched – the traditional way. Splits, bridges, poses. A Yogi would have been happy with what they saw! Was it so wrong that they were doing chi sao while in these stretches?

    All Classes Back to Normal!!   January 18th, 2012

    Goodbye flakes…

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    Wednesday Morning, January 18th   January 18th, 2012

    Due to snow, we will not be holding Advanced Class or the 9am class this morning. At this point, we WILL be holding our regularly scheduled evening classes. Keep checking this blog and the AKF phone message for further updates.

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    Tonight’s Class Schedule is as follows:
    5pm Kids Class is on!
    6-7:15pm Adults Class. All Levels welcome!
    No 7:30pm adult class due to weather.
    Come get some at 6pm!

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    A Good Morning of Sparring   January 16th, 2012

    Professor Fred King, Professor Dan Anderson, Sifu Allen Jackson, Sensei John Olivera, Sifu Shannon Carey, Sifu Sean Kelly, Black Belt Dan Jones, and more… What a line up! It was an honor having this level of talent come in for a morning of sparring. Lots of good lessons learned.

    About 40+ brave Cleveland High School kids took on the AKF’s curriculum for 2 weeks. They represented themselves quite well showing a nice mix of enthusiasm and focus. The kids gave it their all and kept the smiles on their faces. Great group!

     

    Today’s Schedule   January 2nd, 2012

    Reminder of today’s schedule:
    5pm Kids Class is on!
    6-7:15pm Adult Class – All Levels tonight!
    No 7:30pm class so train at 6pm!

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    About a half dozen people came to mind, for myself. Looking at them through her filter cracked me up.

    (This was sent to me from my wife!)